Research Paper

Writing annotated bibliographies and developing a strong research paper is one of the most important parts of UNIV 111, and 112. When I was in 111 and 112 myself, I was not particularly fond of writing annotated bibliographies. I perceived them at unnecessary extra work that I could write a good paper without.
It was not until I moved on to English 200 that I realized the importance of the work Professor Lucas made us do. For my research paper, I had to write a minimum of 12 Annotated bibliographies in order to learn more about my topic to develop a coherent argument. Many of the students in my class had a very hard time during that period of the semester. They either had not taken UNIV 111 or 112 yet, or had not put much effort into it when they did. I found it fairly simple to perform these assignments because I was pushed to do so many in the former semester.
I had to talk about my experience with research paper to the my student in 112 this semester. I think I was able to tell them what I wish someone had told us when I was in their place.
I told them that it may seem difficult, or too much to do at this point, but that they would eventually see the benefits when they had to do it in coming semesters.
I hope they take their assignments in 111 and 112 as stepping stones to their future classes.
I wish them all the best in everything they do in the future.

Impressive Touches :)

It is my favorite part of class when I see students take something that either professor Lucas, or Hayden and I have said to heart. They listen to it, think about it, and show us that they have been paying attention in classes that follow. The 12:00 class has been a living example of such great qualities for the past couple of semesters. I have recently been taking some photos of our activities in class however, to show just how elegant and careful our students are. They are the future of VCU!

One of the assignments that Professor Lucas required the students to do was to present on the Vietnam memorial, a controversial issue that has a few main points that were inevitably coming up in every group's presentation. Having to deal with such topic with certain information that most of the students would probably be presenting on as well requires the students to go the extra mile to make their presentation memorable. All of the groups in the 12:00 class did a fantastic job, but one group stood out to Professor Lucas, Hayden, and I because of one small touch; they dressed up.