I've got to say, I feel like I've made a lot of progress from where I started in the whole research experience. Looking back to December, gathering a lot of sources in History class seemed like an easy task, because my teacher doesn't normally check up on our work and it's good to see that he could guide us through the first part of the process. Gathering these sources didn't seem overwhelming as long as I kept them relatively close and made sure that they don't drift off too far from one another.
My topic is human trafficking, but I've narrowed it down to where I first started. The idea was actually inspired because it caught my attention when scrolling through a list of topics that our History teacher provided for us, and I knew I would catch interest easily. After getting a good understanding, I knew that human trafficking is the selling of children and adults around the world and abusing them to make a profit. However, I knew this was broad and could be argued differently among people, so I narrowed it down. I specifically restated my topic as the advertisement of minors over the Internet and how that has been reviewed by prosecutors, and how prostitution has expanded in countries, but is slowly being controlled.
The whole process hasn't been as exhausting as I expected; I've gotten decent work done in making a detailed outline and separating my sources into topics I can manage. I have planned out my entire essay so far, and I hope to start on making an introduction by tomorrow. So far, I've become less worried for the outcome because I know this is a topic I can handle and support. And now that I've spread out my sources according to the outline where I can support them, the first draft shouldn't be a major issue. My biggest fear is accidentally plagiarizing if I can't provide a source because I know that can hurt my paper in the long run. I think if I manage time well and work diligently on organizing the paper, then I can definitely handle explaining the specifics in a way that makes others aware of human trafficking.
Total Minutes on Research (1/23-1/29):
Monday 1/23 - 80 minutes spent reading Norton and studying ways to make paper effective, as well as looking over sources and summarizing.
Sunday 1/29 - 70 minutes spent revising my detailed outline and planning out rough draft, looking back on research, and narrowing down sources.
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