Lay of the Land Comment

I found that last assignment to be cumbersome and tedious. While I do think it is important to be aware of all of that information in order to analyze our secondary source, I think that I spent most of the assignment just copying over quotes and information about the author's credentials. I felt like more time was spend actually "doing" the assignment than was spent analyzing and learning the importance of the information. Since the goal of the assignment was to give us a better grasp of our secondary source, I believe that the assignment was a success. However, was there another means to that end? When the majority of time is spent on busy work, it makes the actual analysis feel almost arbitrary. This is not the message that an assignment designed to help should send you.