“For me, writing the small object, LARGE SUBJECT essay was …”

For me, writing the small object, LARGE SUBJECT essay was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be. When we first got the assignment I was torn about what object to pick. Everyone seemed to be picking iPod’s because it was something they used everyday. However, I never even use mine so I had no idea what I would write about. I starred at the other objects clueless. Then my boyfriend and his addiction to his iPod popped into my head. How annoying and distracting it is! Suddenly the first assignment became a whole lot easier. After we got the second assignment for our 5 page paper I thought, “no worries, this should be a breeze.” However, the paper was much more than a breeze; more like a category three hurricane. When I sat down to expand my first draft I was doing fine but realized it was only about 2 pages long. All I kept thinking was, “how am I supposed to make this 3 more pages long without blabbing.” I hate when all your thoughts are written down and you still need more! It’s so difficult. I feel like it just makes your paper worse because you start repeating yourself and all your trying to do is fill pages. When there is no more meaning in my writing my papers come out like President Bush’s speeches, “Uhhhhh?” So I turned too other people for help. I started to research what other people thought about iPods effect on society. I came across this really interesting website that was also created for a college course. The girl who created the website caught my eye even more! Her name was Krystle Song. Not only did we have the same first name but also how appropriate is her last name for this topic! Song, I mean did she make that up or is this for real? I started getting really involved in her website. She had a good point of view about the iPod effect so I decided her words of wisdom would be used in my essay. By the end of the paper I actually felt proud of my completed work. “Struggled but in the end proud.”