The research that I have done this semester has really changed the way that I think of things. I had really strong views on almost every myth at the beginning of the research period. By the time I had finished, I had a completely new way of thinking about everything. When I looked at political correctness, I knew that it could be bad but the thought of it leading to terrorist attacks and other criminal acts had never crossed my mind. With the annotated bibliographies, I was able to see education in Mississippi in an entirely different way, and I have lived here my whole life. I think that these research projects have taught me that nothing is exactly as it seems, you need to do a little researching. I am really glad that we did these annotated bibliographies instead of going straight into the research paper, because the first myth that I chose was awful. I looked at three myths before I settled on the one about social class and education. My first choice, “George Orwell meet Mark Zuckerberg”, looked interesting at first glance but once I began to research the topic I found that it was probably the biggest bore in the book. I would have say that the most surprising thing to come from research is how specific sources can get. When I started looking at social class and education, I read a lot of broad articles that pretty much summed up what Anyon talked about in the textbook. There were thousands of articles on the Ole Miss library database that popped up when I searched this topic, but none of them were different enough to advance me further into the researching process. I think I had made it to the six or seventh page of the library search results when I saw an article about education statistics in America with data from each state. I saw that Mississippi ranked lowest in almost everything which got me thinking. So, I searched “Mississippi Education Social Class”. This was the moment that my paper began to take shape. Each article that I found was so specific: “Mississippi Delta Education Hindered by Social Class”. I had hit the jackpot! I think that the researching process forces you to simplify your searches in order to get you to the sweet spot. One of the biggest lessons that I am going to take away from this project is not to give up. After throwing out my first three myths I felt like my obituary was going to say “Death by Annotated Bibliographies”. Once I had picked a myth, I was faced with the challenge of actually doing the research, writing the bibliographies, and putting everything neatly on a word document before Friday – this was Sunday. On Sunday and Monday I wrote all eight of my bibliographies and thought that every writing particle in my mind had been sucked dry. I never wanted to look at an annotated bibliography again. But, I knew that I had to look at them again and not give up if I wanted to get a good grade. I was so committed to these little monstrosities that I even went to conference with Mrs. Forgette to make sure that I was doing them right. I know that the annotated bibliographies were extremely helpful and that I learned valuable lessons, but I am beyond happy that they are over.