I was never introduced to citations until I was in high school. \u00a0During that time, we only learned about MLA form and the importance of it when writing papers that involved research from outside sources. \u00a0My school also offered students to take higher level courses for certain subjects at a local community college nearby. \u00a0I took an english class at the community college that was mainly focused on research, writing research papers and such. \u00a0In this class is were i developed a better understanding of MLA citations, but we were never taught APA style. \u00a0I have heard of APA before, when using citation machine online for my paper, but never bothered to look into what it actually was. \u00a0During my time hear at ECU, I still was never taught about the APA for of citing sources. \u00a0Most of the classes that I have taken only used MLA when it came to writing papers, and I have not taken a single english class up until this one. The class I took at the community college counted as college credit so I did not have to take the first level english class here that most freshmen were required to take. \u00a0To be honest I’m still a little confused about the differences between the different styles. \u00a0I understand the importance of citations when it comes to research studies, papers and so on but this is something that I feel like I will not use in my future career. \u00a0My major is in the College of Business and all the classes that I have taken for my major do not stress the importance of citations, mainly because we don’t use them. Learning about APA and the importance of citations will be helpful for me, but only for my time at school. I don’t really see myself using this tool after college.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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