SO DUNZ-O!

Peace out SASHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA


Introduction
INITIAL QUESTION: Should the State Department of Hawaii raise the minimum wage in order to fight the problem of homelessness?
FINAL QUESTION: Should the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development be granted more money from the federal government in order to eradicate the homeless epidemic?
When I first began this class, I could already predict what my term would look like. Endless nights filled with coffee, cries and constant frustration. I had heard all the nasty rumors of Info Hell and was dreading the upcoming weeks. After my first discussion section, I sat myself down at a computer and told myself that I would get started right away. I directed myself towards the library Blackboard link for J202 (which was quite helpful) and started to launch my research. I had no idea of the magnitude of this project and this class. I knew I wouldn’t slack off and that I would need to stay on top of things especially working 25+ hours a week.
My experience with this class has directly shown with the way my body is feeling. I have never valued a nap more in my life and a cup of coffee was a necessity every morning and evening. I had constant headaches and I have apologized numerous times to my roommates for the 3 a.m. typing and printing sounds and the constant whines.
Some of the best research strategies happened just through random hours searching in the library. I felt like I lived there and sometimes wondered if they would let people sleep there. I would research at home starting with Google and library searches, making a list and then spend the next day hunting sources and looking to see if they were worth annotating. It saved me time because once I got to the library I didn’t have to sit and search, I already had things in front of me. Another great research strategy was once I was familiar with my topic, I knew where my sources would be found in the library. I found that many of my books were found in the HV section of the library. When I went back to that section to look for a book, I sat and scanned the shelves for other things. I found at least five more sources, if not more, by just pulling things off the shelf and looking them over. Some of the things I found didn’t even come up on my search engines and this was a great find for me. I pulled three or four things and would sit on the floor and look them over.
My friend Nate and I started a blog in week five to get out our frustrations and to look over it later and remember our Info Hell experience. It was appropriately titled, “While I’m in Hell, I’ll Interview Satan.” It was quite entertaining and another way to vent when it was the wee hours and no one in my house was awake.
My advice to the next person would firstly be to not procrastinate and fool yourself into thinking that you can do this entire project in the last three weeks. It’s not going to happen. I thought I could have a somewhat normal life and still get my work done, but it literally needs one hundred percent all the time. Work on it every day. I went to the library every morning and for the last four weeks was there every morning until my first class at noon and there after I got off work at 8 and worked until the library closed at midnight. It was terrible, but I did it. It is such a great feeling to know you’ve worked so hard. I felt like this was my first big test in college and I did it. So, to the next Info Hellian, plan to do some each day and if you have other classes that demand your time one weekend, you better believe that you should spend your entire Sunday in the library catching up on Info. Take deep breaths, listen to music as you write, nap often and don’t forget to eat! You are now initiated into the Info Hellian club.