Essay 4 Self Reflection! :)

1.       What were your biggest challenges in researching and writing your Proposal?

 

The biggest challenge for me was trying to find good library sources that went along with my proposal. I only had one or two that came from Essay 3 and a majority of my sources were from the web. I found that I had an easier time finding web sources than sources from the library. Once I had my conference with Mrs. Thomas, she helped me find a few more library sources that were extremely helpful. I think my problem was using the right keywords when typing them into the databases. If you don’t know what key words to type in, most likely, you won’t get as many good hits.

 

 

 

 2.      What do you feel is the best element of your final proposal?

The best element of my proposal, I say, would have to be the research. Even though I struggled with finding the sources I needed, once I had them, I had no problem putting them into my paper. I had plenty of sources to go by and all the research definitely beefed up my paper! Another good thing about my proposal was the story in the beginning about Ethan. That story definitely gave my paper some pathos.

 

 

3.      What do you feel is the weakest element of your final proposal?

The weakest element of my paper would have to be the proposal itself. I’m worried that maybe I contradicted myself in the thesis or the overall proposal just doesn’t make sense. Apparently ABA is either done at home or in a special clinic, I was not sure if it made sense to have it in schools. It sounds like a pretty good idea though. So hopefully, my proposal makes sense to others!

 

 

4.      What could you have done differently to improve your overall performance with both the Literature Review and the Proposal?

One huge thing I could have done differently was choose a topic that I’m passionate about. Don’t get me wrong, I love the topic about autism in mainstream schools. It’s such an interesting topic that does not get enough attention. But after a while, I found myself losing interest in the whole thing. Maybe that’s because I struggled with research, but maybe if I was more passionate about the topic I chose, things would be different. I was having a hard time choosing a topic in the first place, that once I did find the autism topic, I sort of just settled with it. But I definitely don’t regret choosing the autism topic. I learned a lot of interesting things about the subject!