Should a student be considered a “customer”?

A customer is someone who pays for good and services. A student in this sense can be considered as one. However, it is not absolutely right to consider a student as a typical custommer. First of all, not all students pay for their own education requirements or tuition. Though the student is receiving the service (education) someone else is spending for it, or rather investing in this respect. Secondly, the theories and practices of market gamemanship (I also took an economics class this semester), could hurt the quality and depth of eduation provided if the student is considered a customer in the strict economic sense of the word.

Previous experience with research papers

Before this class, I have not really had an experience with English research papers per say.
However, I have written papers and speeches in other courses. I think, that's the most I have done in this domain.
One paper I wrote was for my Women Studies Course. I was particularly interested in my topic because it had to do with women scientists and inventors. The one struggle that I had , which I am also facing with my present paper is that of being carried away during the research process. This was particularly true when I encountered a source or documentation that particularly interested me. I will just drift away and read on. As we all know, a research paper writing has to be done in a definite ammount of time and it is vital to properly manage, time wise, all the stages involved. I wish with all my heart I will achieve this some day. Long story short, I finally finished the paper and my professor liked it.