As a part of my fourth-year course "Issues in the Middle Years" we were expected to choose a topic that we are interested in learning more about and conduct a research paper based on this question. This research paper demonstrates engaging in career-long learning and demonstrating a professional body of knowledge as laid out by the 2018 Alberta Teaching Quality Standard. It demonstrates evidence of this because it helped me to expand my knowledge on issues that will benefit my future students and fellow staff members as well as increasing my experience when dealing with complex issues.