I've created a monster... or am in the process of doing so.

This term paper I'm doing is out of control. Seriously. I have enough material to write a thesis, no joke. I took a break from researching today to read the instructions for the paper again. And I see it's supposed to be 10 pages. Are they JOKING? I probably have 6 pages of citations alone! So I wrote to my professor and asked, does this really have to be 10 pages? Or can it be, like... 20? No, she says, it really must be 10 pages. Practice paring your research into a concise summary. Well, okay. I will do my best. But then I read further into the instructions and see that it's supposed to be in formal APA style... but we're also supposed to include personal reflection. How the heck does THAT work? Formal style pretty much is the polar opposite of personal reflection. So I have another email off to the professor.

The end of the instructions implore students to include at least 5 sources, and to try to make them primary. COME ON, what are we, in JUNIOR HIGH? I have 14 books and at LEAST 18 primary sources. How the heck am I EVER going to smash that much information into 10 pages, including personal reflection? Oy vey.