I spent much of today's class period working on my thesis paper. I wasn't sure if it was supposed to be double-spaced or not, but I asked and found out that it is typically double-spaced, but doesn't have to be. So what I'll do is decide at the end whether or not to double-space mine, depending on how much stuff I have in my paper and how many pages that ends up being.
I've made some good progress so far! I checked my page count with double-spacing and it's at 6 pages right now. I've still only begun, really. I've finished my introduction, but I skipped over the "research paper" section where I talk about child illiteracy and why it's such a big problem in India; I'll come back and probably do that section last. Right now I'm in the mid-early stages of the Readathon itself; I still have to get to the heart of the paper, which is where the majority of my fundraising occurred. And on top of that, I still need to write a bit on my Readathon Coordinator experience and what my role was and the final outcomes of both my individual and my team fundraising. The very end of the paper is also going to be pretty sizeable, since I'll need to talk about the Readathon wrap-up and reflect on how my experience volunteering with Pratham as a whole has influenced me. With all of this, I'm pretty sure I'll make it to 25 pages without too much difficulty. I might leave my paper double-spaced after all, but we'll see.
I think, if possible, I'd like to include updates every now and then in my paper - they'll be indented extra, as well as italicized to differentiate them from the rest of the paper - to add more "authenticity" to the narrative. Besides, those updates include a lot of what I'll be talking about anyway, except they'll be more realistic because they were written "in the moment," whereas this paper is being written in retrospect, in a way. So we'll see. I'd also like to include a couple of the stories of the children I helped with my fundraising, but I don't know if I'll have enough room. That would be nice, though - to add in a few anecdotes of the children and how the money I've raised has gone to fund their education.
I've made some good progress so far! I checked my page count with double-spacing and it's at 6 pages right now. I've still only begun, really. I've finished my introduction, but I skipped over the "research paper" section where I talk about child illiteracy and why it's such a big problem in India; I'll come back and probably do that section last. Right now I'm in the mid-early stages of the Readathon itself; I still have to get to the heart of the paper, which is where the majority of my fundraising occurred. And on top of that, I still need to write a bit on my Readathon Coordinator experience and what my role was and the final outcomes of both my individual and my team fundraising. The very end of the paper is also going to be pretty sizeable, since I'll need to talk about the Readathon wrap-up and reflect on how my experience volunteering with Pratham as a whole has influenced me. With all of this, I'm pretty sure I'll make it to 25 pages without too much difficulty. I might leave my paper double-spaced after all, but we'll see.
I think, if possible, I'd like to include updates every now and then in my paper - they'll be indented extra, as well as italicized to differentiate them from the rest of the paper - to add more "authenticity" to the narrative. Besides, those updates include a lot of what I'll be talking about anyway, except they'll be more realistic because they were written "in the moment," whereas this paper is being written in retrospect, in a way. So we'll see. I'd also like to include a couple of the stories of the children I helped with my fundraising, but I don't know if I'll have enough room. That would be nice, though - to add in a few anecdotes of the children and how the money I've raised has gone to fund their education.
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