-What was the most challenging part of the research process? Why? How was it to approach a research essay from a They Say/I Say, conversational and/or more narrative writing style? In other words, how did it feel to be 'in conversation' with professional researchers and scholars, putting your own opinion [or working thesis] up against and/or in agreement with theirs?
-Next, please mention something about the interview or primary research process. It was intended to be 'practice' and informal, worth 10 points in the essay process. However, there is a real purpose of primary source research for bringing new knowledge 'to the conversation' that has not been investigated and shared before. How successful do you think you were in that regard?
The most challeging part of the research project was to talk with the authors. Im used to just spitting out facts and telling why they contribute with my issue. Im not used to making research papers into narratives and I experimented a lot with it. It was hard to do the They Say/ I Say because Im just not used to putting a lot of my opinion into it.
It surprised me that the interview was my favorite thing to write about because I thought that was going to be my greatest challenge in the process. I get nervous talking to teachers and I wasn't sure if it was going to have casual back and forth conversation but it ended up being super helpful. I interviewed a teacher that I wasn't afraid of so it was definitely less intimidating. Writing about it was fun also because I liked how it was meant to be informal so I just talked about how I go there and what we talked about. Overall I think I liked the interview source because it allowed me to step out of my comfort zone and found out my professors personal stories that I could relate to.
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