"College" Comp Class

"College" Comp class has been so fun!I say "college" because when we are in class, it doesnt seem like a traditional college class. In fact, it is just the opposite - untraditional. We sit in a circle, speak when not spoken to, and instead of answering the quetions of the professor, we answer questions of each other. Not to mention that we basically pick our own topics for our papers, of which we only had 2 this semester (with 1 pending). I WILL BE SAD WHEN ITS OVER :-(
As far as the researarch of this next paper, i am sort of confused b/c it doesnt really seem like a research paper...when i think of research i think of finding information about something that i am 100% oblivious about. But if this is what i have to do, then i guess i shall start by searching for statistics about work and education...???