Tuesday, December 11, 2007

The End is in Sight

We are halfway through finals week, and the end of the quarter is nearly in sight. My students take their final Thursday morning, bright and early at 8 am. Proctoring exams is my least favorite thing to do, because it is 2 straight hours of absolute boredom. It means 2 hours of dead silence, making sure that nobody is cheating during the exam.

Today I turned in my class paper for my Political Participation class. I wrote a research design that examines the political behavior of Asian Americans and the contexts under which they are motivated to participate. In a research design, I have to state my research question, discuss the literature and theory that has addressed my research question, state my hypothesis, and then outline my plan for how I intend to answer my research question. I don't actually plan to follow through with this research design considering that the political participation of Asian Americans isn't really one of my research interests.

This week I am also working on a draft of my literature review for my 1st qualifier. I have also started data analysis as well.

In other news, I have decided not to go back to Minnesota for Christmas. I will be spending the holiday in Oceanside. I plan to finish up some RA work and I plan to work on my qualifying paper over the break.

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