Journal Entry 8


Nate Kenny
Journal Entry 8
            So for my project 3, no I hadn’t quite written a paper like that before. I have done research papers before of course, but I can’t remember writing a paper 8 pages long before. I think the topic I picked was good for two reasons, firstly because I genuinely interested in it. But also, because your biggest enemy when writing a paper this long can be running out of things to talk about, and with my topic there are almost endless ways you can take it so that was never really an issue for me regarding everything surrounding electric cars. I also don’t want to make it sound like this is the paper to end all papers or anything because I’m sure in two years I’ll be writing something that makes this project look like doodles or notes in comparison. But as far as what I’ve written up to date, yeah, It’s the longest.
            As far as struggles, I think just getting everything to flow. I kept re-reading through it each time I’d finish another page and just making sure it was somewhat coherent, or as coherent as I could really make it, so it didn’t seem scattered or all over the place because there was a lot of information to add. I’d say that was the biggest struggle, aside from finding all the sources I wanted but that was primarily done in project 2.
            It was also a good weight off my shoulders to get it out of the way, and I’m glad we don’t have a final in this class because per usual, everything is going to pile up right at the end of the semester as far as assignments and projects. And I think project 3 was probably the most time-intensive and tedious one of the 4 projects from jus looking at them. So definitely glad to get it out of the way.
            The group project seems pretty straightforward. Personally, I prefer working by myself on stuff for various reasons, but I mean I don’t hate group projects and they’re fine as long as everyone’s halfway decent their work, which usually is the expectation for people in college. (I’ve had a lot better experiences in group projects in college versus group projects in high school.) It’s pretty straightforward, I like that we’re getting class time, and in past group projects just meeting outside of class is always something we’ve done. It’s easier schedule-wise too because we only have 3 people versus 5 or 6 that I’ve had In the past.

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