Population Project

While doing the Population Project, I learned a lot of things. Since I spend 3 months just researching malaria, I know plenty of information on the disease. But the information I learned while doing this project wasn't as important as the other skills I learned. Usually while doing long term projects, I leave it all until the last minute. This project taught me that it is better to spread your work out over time, so it doesn't all pile up at the end. This way, the workload isn't as much, the project isn't as stressful, and most likely, the results are better. This will probably help me a lot in high school where there are many projects, from all the classes. Another thing I learned from this project was time management. I would always get my homework done, but I would usually leave it till the end after I went on facebook, played the piano, went outside, etc. With the Population Project, I had to learn to keep my priorities first or else, there was no way I would get any work done. Lastly, I learned how to write a research paper. The first time I wrote one, it wasn't very good, because I had no prior experience. This time, I learned not to keep repeating information (which is something I tend to do a lot) and keep my paragraphs concise. I also learned to use better words, and how to in-text and MLA cite. This will also be really useful in high school.
This is why I think I learned a lot during this project.