1. what is your initial position on this topic? do you think college-level writing is a valuable skill to learn, or do you think it’s a waste of time? don’t worry about my feelings- i’m not going to be sad if you don’t think it’s valuable- what’s your actual opinion?
2. where did your position originate? in other words, what made you initially have this reaction? did you get your views from your experience? from observation? explain a bit about how you came up with your ideas.
3.how do you intend to go about researching this particular assignment? what is your current research strategy? how effective do you think that strategy will be?