#1 Researching/Writing Goals and Aspirations

My goals for myself as a writer and researcher are unclear. My teachers are always encouraging myself, as well as the students in my class, to par take in different research topics for our field. I thought at first, what a stupid idea! I definitely don’t want to spend my free time doing research and writing papers. In order for my major and to graduate, we are required to take a research methods class. O how I was dreading it. But, as the semester went on, I started to enjoy that class, and my views on research had changed. My goal for this class is to practice writing a lot at a level that can make me excel at writing well. There are different goals I have in mind for my career, since I am still undecided on what I will be doing after I graduate. If I stick with athletic training, my goals would be to keep the best SOAP notes and documentation that could remind me of something in case I forget, or incase I need to cover my tail. If I was to go into special education, I would need to write IEP’s and keep notes for myself on different students. My goal for that would be to write the best IEP possible for that student.