When I chose this question (How does the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Second Amendment affect us today?), I had originally just been thinking of the Supreme Court and the Second Amendment. I’d only thought of the Supreme Court because, in all of the Second Amendment sites I had read, they all included some information on the Supreme Court and the Second Amendment. Out of all the cases, the two I kept seeing were Heller v. D.C. and McDonald v. City of Chicago. My original question was slightly different from the one I ended up with – it was aimed more at the Supreme Court itself, not the interpretation. But I think that my final question was more informative than the one I started with, and I’m happy with that.

When I was researching my project, something I found especially challenging was finding the right information, words, and pictures to help describe what I was talking about. As I took my notes, I realized the information was repetitive and didn’t include new info. For example, my first note-taking website (giffords.org) had mostly information on Heller v. D.C. and McDonald v. City of Chicago. Then, my second note-taking website (https://academic.eb.com) explained more about the origin of the Second Amendment and the start of the Supreme Court interpreting the Second Amendment. But then, in my last note-taking website, it was almost the same information I’d learned on “giffords.com”. So some of the information for the script was hard to get.

However, choosing the right words for the script was even harder! Sometimes I couldn’t explain some of the information I had learned, and when I had to introduce another slide, I could never think of a way to start it. It was the hardest challenge in making this project. Picking photos, although challenging, was thankfully easier. I was usually able to find photos on my 1st or 2nd search, and the photos were never too confusing. Everything other than those was a lot easier to accomplish. Through all those challenges, something that motivated me was thinking of completing this project. If I just pictured not having to do it anymore, I could do my work a little happier.

I think that I could’ve been a little more specific because I feel like my answer isn’t entirely connected to my question. My question was asking how the outcome of a Supreme Court case could affect us, but my answer only talked about how the interpretation changed throughout the years, not the effect of a case. So I was a little vague on that topic. Everything else, though, was pretty successful. I think that everything other than my answer was achieved to the best of my ability, with all my brainpower. I’m thankful that this has ended, but it was fun while it lasted(as painful as it was). I hope not to do something like this ever again, but I’ll probably still have to, so I can only hope that it will be less agonizing.