Since the beginning of this semester, I have put considerable time and effort into the formation of my research question. I feel as though I have developed a good question to use at least for the preliminary stages of the process. Despite the progress that I have semester, the studies that I have found at this point in the process does not do a thorough job of defending my thesis.
Based on the research that I have found, an overwhelming amount of research has been provided that claims that the social aspect of drinking is the most appealing factor for underage college students. I do not want to change my research question to address the social aspects because I feel that I would not be able to provide any new information that would be considered ground breaking or exciting. Also, I feel that changing my RQ to study the social aspects of underage drinking, it would appear that I was taking the easy way out when presenting my comp.
However, despite the struggles that I have encountered at this point in time, there are still a few areas of study that I could examine that pertain to the idea of defiance. The biggest area of study is the concept that the media created the image that defiant individuals always are the most popular people in school. I will need to take more time to examine this concept because it could provide me with a variety of new information that could help to defend my thesis.
I am aware that I still have time to conduct extensive research, or decide to change my topic. This class has helped me to realize some factors that I will need to consider over the summer, and I will need to possibly study my topic a little more before arriving back to school.