Blog #10: Research Paper Ready?

READY OR NOT, HERE IT COMES. This past weekend was great. I went to Cal State Fullerton and participated in Friendship Games. It's an event where all Filipino organizations from California meet to play games and cheer with each other for some friendly competition. It was fun but oh so tiring. Now here I am on Sunday night trying to get my life together after my lovely weekend. I can't believe we're past the half way point in the semester. Week 9 is here baby. Time to buckle down. I always feel like this is the point in the semester when my whole world is on fire and I just bask in the flames. College in a nutshell am I right? 

So we have a research paper. Fun. I honestly love writing papers and essays, but the hardest part is always starting it. It's hard for me to gather my thoughts to write it down in a logical way. Sifting through papers and information to get evidence to support my argument is tedious. It takes so much time to read through things to get the perfect little nugget of information. Part of me is really excited to do this paper and the other part of me just can't wait to get it with. I think I love it because finishing anything you put so much time and effort in feels so rewarding. It's something you created yourself. 

I don't really know what discourse community I want to focus on. I wrote down a couple of ideas I have, but I wanted to be more creative. I feel like me doing my paper on my fraternity or physical therapy clinic would be boring to write about. I'm not sure what else I would do though. For my fraternity, it would be interesting for me to do some research on how we handle communicating with each other through so many different genres. I have been in my chapter for over a year, and I love it. I truly believe that I am a better student and person overall. It would be interesting for me to study it more in depth. I know a lot about this community. I live in the house, which gives me an even better view of my chapter as a whole. I have completely immersed myself into it and I couldn't be happier. I already know what my organization stands for and what our goal is. I know how we communicate and what types of media we communicate through. As for my physical therapy clinic, I only volunteer a few hours a week. I have been interning there for over a semester so I know that community fairly well. I don't, however, know or really think about all the different ways we communicate with each other. It would be interesting to do it on the clinic because that's eventually where I want to work when I'm done with my schooling. 

I think I am researching effectiveness of communication. Once again, I'm not sure what direction I want to take this research, but it would be interesting to see where communication overlaps or becomes extraneous. I want to learn if the communicative practices within these communities are actually necessary. How long does it take for someone to acquire these practices? I feel like if I did do my paper on my fraternity, I could interview more people and get more information I need to write a really good paper. I could interview the president of my chapter, my house mother, and a member from each class. I would be able to get information from different view points. I could do it on my physical therapy clinic, but it would take a lot more effort for me to get the information I want. I would hate to be a burden to them. I would have to schedule interviews into their already busy work schedules. I think I just figured out what I'm writing my research paper on. 

This was probably the most helpful blog to write for myself. I basically talked myself into writing it on my fraternity. I actually think this will make me love my house even more. I sound so lame saying that, but I'm really excited now. Okay bye for now. I'll see you all tomorrow at noon!