Many of the challenges in my research data collection were factors that was beyond my control, including student attendance in after school programs and the suspension of the data collection process due to the teacher strikes and COVID-19 pandemic. Under these circumstances, I found that these inconveniences, while undesired, were very helpful in showing the potential conflicts that could arise through the research conducted within public schools. My initial expectations of the process of field research within schools would not have foreseen these untimely occurrences especially when some of the challenges we were faced with were unprecedented by the extent of its impact on the academic year. With the COVID-19 pandemic, sudden and unanticipated changes to our way of life immediately presented us with new challenges that have so far been disruptive to research data collection. While these events are rare and happen infrequently, I have actively witnessed the need to be prepared for the need to take detours in the research process while accepting that even a flawless research plan may inevitably succumb to the externalities of the real world. I cannot expect for there to be a paved road for me to travel on without there having to be some cracks and the occasional pothole that I have to slowly drive over. I must continue to deal with these challenges under the expectation that the process will need adjustments.
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