15 min research

I went to my mom's work and sat down and researched the place for about 10 to 15 min.  My mom works at the VNA which is the visiting nurses agency.  When I first walked in, I noticed that there was two receptionist's desks and the phones where "ringing off the hook." However, the receptionists were no where to be seen, so I dont know where they were.  As I followed my mother into her boss's office, I noticed that it was highly decorated with many plants and pictures.  There was also two big comfy chairs.  The VNA was always busy and 'alive'.  There were people constanly coming and going, people barely had time to stop and talk to each other.  One thing that I found out that I really liked, was that there was free food for anyone down in the cafeteria!

lay of the land

The essay lay of the land is about a bowling ally that Nicole Williams visted and did her research on for her ethnography project. She went and visited this bowling ally on a monday night, which was mens bowling league night. She went up and got permission from the manager/owner to sit in and observe the mens bowling league. Nicole was able to observe many dfferent aspects, for example she determed alot of the ages for the bowlers, and also what they liked and how serious they took the sport. Williams also walked around the site, and saw different signs that said sentences such as "employees only beyond this site". through walking around and researching she was able to find out the different prices for bowling. Overall Nicole Williams was able to find out alot more about the site that she is researching by visitng, asking questions, and just wondering and looking around.

location info and questions

      I am doing a firestation in my home town of Attleboro. I know a few things about the place already, some of which are: they work 24 hour shifts, unless they work over time. Also, they still use the pole to slide down when a fire alarm is sounded. I know that each shift there is a particular guy assigned to be the disignated "cook". I also know that in order to become a fire fighter now a days, you must also take classes to be a paramedic.

      There are many questions that I have that I am going to ask them. Some of those consist of what is the life like while waiting for a fire call, and what is it like acually going into a fire. Im curious to see what they think about everytime they enter a building that is caught on fire. I want to know if the fire fighters had a second chance would they choose to become fire fighters again, or choose a different job. What is it like living at the station for atleast 24 hrs at a time? Also how is the food!?!