quotes and an english paper

"I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions."
Augusten Burroughs

“I wouldn't dream of working on something that didn't make my gut rumble and my heart want to explode.”
 Kate Winslet

“If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.”
 Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“Art is the most beautiful deception of all. And although people try to incorporate the everyday events of life in it, we must hope that it will remain a deception lest it become a utilitarian thing, sad as a factory.”
 Claude Debussy


“Perfectly ordered disorder designed with a helter-skelter magnificence.”
 Emily Carr

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your intro paragraph is your thesis statement because you cannot pack everything into one "thesis sentence" that is soooo stupid.
I am going to explain is the worst thing you can say
don't reiterate the intro; say in conclusion, the contribution despite personal difficulties

fix the english outline and works cited before you turn it in and make a cover page to go with your first draft
provide outline for person reading the paper

go through whole portfolio after the research paper is turned in and make copies of everything and bring them home over the summer to work on it