I just turned in my family research paper and it feels so good to finally have done! Mrs. Steadman has told us that is the hardest and longest paper that we will do this semester. Although it was not my favorite thing in the world to do, I am grateful for the experience. I can especially say that now that it is done. It took a good amount of time to do. My topic surrounded smoking and how tobacco companies succeed in getting new customers in spite of all the well known knowledge of the dangers of tobacco. I did this because a few people in my immediate family smoke and quite frankly their stupidity amazes me at times.
It took me a while to really decide what I wanted to even write about, but once I was able to make up my mind it seemed to click rather quickly. I think my least favorite part was getting all of the sources gathered up and putting them in order correctly on the works cited page. That was BY FAR my least favorite part, although I do understand why it is so important to do it that way. But that could be because I waited till the last minute to get all of that info finally gathered up for that. All of the sources.
I really did enjoy going into a deeper meaning of the topic of my paper. It helped me see some of the statistics regarding children of people who smoke and what not. It was honestly a very interesting topic that I could find myself getting more and more intrigued by. Something else that came to be of great interest for me was how the amount of smokers is decreasing drastically in the United States. The anti-smoking ads seem to be having an effect.
For me the hard part wasn't necessarily finding a good thesis for my topic. But rather expounding on my thesis for 9-10 pages was the difficult part. All in all it ended up being an enjoyable experience and I feel pretty good about my result. It took a lot of work and analyzing, but it ended up being a paper that I learned a lot from.
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