1/23/19

Today in class we just worked more on our research papers and more specifically the research synthesis. People were all working their hardest so that they can be finished by this Friday. Most people either put headphones on our went into the hallway so that they could focus on their work. I was one of the people who went into the hallway to get away and just have some quiet time. My only complaint was that the floor was very uncomfortable and I was sore by the end with my back aching. My paper is about arms dealers and I have gotten a decent amount of information about the topic but because I was out my way behind and i'm still on the research review. Mr. River's was kind enough to give me till Sunday and i'm very grateful for that as i'm very busy during this week because of ski team. I had practice on Tuesday and Wednesday, and the I have a race on Thursday and Friday. This makes it so I don't get home till 7:00 or 8:00 which doesn't leave much time for homework so I have to ration my time wisely and use my study halls to the best of my ability and get my paper done. Through my research I was able to find that Russia has a huge arms dealer problem and is something that is almost commonplace but not accepted in the slightest. Another place that has a huge problem with arms dealers is Africa and this is because of all the fighting making it a extremely profitable location.  When I started my research I expected Africa to be a large hot spot but I was surprised to know that Russia still has a big problem with arms dealers even after the cold war.