Tonight, instead of writing my proposal for University Scholars, I ended up writing this blog. I want to record this time as my beginning of official research for the summer. Upon looking at the USP website, I found a red flag warning about applying. It stated that I was required to take a one credit research class over the summer in order to be a candidate for University Scholars. As being a member of Preview Staff 2010, I cannot be enrolled as a student at UF the entire time I am on staff. So this disheartened me at first, very much, but then I saw it as just a shift in my outlook and approach to this research. So I called my faculty advisor, Kristin, and told her about it. We chatted about my other options and she made me realize that this is a beautiful opportunity. I am just having a shifting of purpose and priority. I just think the irony of it is funny, because the reason why I can't apply for this program is the same resource that I was going to use over the summer to obtain my research.
It's just an extremely personal moment and significant in my college career, because this is something that I have been wanting to do since my Freshman year. The way things work out and don't work out is extremely interesting. I just have to surrender to this change and accept it as an opportunity to start research now and continue through the whole summer.
The metaphor lies in the same lines as my research. I am most concerned with how people take and deal with opportunities that are presented to them. They are filtered through expectations of themselves and of others (particularly parents) and that effects their decisions as well. I need to take this as a sign that I was selected to welcome 6,000 freshman for a reason, and even though I can't put their name on it, I will still conduct research of my own and carry out this vision.
My goal for this project is to reach a broad spectrum of people with my work. I can take many avenues with this concept and will hopefully get a specific view and vision for my piece. I will want to share it with many.
It's just an extremely personal moment and significant in my college career, because this is something that I have been wanting to do since my Freshman year. The way things work out and don't work out is extremely interesting. I just have to surrender to this change and accept it as an opportunity to start research now and continue through the whole summer.
The metaphor lies in the same lines as my research. I am most concerned with how people take and deal with opportunities that are presented to them. They are filtered through expectations of themselves and of others (particularly parents) and that effects their decisions as well. I need to take this as a sign that I was selected to welcome 6,000 freshman for a reason, and even though I can't put their name on it, I will still conduct research of my own and carry out this vision.
My goal for this project is to reach a broad spectrum of people with my work. I can take many avenues with this concept and will hopefully get a specific view and vision for my piece. I will want to share it with many.
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