If you let students choose their own topics…

…you get research papers on:

-drug wars in Puerto Rico

-breast augmentation surgery

-history of iPods

-how to prevent youth violence

-breakdancing

-the Holocaust

-various media portrayals of the Rihanna/Chris story

-how sleep deprivation affects adolescents

-how smoking pot affects adolescents

-Nikola Tesla

-building and fixing computers

-LeBron James

-Lil Wayne

-how fast food affects adolescents

-how nuclear power has changed warfare

-the evils of capitalism

-history of basketball

-ancient Chinese history

-history of film technology

I really can’t wait to read these.