Box 12

Being an only child

Being an only child is one of those privileges I had no control over. With being an only child there are many positive aspects that help me with my research effectively. One way is expectation. When you grow up as an only child, no one else takes the blame for something that happens besides me. With that my parents expected more of me to do the right thing and not get introuble. This overallaps with school work, sense I am an only child my parents only look at my grades, so I am expected to bring home good grades. Finally I feel as though being an only child, you learn more about the things around you quicker becuase it's just you, and no sibling to experience stuff before you. These traits can help me to be an effective field worker becuase with expectation, I will strive to take the best possible notes I can as well as write the best possible papers I can. The overlapp with school is obvious, so that will make the drive even more relevant. And lastly being able to understand things is a key tool which will help me analyze the group I am studying to better understand them.

19

Being young in todays world is a good thing in my eyes. When you are young you are experienced to a lot of different things which all together shape your life. For this project being young helps me in my cause because as I research I may be able to find many things out about my group becuase of my age. Sense I am 19 they will treat and act as though I am an adult. With this there wont be any censorship or anything of whats going on in and around the group. It also helps out becuase sense I am considering joining the group next semester, they will try and recruit me becuase of my age, becuase most of the members are grad. students so they need younger memeber to join. As a researcher I feel as though with all these factors I will get the best possible information available.