Infographic for Essay 4!

I'll be honest...this thing kicked my butt! But here is the link for my infographic. Hopefully it works!

http://prezi.com/xec45ducq0d4/student-loans/

Topic Proposal for Final Essay! :)

The topic that I have chosen to write about for my final paper is student loans. Just saying "student loans" sends a chill down a college student's spine (at least it does for me). For me, this is pretty close to me, since I have a scholarship, the Pell Grant, and I had to take out a small loan (which it turns out I didn't even need). The loan may seem small now, but how much will I have to pay back after graduation? So, my research question is, how do people manage to get themselves so deep into student loan debt and how can I avoid it myself? As for the viewpoints, I don't exactly have that down yet. Obviously, the student would be one, but I don't know any others. If you guys could give me some suggestions, that would be awesome! Here are my sources that I found a few days ago:

Johnson, Fawn. "Obama Largely Powerless to Cut College Tuition." National Journal (2012). Academic OneFile. Web. 16 Nov. 2012.

"Occupy student debt." Radical Teacher Fall 2012: 74. Academic OneFile. Web. 16 Nov. 2012.

Lipka, Sara. "A Sharper Focus on What Students Pay, and Whether They Graduate." The Chronicle of Higher Education 59.01 (2012). Academic OneFile. Web. 16 Nov. 2012.

Stratford, Michael. "U.S. Student Aid Will End for Those Without High-School Diplomas." The Chronicle of Higher Education 58.40 (2012). Academic OneFile. Web. 16 Nov. 2012.

Chitty, Haley. "Presidential opinions: contrasting Obama and Romney campaigns' student aid policies." University Business Nov. 2012: 20+. Academic OneFile. Web. 16 Nov. 2012.

Self Reflection About Essay 3

Well, of course, my paper followed MLA format. My title probably could have been catchier, but I've always struggled coming up with titles. They are not exactly my strongest area of expertise. I feel that I had a good introduction, stating the song that I was analyzing and why. Mrs. Thomas said my thesis was pretty good. It probably should have been a little more detailed, but it was still good. I think that I did okay with citing my sources, but I don't think I had the best sources. Finding sources was a little harder than I thought, especially since the song I analyzed was not as well-known. Some of my paragraphs were longer than others, which I don't know if that is a good or a bad thing. Some topics were easy to talk about and I knew what I was doing, while others were a little harder for me. One thing that I really struggled with was my conclusion paragraph. For whatever reason, I just could not manage to bring my paper full circle and find a good way to close it. Of course, I tweaked with it as much as I could until I felt that it was okay. But I still don't think it was good enough. Overall, I feel that I did a decent job on my paper. It's probably not A+ material, but I don't think that my paper is terrible. In the end, I deserve whatever grade I get on my paper. I just hope that it is a good grade.