1. Right now I have a large amount of knowledge on my fieldwork project. We have decided to base our project on cancer awareness and how effective it is on college students. Currently this topic overlaps with my inquiry topic, giving me a lot of knowledge to draw from. Also my previous classes in biology and biochemistry have given me a strong foundation in cancer information.
2. I feel very strongly about my topic. Cancer is something that can effect anyone and usually has effected someone that you know. It is a very current disease that is developing daily. These awareness campaigns are designed to inform the public, and I am very interested to see how much people who are not in my major know about cancer.
3. My main idea with this topic is to learn what information, if any, people receive from cancer awareness projects. I also would like to know how informed people are that participate in cancer awareness events on campus.
4. In class I have already written most of a paper that concerns my topic. This field work report deals with a little bit of a different side to cancer awareness then my inquiry paper, but still covers some of the same information. The main thing that sparked my interest in my topic came from my intro to biochemistry class which taught me most of the scientific background to cancer. Also the other main thing sparking my interest was reading the emperor of all maladies which covers all aspects of cancer.
5. I assume that every person at VT has some sort of knowledge about cancer that could have come from the cancer awareness programs.
6. The group that I am studying is college students in Blacksburg VA
7. Our topic is special because it covers all ages and races, but currently we are only focusing on the college crowd because they are at our disposal.
8. I belong to the the student, male, young, college educated, white, and middle class identity groups.
9. I am currently part of a dominant culture that includes being educated on the topic of cancer and cancer awareness programs. We must make sure that we skew our questions to people who may not have taken the same classes as us and only have the cancer awareness programs to rely on.
10. It is important to keep in mind that cancer can be a very personal and touchy subject for some people because it may have affected them directly or indirectly at some point in time. Keeping the questions very impersonal is probably the best way to go.
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