Headaches with Research

Coming across assignment #3 my thoughts were, “This should be easy, finding a an on going problem and 3 article one primary and two secondary.” Turns out, I was absolutely wrong! This assignment has been one of the most frustrating assignments by far. As a college student who is beginning to learn how to research credible source is a hard process, checking credibility  but when researching things in your interest makes it a slight bit easier. Although the researching aspect has been the most time consuming. I have spent countless hours sitting in front of a computer, searching for the articles that were in my anticipated major Criminal Justice. For example my topic was “Sanctuary Cities Law.” The primary source was the easiest, but finding my secondary articles were the hardest. Its just so frustrating! 

Of course one may think that a law can be debated and there are two sides to it, one for it and one against it. However searching for a source was the most challenging because our assignment required a scholarly article, but to find a scholarly article that directly states “an opposing argument ” was hard because they express an opposing side in such a discreet way. I was able to manage to read the articles and discover certain aspects of the article that expressed an opposing argument but it was tough. After finding the two articles that I believed would help me ultimately write my paper was a slight breath reliever. Although finding how to outline this type of assignment is a challenging process to express where you ultimately stand in the issue. Overall, I am glad we are being challenged in researching because we are bound to write multiple researches paper in our majors, this however is a stepping stone. I am glad I am not able to persuade why I stand where I stand and express myself!