Monday, September 22, 2008

Yay for Prof. Metzger!

This weekend, I contacted my ENG 350 professor, Kenan Metzger. He proved to be a valuable resource for a particular school. Here are our emails:

Hello Dr. Metzger,

I am writing an enthnography this semester about inner-city school teachers and I was hoping that you could help me with something. I want to be able to go to an IPS school and talk to some teachers but I'm not quite sure which schools would be the best for what I want to do. I want to know about the teachers' lives, what kind of struggles they go through as teachers, and explore some of the perceptions of inner-city school teachers. I was hoping you might have a school in mind or maybe even some actual teachers that would be willing to let me go and ask questions. Thanks for your time! I really appreciate any resources you may have.

Have a good day!
Sarah Perry 
317-417-5231

Sarah,

I do know some teachers at Shortridge Middle School who I think would be good to talk to.  However, I think you need to get clearance from the research office on campus to do such a study since you will be working with human subjects.  Let me know as soon as you are approved, if you aren’t already, and I will contact the teachers I know and let them know of your interest.

Dr. M. 


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