English # 3

For my cultural paper, I haven't done any interviews thus far, but I have visited my cultural site. My site is one that I visit every week, and am involved in very often. I have observed many things at my site. The first thing that i noticed was that while everyone is volunteering, they don't even think about the fact that they are there to volunteer. The people at College Mentors for Kids are there for the kids, and there for the experience. This made me question wether most volunteers are conscious of their volunteer actions, or if they just automatically do it out of habit. When I interview the people in my culture, i will ask many questions, but some important questions i will ask are: When did you get involved in your volunteer activity? What does volunteering mean to you? How much time do you spend volunteering? and How do you feel after volunteering? These questions are important because it will bring another dynamic to my paper. I haven't researched any basic "academic" research yet. I do believe there are differences in academic and non academic researches. I would consider books, "credible" internet sources, documentaries, and articles academic resources. On the other hand, interviews, movies, and observations i would consider non academic research. Even though they are different, I believe that both sources are important to putting together an interesting and well rounded paper.