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Today in English 104 we went over to the writing center. I had never been there before so it was all new to me. And I think the writing center could be very helpful. I think I am a pretty good writer, but I still have trouble writing some papers.

Our rough drafts for the topic proposal are due on Thursday.. so that means I need to get to the library and find some print sources on my topic. I don't think it will be very easy to find sources on my topic, but I'm sure I'll be able to find something.

research topic

In class Thursday we were supposed to come up with a topic that interested us for our paper we will be writing. Usually I have a hard time picking a topic but for some reason I got an idea right away this time. My topic is how are children affected when they are raised by grandparents instead of their parents. This is a really interesting topic to me because my family has helped raise my cousin who is 7. She is now living with her dad and grandma, and her brother who is 12 is living with his grandparents on his mom's side. Their grandparents love them and are doing their best to raise them, but it is not the same as having the parents there every day.

First week of class

In English 104 so far we have gone over the syllabus and done a group project. The syllabus seems pretty easy to understand and pretty straight forward. The main thing that caught my attention about it was the attendance policy. It seems pretty strict but I know there is a reason for that. We will be forced to come to class and that will really help me to be there every day.