For my research paper, I will be researching stem cells and how they are an important area to study and pursue in the medical field. I have always been interested in the topic and I understand some aspects. However, I still have a lot more to learn and research about stem cells to really understand them. know some of their benefits to medical procedures but I do not know exactly how they work. I also know that this topic can be very controversial. I have my own opinion already on the implementation of stem cell research in medicine, but perhaps my viewpoint will change after I do more research. To prevent myself from assuming I know the answer before I begin I can make sure that I look at all of the research objectively and set aside my opinions and biases until after I have done an adequate amount of research and gained sufficient knowledge of the topic.

Dear Ella (younger sister),

I have to choose a topic to write about for a research paper and I am not sure what to pick. You will definitely have to write one of these at some time in your academic life. It is paper about a certain topic that you have to take a side on. The topic has to be exigent which means that the topic is very urgent or pressing. I want to choose a topic that I am interested in because I think that will help me write better. My main interests are science and music so perhaps I will choose a topic based on one of those. Also, I think both of those topics can be interesting to a lot of other people too. I do not have to choose the topic right now, but it is very important that I start thinking about it now so I can be ready to begin the first step in the writing process. Let me know if you have any ideas of what a good topic would be for me.

Sincerely,

Austin

For my first critical response, I think i did well analyzing my sources and writing about them clearly. I am pleased with the substance of the paper. I did not know until looking at the rubric and the yellow comments that I was missing key components of the assignment. I should have looked at the rubric before writing the paper and I will definitely do that know. I did not include a title and I wrote the entire paper as one big paragraph. From now on I will make sure to view and understand the assignment in its entirety.