Combating injustices one step at a time through the social sciences

In efforts of fulfilling a lifelong commitment to wisdom and learning, writing is a staple of social science research. The academic fields that comprise the social sciences is incredibly diverse, however, the core of this branch of academia is held constant through observations about human behavior and interactions. In my disciplinary field of Political Science, writing is unavoidable as political science would not exist without it: students write in reference to the work of political scholars or write for purposes of self expression or preservation while scholars illustrate their observation and research through complex jargon. From inception, political scientist, Harold Lasswell, coined the phrase “who gets what, when, and how” to underline that political writing identifies order in the deeply rooted complexities of social life.

From all corners of the earth, new issues arise in politics everyday as people are displaying their work through political journals, communicating on the news, and forming political memes that target both sides of the divided spectrum. With such concurrency makes writing in politics everlasting: it occurs everywhere and every second to reveal the relationships underlying political events and conditions. Typically, political science is organized on the basis of reading contemplatively and compassionately because readings are very extensive and sophisticated. Writing in my discipline focuses on the structures of government and behaviors among leaders and countries, but it also poses theories to society on what the future may hold due to the uncertainty of what has yet to come. Most importantly, however, a good writer in my field is one who writes with passive voice and substantiates their argument with empirical evidence through the APA format coherent to the particular time frame of the matter. (Passive voices maintains neutrality and politics is very controversial so it is necessary for every political writer to adhere to this application while providing supporting evidence to their observations and findings)

Please don't think differently of me for this...

As I sort through my countless politics pre-writes, writings, and rewrites for the sake of fulfilling my course expectations, I hope to someday edify and revamp my work in aspirations of becoming published in a political science journal. While I often feel rushed to complete my writings, I understand that the most prestigious works of political writing are constructed in adherence to the Scientific Method; it relies on rigorous quantitative procedures such as ensuring a recent and appropriate sample size to avoid a sampling error (researchers take a random sample instead of observing every individual subject that comprises a population) as well as multiple forms of qualitative data to limit any biases to appeal to the majority and get noticed. (THANK GOD I LISTENED TO BILL NYE’S LECTURE ON THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD IN 6TH GRADE)

The world right now is different than anything seen before. We are dominated by a deeply divided society, however, the social sciences educate us to become leaders; enabling us to act with competence and confidence for the greater of the common good. While people resent politics, I view it as a social responsibility to advocate for those who cannot. (And so I will persist in being the change)

VOTE VINNY ROTONDO FOR PRESIDENT 2036!

As Bruno Mars says, "Don't believe me, just watch."