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My global politics extended essay was certainly a worthwhile experience as it not only helped me gain a better understanding of a major current affair but additionally helped me develop several skills. Promptly, a major skill that I personally needed to develop was which of being able to differentiate immeasurable research from inadequate research. The topic that I had chosen to base my EE off “The belt and road initiative” had a wide range of bias aspects and in order to find effective pieces of research, it was important to attend to all different perspectives. While I aimed to fulfill as much of the correct structure I could there were skills that I was able to develop and certainly apply towards the other courses of my essay writing experiences.

Furthermore, throughout this experience, I unquestionably felt that I was able to work on the way I approach different informative platforms and adequately adapt the information given to me. The BRI was surely a very interesting topic for me to tackle and I am thrilled with the fact that to have been exposed to a considerable amount of new information and am able to link it so much to the global politics course.

Undeniably research has been a huge factor in terms of shaping up my extended essay. It has been crucial for me to do profound and thorough research in order to get the best possible outcome. A lot of the research that I had conducted was not necessarily successful, as my topic can have exceptionally different opinions it was hard to find non-biased sources.  I was able to find sources that allowed me to gain additional viable knowledge to the topic and allowed me to deepen my thinking.

The major takeaway I have had from my entire researching experience has been providing proper citations. I definitely did struggle in terms of citing all the references and made sure that was a priority. This was definitely a pushback for me and consumed loads of my time that I could have then allocated differently.

Throughout the day I was able to work on my extended essay with my supervisor and peers who are taking the same subject. The EE experience with my supervisor allowed me to have a proper structure towards how I am going to approach the essay. Some of my main concerns were trying to find reliable sources for research in order to get the most efficient non bias data. The meeting with my supervisor allowed me to work on finding viable sources while having a clear direction as towards what I am researching for in specific:

• What is the one belt one road initiative? 
• China as a growing global superpower (Context of China’s economic growth how its doing that by pursuing relations outside, military as well. Deep economic integration that allows them to reach out to other nations)
• Superpower politics US vs China are they in for a showdown what is the current status of their relationship.

Under these certain topics I conducted the research accordingly and took down the notes on my EE planning document. Something I am really proud of is getting on top of my research and finding viable resources with good information. I feel like this was something I was struggling to grasp in the past but as of now I definitely have a more prominent understanding of how I can implement my thoughts into solid research.

What I will be doing next is after getting my research in order while having a better idea of how I am going to start writing my essay. I am not going to focus more on any particular section like my introduction or conclusion but more so the EE idea itself and the bullet points that sum up my research.

So far the EE experience for me has been one of the most influential experiences I have gone through in my high school time. I have chosen a topic that I think is of great interest towards me and may be towards a lot of other individuals as well. That being said the experience has been quite enjoyable but rather formidable at the same extent. Within the EE subject that I have chosen (Global Politics) I have not particularly been so good in terms of forming my structure within essay writing. I feel that it has been harder for me to grasp a proper understanding of how its implemented into a certain ongoing topic. In terms of me understanding the EE topic being the One belt One road initiative I think that is going very well however its daunting to deal with how i’m going to express that understanding into a certain structure.