So, I've got an Idea!

As boasted above, I have an idea for my research paper and its one I have liked for more than a week. My constant worry with a project like this is to wake up midway through the quarter and to completely hate my research topic..to hate it so much that even the idea of continuing with said topic seems impossible. Hopefully that does not happen. Since I have only written about 2 different papers in my educational history that have exceeded fifteen pages, I want to this project to produce something useful for my interview portfolio.

Anyways, my plan is to write about the Core Standards that are used in the educational system and their creation and history. Early research has led to me to discover that a group of very smart researchers in Palo Alto, California create and provide the basis for standards. It fascinates me that the students in Cincinnati, Ohio conform to standards and philosophies created and tested over 2,000 miles away. I think this topic is extremely relevant to me as a future educator because the standards are things that will haunt me when creating assessments and lesson plans in my classroom.