Argument Essay Blog One

Argument Essay blog one
The Argument Essay began life as a challenge, first was to determine what the subject was to be and then get approval. Even though I thought I had it wasn't to be. Thankfully it didn't change directions too much. I felt I had a good understanding of the new topic. But where to begin, with such a broad topic. I was fortunate to see two PBS specials within the first couple days of choosing my topic. They gave me many ideas perhaps too many and now I needed to pare them down and find a road to travel. I was even given a electronic copy of the New York Times, which I really appreciated. And each day since then as I listen to the news on the radio or watched on television I was bombarded with ideas. This information overload made me feel like an assembly line worker when somebody turned the speed up. The ideas were coming too fast from too many different directions which made creating a thesis seem impossible. Although I have a first draft written I'm not quite sure if I've covered all the things I would like to and what things I may need to remove that are kind of taking the train off the track. I did spend time at the writing lab bouncing ideas until I felt comfortable then I came home and got to work.
As I began to compile my list of ideas into an outline I once again began to question my thesis and what points I was really trying to make to my audience, I had so many. With my outline at the ready I began to write about all the things I knew about each topic and then access different websites and see if I could verify each point I was making. Many times I found interesting comments that I felt strengthened my point. I tried to inject as little as possible from outside sources but when I did I included websites basically as a reminder to ensure that I gave the author credit. I did not have any idea how to create the required notation. This was not even discussed until after my paper was due for its first draft. I was very concerned about writing a paper and using someone else's words without understanding the proper way to give credit to the author.
What I tried to submit the draft paper the WSU website was down and I even try to send it to the Gmail account but I had the wrong account. I was confident that it was submitted on time but when I found out that I had used the wrong account I became stressed and frustrated. I tried again after class that day to resubmit the paper I sent it to both the WSU and the correct Gmail Account the following day I got another error message saying that there paper was that was denied/ returned from both servers. I tried once again.