When thinking about my research project I feel like I'm all over the place. Based on all of the capstone project ideas that I've seen I've come to the conclusion that I can take this quite literally anywhere. This project can be about anything and I can choose to take it many different directions. I've noticed that many students have taken creative approaches to their project and added their own personal touches.
I feel like my stress is coming from deciding on a topic. Theres so many things that interest me- I can take the route I've taken in the past year of this program and tie everything back to my current job in higher education. But- I've come to the realization that I'm not sure how much I feel like I could really go in depth with that and enjoy it or if its just something Im comfortable with and have prior knowledge and a connection with it. OR I can do something completely different and base my capstone project on something that I am passionate about.
Ideally- I'd love to choose a topic that I would like to take something from. Going in completely blind- well not completely blind- but being able to actually learn. I would like to challenge myself here. All this to say I have no idea where I'm starting, unlike my peers, this has only made me more stressed and not eased my anxiety at all. I think I'm too indecisive for this...
With that said, I think that I would like to talk about the experience of being first generation in the United States, I could go the academic route and maybe talk about how it affects education or I can research it on a more personal/emotional way of moving to a new country. Though I was born here, many of my family members were not so I could interview them and see how moving to the US at various ages can affect development or how it can make you feel isolated, not knowing how to define your identity.Thats all for now, stay tuned to see what I pick!
You can do something so meaningful on this topic and there are so many different ways to hone it into something manageable! It will be great!
ReplyDelete1. I loveloveloooove how our blogspot themes/backgrounds are the same, 2. I also reaalllyyyyy appreciated getting the opportunity to read through your blog to learn more about you, and 3. Although I toooootally understand just how stressful it feels acknowledging all of the different directions we can go with our capstones (as well as all of the many steps we have to take to get to wherever it is we are going with them), the ideas you've included within this post are inspiring in and of themselves already. I definitely can't wait to see wherever your heart takes you! <3
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