Value of Research In a First Year College Writing Class by SG

Most First year writing courses are main focused to fine tune what you have learned or havent learned in your high school years. Most kids come into college with less knowledge then needed which makes these classes that much harder. I know for me in my first year i was constantly struggling to keep up because high-school didn't prepare me what so ever. I was lacking in the basics of format for writing papers and the correct ways to cite and research topics to get the most information out of them as possible. Most first year writing courses are set on narrative or compare and contrast writing along with argumentative writings, so you need to know how to research correctly. The significance of knowing how to research and find what you need in a timely and correct manner can mean the difference between a letter grade. Most assignments will call for you to research the topic, and knowing how to work databases and the internet for safe sites is important even after college, in all job fields at some point in you life you will need to know how to properly research anything. And knowing how to do it in college for a class just makes it better all material you need for that class will most likely be researched in a library or some internet form. research can also help you in the format of your writings and so forth, there are sites that allow you to correctly use the write form of writing or help you cite that you can use for help as well. so i believe that research is the key to first level writing classes because thats when you learn the basics to becoming a good writer for whatever reason you may use it, knowing to research can give you a huge advantage in the course. And if you have a hard time with research or knowing how to use research tools its a good idea to practice.