S-STEM Scholar Chris Gonzalez's Blog

I know I say this every time I post something, but…time IS passing by quickly and I don’t even realize it. Wow. I’m panicking a little bit, to be honest. Anyways, let’s get to this week’s update! As far as the project goes, I’m still working on it somewhat on and off as the weeks go by. Occasionally I’ll try to find a new source I can use, but I haven’t had too much luck. It’s not that sources don’t exist – plenty of them do – but the problem is that most of them aren’t scholarly  sources (articles, journals, books, etc) that I can use for this project, and I’m assuming that the only reason why is because this is a relatively new topic. I won’t give up though! In a few days I’ll be going out of town for a week, but I’ll do my best to keep working when I have some spare time. On a related note to the project, I’ll be using a VPN – Apple’s iCloud Private Relay service, which is still in beta – while I’m out and about, both for privacy and just to see how well it works! Pretty neat, r...

Hey there! Week 10 now! This is passing by way quicker than I expected it to – I’m feeling good about it. This week, I’ve finally managed to get an early version of my survey done, but after speaking with Josh, I was made aware of a small caveat I didn’t know about: my survey has to be approved by PC’s HSR board before I’m allowed to distribute it and share the results. It’s a bit of a setback, but it can actually be a good thing in this case! The heading of my rough draft - it’s finally coming together! During that meeting with Josh, I also found out I can spread out this research project across this semester and next semester! So this semester, I’ll be presenting my paper on what I think  the results of the survey will be; next semester, I’ll be comparing my predictions with the actual results of the survey, which should hopefully be approved and completed by then. Pushing the survey results until spring will actually allow me to collect more data on it, as I’ll have a much later...