Students, Athletes, and Caffeine Addicts

    I have finally finished my first final draft for my research paper! This is exciting because I have done some grueling research, and it was a PROCESS to figure out what evidence was going to be used for which claims. Also, I have always struggled with introducing my quotes (in a "quote sandwich" type of way), and I'm not sure why, but I did struggle with that in this paper, too.     I have, so far, written a research paper that presents research in a sort-of matter-of-fact, this-is-how-it-is style. I need to incorporate more rhetoric into my writing because it will create a more compelling argument. This is something I struggled with when I wrote my  documentrary project. I think I am doing a better job, but I could do better than I am doing right now.     I am excited to see how this paper ends up after some editing suggestions from my professor and classmates! This paper has a lot of potential, I just need to tap into that.

    I have been working on my  research for this research paper, and I have found three sources.  I have one .edu source and two scholarly articles for sources.  One of these scholarly articles is from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the other is an original research paper (I believe it was an anthropological study).     In the past, I have taken the approach of a politician almost, and that has caused me to take quotes out of context and use them to my advantage.  While this does create a paper with evidence, it also creates an argument that isn't solid.  I will not be doing this for this paper because I am actually writing about something I care about.  I am not a politician that constantly takes someone else's words and uses them out of context to benefit myself; the only time I have ever done it is in one research paper in high school.   I have found overwhelming support for many of my claims,--I plan to discuss both ends of the spectrum throughout the whole paper,