Surveys!

I have surveys!

For background: I am in the midwest this Fall to interview high school students about their aspirations. Specifically, I am interviewing junior and senior girls who are interested in health & medicine. Or maybe just the sciences, if I get desperate. The first step in doing this is disseminating surveys to students at the school I am working with, in order to identify the students I can interview. Today I picked up my first set of surveys, completed by the students. Very exciting. I have a little under 28 students identified as good interview subjects, and another 5 to 10 back-ups. I need 60 total, but not all surveys have been turned in.

Tomorrow I'm going to bring consent forms to the school so the students can get their parents' permission. I am hoping that part goes well. I know high school students can be forgetful, particularly with forms. I'm hoping the lure of $15 and getting out of class will bring the consent forms in, though. I am also going to see if I can interview the two students who are 18 and can sign their own consent forms.

My favorite response to question, "What job would you like to hold when you are 30 years old?"

"Baby Doctor"