I'm big on economics, international relations, politics, and I'm a wannabe quant. Right now, I'm working on a quantitative analysis of NATO's mission in Afghanistan. It's almost done, but I'm really getting bogged down.
Having problems with moving from a static to a dynamic model...Oy.
I've got some goals this summer though:
1. Get a whiteboard (a must at this point).
2. Learn Math.
3. Realize I can't "learn math" and settle for understanding lots more than I do right now.
4. Not fail out of college because I'm doing nerdy things like discovering the underlying patterns of human behavior.
5. Not list things about college on a summer to-do list.
But seriously, a side note on patterns: finding what you think might be a pattern that unlocks an aspect of individual (or state) behavior is like sorting chaos to find the face of God. You know a little bit more than everyone else about how the world works.
^^^That was a little dramatic, and for the 2 people who will read this, I apologize.
Finally, my tags for this post will be Summer, Afghanistan, Models, About Me.
Ridiculous.
I empathize ENTIRELY with your side note about patters and am SO glad your mind has a Sociological slant! When taught well and applied appropriately, THAT is Sociology! :) If it's offered at AU and if you have the time for an extra course, you should absolutely take a course about Group Process or Group Dynamics.
ReplyDeleteAs for number 4 on your to-do list, yes yes continue ehtnographic studies, but yes yes don't fail out of college. :)
Not looking like this semester, but definitely something to keep a look out for!
ReplyDeleteProbably what I'm working on most now is mathematical modeling of human behavior/fused with those normal qualitative techniques. It's hard, but exciting.