Transcript: Raul

Originally I had a very hard time narrowing down my research because I had a lot of interests and there’s a lot of things I wanted to dive into. So, originally, I chose to focus on the Columbus Crew because soccer is a very big part of my life. But as I went into the research, I realized that it was very dull and I didn’t have any desire to research anymore.

So I had to make a quick change of adjustment and I started researching religion and sports, which very much aligned with what I wanted to do and, honestly, making that switch from the Columbus Crew to faith and athletic performance was crucial and pivotal to my research because I because I was able to enjoy the research more and I could research more effectively.

This brings up, and this brings us, into subtopic 3, the influence of a research question. I think that it is very important that you pick a research question and topic that really interests you, because what I’ve found from research is that if you do not like the topic and you’re only doing it because you know that there’s information on the topic, you still will not find good information, no matter how much information is out there.

If you don’t have a passion for the research, you won’t take good notes. You won’t really be able to unless you research, because your heart is not in the research. So my biggest piece of advice is to really sit down and find the topic that you know you will be able to spend time on and give good research. Because it will only benefit you in the end.