Free Write 4/3/2012

I think that working on our research paper during class would be the most productive and beneficial of the two choices that you gave us.  I know that I am having trouble finding time to work on Project #3 due to the fact that I am in-season and we 4-6 games a week plus practice on the other days which takes up a lot of my time.  I also have to manage four other classes along with another history related research paper in one of them.  Giving class time for the research paper would be the most helpful not only for myself but for the entire class because I feel like every single person in this class is no where near the end of the process.

Free Write 3/29/2012

Thesis: Current abolishinists use the same tactics that previous ones used - grassroots

Research:  books and films
scholars hosting conferences
churches and students organizing
technology!!!
modern communication tools
printing revolution
william lloyd garrison
- had his own newspaper where he spread the word of abolishionism
- using people in the spotlight:  president
hollywood stars

Free Write 3/27/2012

The research problem is if workers are compensated monetarialy when faced with sexual harassment.  Risk of sexual harassment affects workers pay is what she found out.  She calculated the risk of sexual harassment per industry and found that women are 6 times more likely to be sexually harassed and it happens more often in male dominated industries.  The workers that are being faced with sexual harassment are being paid more, women 25 cents/hour more and men 50 cents/hour more.  This proves her hypothesis correct.

Free Write 3/22/2012

• “How are businesses supposed to utilize the technology that is being created when the things that businesses do to adapt will be phased out due to new technologies being introduced?”
• “How does advertising and making transactions on social media sites affect the amount of sales and profit that businesses make?"
• “What is the most important thing for businesses to invest in due to the surge of technology infiltrating the lives of almost everyone in the world in order to turn the largest profit and have the most success?”

These are the questions that I have come up with so far when it comes to the research I have conducted on the topic of technology and business.  All of these questions I find extremely fascinating and feel like any one of these could be a good start for my research paper.  I did not find this assignment that challenging because I read all of my sources and took notes.  I believe the second bullet point is what I am going to do my research paper on.

Free Write 3/8/2012

This past week has been my first taste of life in season.  Not having classes last Friday due to leaving for our first softball trip of the season has given me a glimpse of what it is like to miss classes.  I have not missed a class up to this point and right now I have everything under control but once we get into the heart of our season that can all change.  This next week will be filled with softball because our spring break trip is in Baltimore, MD.  I will try to get a lot of work done on Project #2 for this class because we are going to have a lot of free time and my parents cannot be with me for the entire week.  I feel like I am going to get a lot accomplished during this week because softball and this one project are the only two things that I am going to be focusing on.  The six week sprint that is coming up after spring break is going to be, I think, more hectic than the average student.  I am going to have to balance all of the school work that I am going to be getting while also managing a 56 game schedule that started only last week.  I know that I can do it, but its going to be tough.

Free Write 2/28/2012

The best piece of research that I have ever written was for no one but myself.  During high school and the recruiting process, I had to research a lot of different schools.  There were many different aspects of researching schools such as location, enrollment size, majors, the division that the sports played in, etc.  This was the best research that I have ever written because it gave me a clear picture of what I wanted and what I didn't want in a school that I was going to spend four years of my life at.  The ways that I researched the different schools were by looking at the schools academic and athletic websites and by calling the softball coaches to ask them questions about the school and their program.  This research paid off in the end because it led me to Siena College, the perfect fit for me.

Free Write 2/23/2012

• Clinical studies, throughout many countries
• longitudinal studies
• 381 independent studies were examined to see the behavior changes of the children playing the game
• pathelogical studies relating video game addictions to substance abuse addiction
• when limits are set on children by their parents, students become more rebellious