Narrowing My Topic List

After reading page 26 I have narrowed my topic list down to 3 possibilities

• Alternative medicine in cancer treatment-That alternative medicine needs to be looked at more seriously while searching for treatments and cures for cancer.
• All day kindergarten-Is it really necessary or is it being used to fund more unneeded school funding.
• The 4-H program-although it is a very good program there are some issues that that are hindering the overall standing of this long time program.

Fulkerson Article

In the article by Richard Fulkerson, he really puts the emphasis on picking a topic that matters to you, the writer. Mainly because if you have a a strong tie to your subject matter the more time and effort you will generate towards your project. You are going to be putting a lot of time into your writing and you certainly want to stay focused and not get bored with your paper.

He also discussed keeping your research to more current articles and using scholarly research areas. You don't want to use resources that may be too obscure in their thinking. Use a resource that is respectable, not all magazines or Internet sources are true in their finds. He also brought up specialized indexes which I plan to look more into.

There were two other areas that seemed to stay with me after reading this paper and they were included in the five areas where your paper can go wrong section. One of those areas was the pro/con summary, now I can honestly see myself making this mistake because I sometimes find it very hard to make a decision or choose a side in some cases. Also the data dump would be an trap I would fall into. Its where you gather so much information and patch it all together with out really using it effectively.