Field work.

I'm in the middle of my field work, collecting data for my survey questionnaires. It surprises me everyday how willing and able students are to complete my questionnaire, and how they all take the time to thoughtfully write down responses.

Even with my language barrier-- they all knew that I was from the United States (apparently, our accent is unmistakable)-- they were patient with me.

I have to note however, that field work is actually pretty tiring. I'm at the Department of Letters-- my camp, basically-- for a half day almost every day for the two weeks I'll be doing my surveying. Asking the same questions over and over, and making sure to take down the responses properly; finding people in locations that are easy to approach, making sure there aren't large groups of students around your participant, etc.-- they're all things to be thinkng about.