Sociological essay – reflection paper

2-3 page double spaced reflection in which you critically engage with a reading below. A good paper will be one that demonstrates clear understanding of the reading and a careful reflection that provides evidence of original thought (not mere regurgitation) and connections to your own fieldwork experiences where appropriate. The own fieldwork experiences should be explained later on, and I’ll attach the reading below as a PDF file.

• Satterlund, Travis and Christine Mallinson. 2006. “Practical Realities and Emotions in Field Research: The Experience of Novice Fieldworkers.” Social Thought & Research 27:123-152.

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And the fieldwork experience should be: an asian international student went to a Japanese restaurant in America, and observed and interviewed the manager of the restaurant about, how the asian invigoration workers match their jobs in the US, in sociological way. Please contain the connections with this experience in the essay. Thanks.

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Carrying out quantitative skill field analysis is not as easy as one may thing, there are many requirements and challenges that one may face when caring out the field research. The first thing that the professor advises the students is to forget all about what they have learned and applied in all other classes, they should follow the new methods that are helpful…