Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Second Thoughts

I'm worried that I will not have enough resources to do my ethnography on inner-city school teachers. I feel like if I want to interview these teachers, I'll have to travel to Indianapolis or Chicago for a good one. I do, however, know an anthropology professor who studied inner-city students in Chicago. I haven't emailed him yet but I'm hoping that he'll have some good contacts for me.

I wanted to research inner-city teachers because this is the only thing I'm really passionate about that I could use as a teacher in the future. I have other interests but they do not relate to my field at all. I thought about truckers because I work in a terminal and it would be easy for me to conduct interviews. I also thought about funeral directors because my brother is a mortuary science major and his stories are always interesting. 

I guess I'm just concerned that once I really start making calls and contacting school, it will be too much for me to really make time for. I do, after all, have another "immersive" project this semester and I'm starting to feel overwhelmed. 

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