Research is easy!... right?

According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, the definition of research is a "studious inquiry or examination; especially : investigation or experimentation aimed at the discovery and interpretation of facts, revision of accepted theories or laws in the light of new facts, or practical application of such new or revised theories or laws." blah blah blah pretty detailed right? No. Mr. Webster forgot to add that researching can be the biggest pain in the butt if you don't mentally prepare yourself. On Friday Natalia and I were put in a group to complete a competition in Humanities. The task was to finish researching four sections of a paper Ms. Angie had given us. The winning team would receive a sugar cookie but not just any sugar cookie- a Halloween themed cookie. Natalia and I started out pretty confident I mean all we had to do was research, how hard could it be?  Two minutes into the competition we realized it can be VERY hard. We got stuck on number two of section one and as we were researching the answer every minute was flying by us. In the final 10 minutes of class we got the answer to our question and the worst part of all was that the answer was right in front of our faces the whole time! It wasn't easy ill tell you that much, but it wasn't hard. Natalia and I came to the conclusion that researching is time consuming that that's what makes it hard. We know that with the 10-15 page essay coming up its definitely going to be tough on us but with a little resilience, there's no reason why we cant complete a great assignment.