Analysis

In Enlgish 101 we were assigned a research paper. We could pick any topic that we would like, but it had to be something personal that we could relate to. I decided to write about beauty pageants and the affects pageants can have on young girls that could carry on through out their lifetime. Beauty pageants were a big part of my life for a very long period of time, and even though I enjoyed them at one point in my life, they had a negative affect on my self esteem. Since I could relate to my topic on such a personal level, it was an easy essay to write and conduct further research on. I feel like it is important to be able to connect to the topic you are writing about because it makes the piece more enjoyable for the reader.
I wish I would have been a better researcher. Even though I had personal experience with my topic, I obviously didnt know everything about it. At points in my essay, you could tell that I was at a loss for what to write because I didnt know what to do with the information that I had researched. In English 102, I hope to be able to expand on my researching skills to develop a more educational piece of writing.