Goals of Honours
Honours reminds me of being in Year 12 all over again. There is this sort of anxiousness and seriousness buzzing around. This year is a crucial stepping stone in my career; it is where I make or break what I will be doing in the future, where I sink or swim.
While I study away doing my thesis I will also be working at Channel 31 as a news reporter…if time allows. For the last six months I have practised over and over the art of news reading with Channel 31 in the hopes of becoming a reporter and one day anchor of a commercial station. My number one goal by doing this honours year is to gain enough experience to be able to get some kind of job in television, whether it be as a reporter in regional Victoria or interstate. This is my first goal for both my studies and my life.
My second goal of the year is to write a thesis, which not only displays creativity, understanding and depth, but which gains me first class honours. Being on a scholarship certainly brings the pressure up a few notches to fulfill this goal, but I believe it is well within reach.
My third goal of the year is to have my thesis published. This goes hand in hand with my second goal and I believe this too is achievable. As the project I am undertaking is part of a wider study I think there will be a lot of support to enable me to achieve this goal.
All three of my goals are realistic and achievable. I work hard enough and I manage my time. That is all that matters.
What is Research?
In a nutshell, research is the development of original thought through the analysis and investigation of people, places, texts, communities, or any other form that may hold information.
Research can be exploring previously held theories and cultures to determine changes or arguments surrounding them, or it can be original investigation to develop knowledge of a certain topic.
Research allows us to continually understand changing societies. The outcomes of research add to the world body of knowledge and can change the course of business, economies or even just a single person.
Research can mean nothing to one person and everything to another.
