And so, my saga of thoughts from the past several weeks continue in this thrilling new post... well, maybe not so thrilling, but they do continue nonetheless.
I was taking a walk around campus and Rogers Park today and decided it would be a great idea to contemplate exactly what I'm doing with all this bioethics and gene therapy research I'm getting myself into. Of course, when I started the goal was to write a little paper for my Health Care Ethics class final, which I did. But apparently, my little work impressed the professor to the extent that she suggested that I submit it to a national bioethics undergraduate symposium thing (she also gave me 100 on the paper, which I am still thrilled about). And so, now I have dedicated a significant amount of my time to this research project, and I'm starting to wonder exactly what I'm going to do with it, or if I even have the time or motivation right now to do anything with it. On the other hand, I think that since I've already put so much time into it, and since I need every edge I can get over the competition in my school and field, I should just keep truckin' away and try to make something out of this piece.
But, herein lies the problem. I am a sophomore in college at a prestigious, but not all that prestigious, university, and I feel like no one really cares what I have to say, even if I do get it published. This is very discouraging to me and really makes me want to give up and not pursue this little project any further. This is simply a very confusing and trying subject for me, and I'll have to give this additional thought before I sort it all out. I'm finding that this doesn't have a nice, easy answer like many of the problems that I encounter and choose to share on this blog. I'll have to get back to this topic at a later time.
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