Friday, February 18, 2011

Research Question Draft

For my research topic I am very interested in working on the personal communication of students at job corps. In the emails Dee Dee and I have exchanged she has expressed her opinion, that because of my background, I would be a strong fit for a one on one mentor for students to express their problems, disappointments, or just be someone to talk to. I want to dive deeper into this topic and attempt to see if there is a link between having a rough upbringing and poor communication skills.
This is something I am very passionate about, I myself had struggles in my youth and if I can help even one person to overcome their troubles and build towards a better life I will be extremely pleased with this project. As time continues and I progress with my service learning hours I would like to connect deeply with one student for this project. Preferably someone that has similar problems as myself. So I can compare their personality and communication skills to my own. I believe this tactic will help me successfully make the research paper narrowly focused enough. I am extremely excited to start the service learning project and learn more about the students of job corps and myself.

2 comments:

  1. Great work Brandon! I'm excited just hearing you talk about it.

    I can tell how you're obviously interested in your topic and that you feel strongly about it--both good indications of success for your project.

    You mention a little about how you can keep your topic narrow, but I was wondering what kind of research you could do. What are some questions you could ask, then answer through research? Are you thinking of taking an interview/ethnographic approach, talking about one specific person?

    I like how this is going!

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  2. Nice topic! The more your into it the easier it shold be. Talking to Dee Dee is a good start. Good Luck!

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