Research Paper

I hate research papers. They're evil. Seriously. Why make them so difficult? Ok, so maybe the actual paper isn't tough to write. But why is making the Works Cited entries so difficult to follow a favorite pastime of English professors across the globe? Seriously. Periods, and exact indents, and other pointless things. Come ON. Can't we just put the name of the book we got the info from, the author, what page it was on, and what media we found it on? And not make it such a complicated jargon of proper placement? The body of english majors need to simplify things. Even teachers don't like having to research the proper forms of the citation when grading papers. Everyone is only making things more difficult for themselves. This is what we call sitting on a hot stove. So, um...let's change things, shall we? Writing highly educated arguments using compelling and respected authority sources should not be overshadowed by a hatred of recreating the sources we have used.