http://www.haloscan.com/ Latest comments for thackett. Syndicated by HaloScan http://www.haloscan.com/ http://www.haloscan.com/halolink.gif http://www.haloscan.com/ 88 31 Commenting Powered by HaloScan.com http://www.haloscan.com/comments/thackett/rw_unique_entry_id_303_page18/?src=hsr#349809 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:27:51 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/thackett/rw_unique_entry_id_303_page18/?src=hsrs#349809 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/thackett/rw_unique_entry_id_303_page18/?src=hsrs#349809 The biggest adjustment to college writing for me has been sources. Citing my work was never properly taught in high school, and the format of the paper has changed drastically for me. For example, when you color-coded a paragraph in class for us, you said that most of the paragraph was not the writer, but another source. In high school, I could have gotten away with padding the paper with my own w... http://www.haloscan.com/comments/thackett/rw_unique_entry_id_302_page18/?src=hsr#349669 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:24:46 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/thackett/rw_unique_entry_id_302_page18/?src=hsrs#349669 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/thackett/rw_unique_entry_id_302_page18/?src=hsrs#349669 After nearly a semester in college, the increased complexity of the research for my classes’ has proven the biggest challenge. More detailed and comprehensive research involves spending more time looking at a variety sources. . Additionally, professors expect the use of a more mature and extended vocabulary when compared to high school classes. Research proves more difficult in college because fin... http://www.haloscan.com/comments/thackett/rw_unique_entry_id_301_page18/?src=hsr#349659 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:59:49 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/thackett/rw_unique_entry_id_301_page18/?src=hsrs#349659 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/thackett/rw_unique_entry_id_301_page18/?src=hsrs#349659 The transfer from high school writing to college writing has been rather difficult for me. In high school when I had to write a paper I had a lot of assistance. I have now realized in college that one must write there paper on their own with little or no assistance at all. I also have realized that I my time management for my papers is horrible. I need to start working on my papers earlier so I ca... http://www.haloscan.com/comments/thackett/rw_unique_entry_id_303_page18/?src=hsr#349658 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:58:59 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/thackett/rw_unique_entry_id_303_page18/?src=hsrs#349658 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/thackett/rw_unique_entry_id_303_page18/?src=hsrs#349658 The quality of a high school paper to college paper is very different. In high school I could write a paper the night before it was due and just put a bunch of BS on it and still get a good grade. I feel like the teachers just gave me an effort grade on whether or not I met the minimum requirement. In college it takes me weeks at a time to plan and write my papers. Even after that I still have... http://www.haloscan.com/comments/thackett/rw_unique_entry_id_300_page18/?src=hsr#349657 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:58:46 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/thackett/rw_unique_entry_id_300_page18/?src=hsrs#349657 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/thackett/rw_unique_entry_id_300_page18/?src=hsrs#349657 One of the biggest adjustments that needs to be made when transitioning from high school to college is in time management. In college, there is no last minute writing before the paper is due. College level writing usually requires week’s worth of research and hard work. Waiting to the last minute only ensures a poor grade. Another big difference between college and high school writing is the size... http://www.haloscan.com/comments/thackett/rw_unique_entry_id_303_page18/?src=hsr#349656 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:47:42 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/thackett/rw_unique_entry_id_303_page18/?src=hsrs#349656 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/thackett/rw_unique_entry_id_303_page18/?src=hsrs#349656 The biggest adjustment from high school writing to college writing is the amount of effort put forth in a paper. In high school, a student can manage to receive an “A” on a paper, even if they wait until last minute, spend only a short period writing it, and fail to proofread. Unlike high school, college does not accept procrastination and in college, it takes much more than a few sentences thrown... http://www.haloscan.com/comments/thackett/rw_unique_entry_id_300_page18/?src=hsr#349655 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:36:51 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/thackett/rw_unique_entry_id_300_page18/?src=hsrs#349655 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/thackett/rw_unique_entry_id_300_page18/?src=hsrs#349655 The biggest adjustment for me has been my writing in itself. I have always been an excellent writer since middle school and I scored high on my graduation project in high school. I took the SAT and ACT and received an above average score, but since coming to ECU I have noticed that my formatting needs adjusting and I still have problems transiting into new paragraphs properly. Paper one, two, and http://www.haloscan.com/comments/thackett/rw_unique_entry_id_302_page18/?src=hsr#349654 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:30:21 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/thackett/rw_unique_entry_id_302_page18/?src=hsrs#349654 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/thackett/rw_unique_entry_id_302_page18/?src=hsrs#349654 The transition from high school writing to college writing is not as simple as I might have thought it was. It has made me more focused on the quality of the paper. Throughout high school, I believe my teachers were very lenient with grading. It has made me wonder if I really deserved the grade I was given. I was never the best at writing and now I have to try even harder than I did. I knew i... http://www.haloscan.com/comments/thackett/rw_unique_entry_id_303_page18/?src=hsr#349653 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:19:24 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/thackett/rw_unique_entry_id_303_page18/?src=hsrs#349653 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/thackett/rw_unique_entry_id_303_page18/?src=hsrs#349653 There was really not that much of a major adjustment in writing for me coming from the high school setting. My English teachers were really strict about using the correct databases or academic websites to find information to put in research papers. The only thing that I have always had issues with, was citing my sources correctly within my paper. In high school it wasn’t that much of a deal to mak... http://www.haloscan.com/comments/thackett/rw_unique_entry_id_300_page18/?src=hsr#349652 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:15:20 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/thackett/rw_unique_entry_id_300_page18/?src=hsrs#349652 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/thackett/rw_unique_entry_id_300_page18/?src=hsrs#349652 There are many things that change with writing when you come from high school and college. In high school they do not ask for much at all a one page paper here and there. Then a senior exit paper that you work on for two years and that’s only required to be five pages long. When you get in college right out of the gate you have papers for almost every class no matter what the subject. In high scho...