I learned many new skills and techniques while writing my research paper. Starting with MLA citation. After finishing my paper now, I know how to do in-text citations and how to write the works cited page. I used the CapU library to directly cite my articles which helped me. I learned how to do my research. I learned how to find articles and further how to find the information that I need for my essay. During my entire essay writing, transiting between paragraphs was the most difficult thing for me. I struggled with talking about my series ‘Mom’ to talking about the general topic of addiction. I took help from the writing center. I went there every week and they helped me a lot. I improved all my mistakes in the essay that were told to me in the writing center. I noticed the different writing styler of my peers. I came to know that there are different ways and different points of view for everyone. Also, I noticed how my peers edited my work. Commented on all my grammatical errors and basic errors and helped me improve my final draft.
If given a chance to redo my paper, I might add some more points and facts about rehabilitation centers in my second last paragraph. I might want to improve my conclusion paragraph and add a few more sentences. In my paper, I am proudest of how I tried to change my readers’ mindset about drug addicts and alcoholics. I am proud of my introduction paragraph. I think my thesis statement is nice.