The final attempt at gaining access to the school was a success! The director of the school was very busy at the Ministry of Education and apologized for not being in her office during the many times I tried to meet with her. She had no absolutely no problems with my research and was extremely accommodating. She went so far as to help me gain access to classrooms and directed me as to where to go and which ones were best. For ten days I arrived at the school each morning and occasionally during the afternoons to hand in my questionnaires to students during class time. I divided my time between the Ensino Fundamental (middle grades) and the Ensino Medio (upper grades) which are on two different sites. I finished my primary data collection last Thursday, ahead of schedule. I have 70 questionnaires filled out by the students and a collection of interviews with administration and faculty about my topic. I am very pleased with how it is going and I believe that the students took my research more seriously than I thought they would, although there was still a lot of awkward giggling and whispering going on. My next task is to organize all of the data and analyze I so that I can begin writing my paper.
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