For the last several weeks, I have been working on my research paper. So far, it's been kind of hard. It's been a lot of work and it just had me question whether I wanted to continue doing it or not. In the end, I continued to do it and decided not to give up. One skill that has strengthened while working on my research paper is evaluating my sources. After I read a website throughly I realize whether I should use the source or not, whether it's reliable or not. For the first website I evaluated, I realized I didn't want to use it. I didn't find enough evidence and everything they talked about on the website wasn't something I wanted to include in my paper. I hope I continue to use this skill later down the road and continue to find better websites for my research paper.
Culmination Blog
While reflecting back to how and why I chose my topic, I realized I don't know. I kind of just chose the first topic that popped into my mind. I thought about changing my topic in the beginning but I couldn't think of anything to do it about and I didn't really think about the fact I'll be working on this topic for months so I should have chosen something that I wouldn't grow tired of. If I could choose a research topic all over again then I would change my topic because if I would be working on something for a long period of time and putting in all my effort into it then, it should be something that interest and benefits myself. One challenge I encountered during my research was I lost interest in my topic. It was hard for me to focus because it didn't interest me at all, Another challenge was finding reliable sources to use as evidence for my research paper. I feel like after moving past this, I've become a better researcher especially with knowing if a ...
I am SO glad you did not give up! The research process is much harder than the actual writing, in my opinion at least. You will see that all of your hard work really will pay off!!
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