Deadline #14 HW #1

Brennan Dardis

Eng102 D. Adams

11/28/07

Cover Letter

This semester’s research project was certainly a new experience for me. I have never taken an online/hybrid course before. Needless to say it was confusing, frustrating, yet informative and fun.

What I felt I did well at for this research project was the actual research I did and my attempt at writing a unique stance on a controversial topic in sports. I went to two different libraries for my research, here at MCC and the Tempe public library. I was able to find five useful books for my research on top of the myriad of information on the internet. Spreading out the research project throughout the semester was a great asset as not every source is available at the time you need it. I challenged myself to go outside the norm and write a paper in favor of steroids. Although I agree with the points I made, if I was the commissioner of baseball, I would ban steroids and all of those individuals using them. It was a lot harder to find material in favor of steroids but I enjoyed the process.

Unfortunately there were problems with my research project as well. First of all my lack of meeting several deadlines was very detrimental. Computer access became an issue for me at the start of October due to moving. One thing I really liked about the class was the peer reviews and I was not able to take advantage of that for my WP#3. I also could have done a lot more grammar activities to better my own writing instead of just looking at and learning the topics.

All in all it was a great learning experience and I feel more confident about writing a research paper in the future.