The Evolution of an Idea

When I set out to write my paper on college's purpose, I had a vague idea that I felt more in touch with the belief that college should be to broaden one's intellectual perspectives. Over the course of writing the paper, my idea crystallized and was focused from some of the examples I worked with. I looked at my own experience and the experiences of several others, and read the insight of some experts. I also thought logically, and fleshed out this idea with some common sense.

At paper's end, my idea was a bit changed; qualified in some ways. This was good, because specificity in a paper is a good thing. I cited some of the examples I looked at in my paper and these also helped to qualify my point. I also added the "why?" aspect to my paper. Having a thesis that you can defend is one thing, but answering the question of "why?" is just as, if not more, important to the impact that it has on the reader.