Uncultured Hybrid

" A good teacher can inspire hope; ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning."  Brad Henry When I was younger I dreamed of being many things and being a teacher was among my very long list of future careers. When we are young we dream unlimitedly and that is great because it leaves us open to all possibilities. I was so passionate about teaching that I would take a book with me to the bathroom and pretend that I was teaching a class. I would always pretend my students were children. The lesson would change. Sometimes I would read to my imaginary students and explain the story to them, the meanings within the story and I would always send them away with the moral of the story or a lesson that we learned from the story. Other times I would make up a story and ask them a question about it and other times it would just be an interactive class. It really sounds weird as I am typing this, so I will probably sound weird when you read it.   Anyways, my...

"Research is creating new knowledge." Neil Armstrong For the past eight months, my life revolved around research. From figuring out what I am interested in, deciding if it is researchable, choosing an appropriate topic, reading previous literature, putting a proposal together, collecting data to the actual report. It was truly a roller coaster that I so often wanted to get off from. Don't get me wrong I love research, I am truly passionate about it and I think it's because I am such a curious person who loves searching for answers. The truth is I didn't like research at all at first. We will have to travel back to 2016 when this journey really started, for you to have the whole picture. You will be shocked but will understand how I began to love research. In 2016 when I was doing my second year of  college research was one of the modules I had to take. It was a full-year module, the first six months were about theory; understanding what research is, its purpose,  ...