What makes a paper a good one!

The first thing that I found was most important in writing a good paper is quality. For one, a good paper must consist of full explanations of whatever it is your writing about. You need to have substance and consistance throughout your paper. If you feel one way about something, then explain. You can not have the audience only read "I believe that the law should have a say when it comes to abortion." If that is how you feel then there should be at least list your reasons backing up your position.
The second most important thing a good paper should consist of is correct grammar and punctuation. No audience is going to take seriously a paper with "aint" or forgetting commas, or capital letters. A good papper has to show that you know what you are talking about without having to go back and read just to figure out what it is you were trying to say. Plus, it shows your irresponsible. Proofread!
The last thing a paper should have is time. Give your papers sometime to work on to fix it here and there. Doing your papers last minute definitely calls for a mediocre paper no matter how long it is. You always need to go back and revise. Revision is key.

The thing that is most difficult for me is time! I don't have any. Its difficult to attend school time and work at the same time. My problem is that procrastination is my best friend. He's always there for me.

Potential topics for literacy narrative!

The first potential topic for my literacy narrative pertained to the first time I remember learning to read in kindergarten. This topic would have been set-up to where it explained the first time I remember learned to read and write and how it was useful throughout my academic career. However, it does seem too general and a bit hazy. My second topic would have consisted of the paper I wrote in sixth grade. I was basically allowed to write freely, yet appropriately. It marked the day when I learned to write on my own, without using a thesaurus to fancy it up. Although this did have influence on my writing style, the paper itself, as I remember, would be too elementary to have a deep significance to me and perhaps my audience. My last topic includes my first, real, rhetorically analyzed paper in my junior year in high school. This definitely sparked an inspirational light in my writing style and proved I was able to begin writing at an advanced level. It also was a confidence booster.

English courses are a requirement throughout any college curriculum for obvious reasons. English applies to our daily lives, no matter what we're doing. We can be texting, emailing, speaking, or reading, in which we all need basic english skills. Learning to effectively speak, read and write is such a beneficial factor when it comes to being successful. These days, you can barely get anywhere without being at an advanced level of speaking, reading, and writing. Everything today requires you to at least have some intermediate knowledge of english. If we all expect successful lives with a successful and fulfilling career sometime in the near future, then we shouldn't think of English as merely being a requirement, it should be a privilege. Its an opportunity for college students to take advantage of and be happy to partake in.

My goals for this course consist of learning to write more effective papers, improve my speaking skills, and to prepare myself for the 10 page papers I will surely be getting within the next few years here at Neiu. Considering I am still undecided for my major, I am certain that whatever I choose I will get buried in papers and essays. 

So lets take english a little more serious, folks. Plus, if we don't pass, we have to retake it. Now we don't want that.