Persuasive Writing 312

I loved my topic for my research paper.  It was definitely something I am passionate about and I couldn't stop reading articles about it.  It is a topic that I almost study on my own, free time.  That being said, the parts of the paper where I needed to be passionate in I was, but the parts where I tried to make my claims and my arguments were sorely lacking.  I think my thesis was good, which surprises me because I was having the hardest time putting it into words. I also spent too much time "researching" (aka, looking up videos of different artists, going through things I hadn't seen before, geeking out) and so when it got down to the wire I felt like I had so much to say and it was just all over the place.  In the future, I think it would be wise of me to maybe lay things out and do an outline.  I should probably be trying to figure out how much information I have on a certain topic before I go crazy and just start writing.  Especially since my in...

LDS Futbol I served my mission some time ago in the Uruguay Montevideo West Mission.  This mission borders the country of Brazil, and so on top of picking up Spanish, I was able to learn Portuguese as well as much from the Brazilian people during my time spent there. I was on my way back to Provo from Wyoming when a man with an accent began to speak.  I had managed to find General Conference on an AM radio station and the connection was less than favorable.  I feel like every conference, there is at least one talk that seems so pointed and influential to me at the time, and often it doesn't have anything to do with a question I have in mind at the time.  This man gave a great talk using soccer as a metaphor for how we