Blog #1: My Thoughts about Research
I have a fear of Research Method courses! I am not that good with Math and I struggle with Writing as well, so when both are needed I panic!! I start to doubt my ability to understand / create a good research paper without even trying. My fear is all the jargon used in research classes! There are SO many definitions and different ways to say the same thing but one word changes the whole meaning! Like Um, English please?!?
I have to be honest, at first I didn’t see this as a benefits of research at all. But once I did the reading and understood how it should be done to get better service results for clients it made a lot more sense. But it also made me think about the agencies that I’ve worked for in the past, and if they tested the way the programs were benefiting the clients or not as well as ways to improve why didn’t we know about it?
Already I’ve come into this class thinking I’m going to fail! I missed the first class and just had a hard time getting the flow of my life schedule in order. Getting back into school mode was extremely hard for me!!! I was used to / enjoying my sleep and 1 less responsibility on my plate. I keep giving my self-reasons to just walk away and forget about school, but deep inside knows I can’t give up! I don’t want to give up, I actually enjoy being back in school. It makes me feel smart, challenged, curious and I missed that. I found this image when I searched “Stressed” and I think it’s perfect to describe how I feel, as if I need a thousand hands to get everything done!!!
Welcome to 2nd semester … Yay !
Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.
— Oscar Wilde.
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512Mercedes 