Micro-reflection
One of the challenges I face working on Annotated Bibliography was coming up with a beneficial research question. After pondering a variety of different subjects for two days, I narrowed it down to a subject that I can identify with and encounter daily. Once I established my research question, I had to frame it to make sense to the reader. Living in New York City, most people have interaction or connection with the homeless population. Most people view the homeless as an individual that fell on hard times or made poor life decisions. I believe it a broader issue that contributes to the cause of homelessness. That develop my question; now the next difficult task was finding three creditable sources.
To narrow my resource to just three was a challenging obstacle; the reason why is I wanted the sources to dig into the question and not scratch the surface. I wanted in-depth articles that provide research and data to answer the question. Another big challenge most of the article I review was outdated, and most articles focus on providing the solution to the growing homelessness problem. So, finding the three sources that address the question took a lot of time and effort. After reading through countless articles, I finally narrowed down to three and began the Annotated Bibliography.
After completing the research, it was differently worthwhile. I was able to discover many different circumstances that play a part in homelessness in the United States. To name a few, it started s with poverty, policy, mental illness, and race were just some of the surrounding factors that contribute to homelessness in the United States. I think one of the pitfalls I face with this assignment is the question covers many different areas. I was not expecting to discover so many issues that impacted the homeless population. In the process for future assignments, I will detail the question better to target one subject. Overall, it was a great learning experience.
