Progress in our research has been slow and difficult, but our team has reached a good place for now. Between athletic commitments, projects and studying for other classes, and work to pay for school (not to mention the hallmark of this semester, all the snow) expenses, this past week of catching up has proven rather stressful. It took us any long nights, but we are about where we need to be.
As far as research, our group has compiled a solid list of sources. I can't speak for the whole group with certainty, but I personally have basically all the sources I will need to write my paper. After completing our rough draft presentation over the weekend and presenting to the professor on Monday, the group took professor Middleton's advice and met on Thursday to revise the presentation. I was regrettably unable to join them, so they have polished their portions of the presentation whereas I have not.
As of this writing, we still need to complete our research paper and compile it. After everything is written, we will revise it and make sure there are no grammatical, spelling, or stylistic errors, and we will make sure all the sections work together to form a cohesive paper. I, personally, still have to work on my section of the presentation, but once I have finished the presentation will be complete.
Considering the presentation is to be given on Monday, I will take this weekend to finish polishing my section, and practice with the group if we have common availability in our schedules. After the presentation is completed, I will work toward completing my section of the paper, and try to arrange a group meeting to revise our sections and put the paper together, along with delegating the introduction and conclusion sections and the abstract.
Our main problems have been hectic schedules which prevent meeting and lead to time pressure on our work. There's not much to be done, but speaking for myself, this next week should be somewhat easier since two of my other classes are now completed and one other is merely preparing for the final. I am optimistic that our work can be completed on schedule and with the quality one would hope for in such a paper.
