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Hey! My name is Katie, I was born and have lived my whole life in Greenville, South Carolina. I attended Riverside high school where I played softball and volleyball. I played volleyball for Clemson my first two years here. My father and grandfather both played football here and my older sister Emily also graduated from here. My mom went to USC..ugh! :p I have three sisters all together, Emily, Allison, and Julia. I have two cats. I'm majoring in Early Childhood Education and want to teach Kindergarden. I am a christian and I love my church, NewSpring! This semester, I am extremely excited about learning how to teach mathematics to children in EDEC 430!

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

At a glance pg 174 - Revising my research paper

When revising my research paper, the first thing i did was read it aloud.  This made it easier to pick out my mistakes because I could hear what I was saying rather than just reading it silently. As I was revising my paper, I was able to detect some run-on sentences that didn't sound as well and I also repeated myself a good bit throughout the paper.  I used feedback that some of my peers gave me to help better my paper.  My conclusion was definitely shortest in my paper just because I was tired and wrapping everything up but when revising, I was able to go back and make sure that the conclusion was one of my strongest paragraphs so that my paper ended on a high note.  I also caught a lot of silly mistakes that I had made when I was reviewing my paper.  Several times, I had left out commas or made silly grammatical errors that I didn't realize when writing the paper.  Altogether, after some of the feedback I have received and from self-editing my paper after a few days has passed, I already feel like my paper is much better.
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Monday, March 2, 2009

Research paper Outline

Katie Sharpe

Research Paper Outline

March 3, 2009

Professor Amy Jessee

Lowering the Drinking Age to Eighteen

I.                    I.  Introduction

A.     “Hook” line

B.     Background

C.     Thesis:  The drinking age should be lowered to eighteen due to the fact that it would decrease the number of college-aged students who drink just in spite of the law.

II.             II.  Why is the drinking age 21?

     A.  What makes society see a 21-year-old as mature and an adult?

     B.  Other countries’ drinking ages

III.  Benefits of lowering the drinking age

            A.  Statistics on why drinking-age laws are ineffective

            B.  Help lower the crime level

IV.  How to go about changing the law

            A.  Reactions of other people to lowering the drinking age

            B.  Steps to take in order to lower the drinking age

V.  Conclusion

            A.  Restatement of thesis

            B.  Quick look back

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