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 I believe the strongest part of my paper is maybe the refutatio because these are common come backs to the topic, but by looking at the statistics and knowing how much pharmaceutical companies actually make each and every year you can see that this won't hinder research. However, I still believe my paper could always be better and I will keep trying to edit as I go. I think the weakest part of my paper might be the exordium because I am not sure if I need to add more to it to be more specific and really appeal to pathos.

 So after switching my topic, I had to essentially start over. I am back in the source filtering stage, I currently have a few annotated but not all of them. I have my exordium done, but it definitely needs work. I am going through and re reading my sources that I decided to keep so far, annotating some as I go. This is also allowing me to form all my ideas and get a better idea of where I want everything to go and generally how it will be organized in each paragraph/section.

I do wonder if my thesis needs reworked or if I am just overthinking and overcomplicating things for my self, which often happens and why papers can take me so long. I currently have some sources, however I do need to thoroughly read through all of them to determine if and how they will be useful for me in writing my paper. This parallels with actually typing out my annotated bibliography due in the upcoming weeks. I do have many sources and am kind of dreading writing so much, but reading through each and this process will hopefully help me cut down the list based on how beneficial the source is. I need to also get my outline together, even if it's with simple ideas at first, but after reading through my sources it will help me figure out what ideas and supporting facts will go where. After completing my outline and hopefully a rough draft soon after the annotated bibliography is finish, then I can really critique and rework it from there.

 Just about all college students use financial aid at some point. Most of this money comes from the government, this allows students who many otherwise not be able to afford higher education, to continue learning and increase better job opportunities. I know personally, that if I did not receive financial aid or federal loans, then I most likely would not have been able to attend Cal U. I know many others and have friends who are not as privileged as I am, so this allows the majority of students to attend college and pay it off later after getting a real job.

One of my best friends Riane was born in Canada, she was able to come to the United States on her dad's work visa when she was about 5 years old. Her mother was unable to work because she was temporarily on disability and did not have a work visa. Riane has two other sisters, they were all here for about 3-4 years. Then for a reason that I forget, her family had moved back to Canada for just over a year. When they came back to the U.S., the whole process towards citizenship had restarted. They all had to wait another full 5 years to apply for citizenship. Riane's mother was off disability and she and her sisters finally got their green cards along with their social security numbers. This allowed them to permanently live and work in the United States. With only one member of the household providing for a family of 5 it was hard, they faced constant struggles throughout those entire 8-9 years before being able to properly provide for themselves.

 Although I do have a "real job" yet, I still disagree with the annual leave an employee gets in a year. Depending on how long you have been at the same work place/company/organization, you will earn the accompanied leave period. With less than three years of service you get 13 days, with three years but under 15 years you earn 20 days, and with more than 15 years of experience you earn 26 days of annual leave. Other countries have cut down work weeks to only 4 days and others give more time off. When America is compared to other countries it is often seen as a fast-paced lifestyle and full of work. There is often not much paid time off either, all around Americans are working long weeks and years with few breaks.