Brian Crittenden Journal 6

Today’s Questions

1.     Since my inquiry essay topic is the same, I know quite a lot about procrastination. I know what it is, what causes it, how it affects people, how many people procrastinate, and how long it has been an issue throughout history.

2.     I feel that most college students procrastinate on some or all of their work. In addition, I feel like technology (i.e. social media, cell phones, TV) influences procrastination to a certain degree.

3.     I want to know how many people struggle with procrastination at Virginia Tech, and if technology has an affect on the level of procrastination.

4.     This topic affects me directly because I have been guilty of procrastinating homework from time to time. I know what procrastination feels like and I know how it affects me later on. Technology increases my procrastination at times.

5.     I assume that procrastination has a negative connotation associated with it. I believe that everyone has at some point in time procrastinated something.

6.     Students and some teachers at Virginia Tech are the subject of the fieldwork.

7.     Virginia Tech students and teachers, no specific gender or ethnicity, different majors (i.e. business, engineering, undecided)

8.     I belong to American, White, student, middle-class, young, male

9.     Group Dominant culture: in modern times, most young adults go to college because it is the “accepted” or “best” way to do things according to society. All of us are in college so we are in the dominant group.

Group Marginalized Culture: Our group contains diversity. Minorities are apart of the marginalized culture

My Dominant Culture: I am apart of the dominant college student culture. I am apart of the dominant ethnicity culture, dominant gender culture, and dominant class culture.

My Marginalized Culture: Looking at the whole world, the youth can be considered a ‘marginalized’ group. I am apart of the youth.   

10.  Things to keep in mind are to be objective while interviewing, record and present correct information, ask a wide variety of people, ask appropriate questions to obtain the best results, and listen to the interviewee.