Selecting a Topic

• global warming
• kinetic bombs
• animal extinction/ endangered species  
• is driving vehicles off road bad for the environment
• age limits on alcohol
• free weights vs. physical activities
• types of diets 

 Last year I attended Wenatchee Valley College. I took a class about study skills, and my professor thought it would be great if we learned how to write research papers. The catch was that we never got to pick a topic. I was assigned beards ironically, due to the fact I have one. Its hard enough to write a research paper, but then having to add hair to the chin of it. I though oh my god why... why do I have to do this. Of course I did not making the best choices I put it off and waited and waited till the last week, and said well I guess I could make this interesting. I went on the data base we used at our college and there was only a hand full of articles that included beards. I did research on the internet for other sites that were acceptable for college. After about 2-3 days I finally had found enough credible resources to put some sort of paper together about a beard. The sad part was in the end I got a B+ and actually ended up enjoying writing this paper. The only thing I might have done differently was tried starting sooner.

 http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/10/magazine/10section3a.t-9.html?_r=0
 http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/article/RODS-FROM-GOD-Imagine-a-bundle-of-telephone-2539690.php
 http://www.theguardian.com/science/2005/may/19/spaceexploration.usnews
 http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2004/02/62358?currentPage=2
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6290525.stm