As I continue to write my paper my frustration just keeps on increasing. I feel completely powerless. Without exaggeration, Haiti is at the brink of destruction. Haiti is the epitome of an ecologically, politically, socially and economically collapsed state. Without significant international intervention Haiti is hopeless.
I feel powerless, but at the same time ashamed; ashamed, because I live in a country that has been responsible for many atrocities in the world including in my native country. As a research more and more about the situation in Haiti, I continue to discover that the United States has in large been responsible for the demise of Haiti.
Until this day the United States continues to try to impose their ways on other people in order to better benefit from them. The cyclone in Myanmar has been cataclysmic for humans, yet the Bush administration seems to think the problem is not worthy or in need of help. With deaths surmounting the hundred thousands, Bush had the audacity to demand certain preconditions before any aid would be given to the devastated country. Human lives are apparently of not much importance to Bush. How can the United States have a political agenda in a time when people have died and are continuing to die?
I am outrage by American foreign policy.
Sorry for rambling on about things unrelated to my paper, but I feel compelled to express my feelings.
Anyhow, so far my paper is going fine. However, I have still not been able to find much information about actual deforestation in Haiti. Things that I have found merely state that the use of wood as fuel has been primarily the cause for deforestation in Haiti. Thus, I need to continue researching about this stuff.
Additionally, I am now working on diversifying the sources of my paper. I figured I need to give my paper more validity by using several sources as proof. But finding sources and using these sources is very time consuming. I have spent most of the time reading books and articles rather than writing. I have about 7 articles and 3 books, which I have been using to write my paper.
Nevertheless, despite all the holes in my paper as of now, I feel good about the 9 pages that I have written so far.
I feel powerless, but at the same time ashamed; ashamed, because I live in a country that has been responsible for many atrocities in the world including in my native country. As a research more and more about the situation in Haiti, I continue to discover that the United States has in large been responsible for the demise of Haiti.
Until this day the United States continues to try to impose their ways on other people in order to better benefit from them. The cyclone in Myanmar has been cataclysmic for humans, yet the Bush administration seems to think the problem is not worthy or in need of help. With deaths surmounting the hundred thousands, Bush had the audacity to demand certain preconditions before any aid would be given to the devastated country. Human lives are apparently of not much importance to Bush. How can the United States have a political agenda in a time when people have died and are continuing to die?
I am outrage by American foreign policy.
Sorry for rambling on about things unrelated to my paper, but I feel compelled to express my feelings.
Anyhow, so far my paper is going fine. However, I have still not been able to find much information about actual deforestation in Haiti. Things that I have found merely state that the use of wood as fuel has been primarily the cause for deforestation in Haiti. Thus, I need to continue researching about this stuff.
Additionally, I am now working on diversifying the sources of my paper. I figured I need to give my paper more validity by using several sources as proof. But finding sources and using these sources is very time consuming. I have spent most of the time reading books and articles rather than writing. I have about 7 articles and 3 books, which I have been using to write my paper.
Nevertheless, despite all the holes in my paper as of now, I feel good about the 9 pages that I have written so far.
2 comments:
If it helps any, you are going about this in the right way. Reading lots is one of the most important parts of research. If you are not getting what you need in terms of reserach, I strongly suggest asking the reference librarians to help. Trust me, they know about databases we don't even know exist--WAY beyond EBSCOhost and etc.
I am assuming you have checked newspapers around the world, right?
I totally agree with you about feeling frustrated and hopeless; I feel the same about my research on the polar bears. I need to also broaden my amount of resources. The few few books that I did look into, have basically the same information that I already have.
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