LVassilian Posted June 3, 2002 Report Share Posted June 3, 2002 Hi there! I am an German-Armenian student doing research for my masters-thesis... I need help from Armenians living in and around Glendale, CA. If you live in the area, please answer the following questions (or at least some of them) and also tell other people from Glendale about this poll. Thank you! 1. What´s your name?2. Where and when were you born?3. Who are your parents - are they Armenian?4. What´s your profession? If you were born outside the US: 5. When and why did you come to the US?6. Why did you choose Glendale?7. Did you come alone?8. Did you ever think of going back? 9. What languages do you speak?10. Do you read and write Armenian fluently?11. Are you engaged in Armenian cultural life? If yes: What do you do?12. What´s your level of education?13. Are most of your friends Armenian or American? 14. Are you married? If yes: To an Armenian? If no: Could you imagine marrying a non-Armenian? 15. How would you characterize the Armenian population in Glendale?16. Who is Armenian? What´s your personal definition? Thank you very, very much! Of course all the answers will only be read by me and my professor, if you don´t want me to mention your name, just tell me. I also won´t give your e-mail-addresses to anybody else. Larissa Vassilian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THOTH Posted June 3, 2002 Report Share Posted June 3, 2002 Larrissa - I don't meet your criteria - of residing in Glendale - but I must say your effort here raises some serious questons. First -I would say that you must trell us more about your thesis - what are you proposing to prove? And how will this type of sampling prove anything? (have you ever taken a statistics class of any kind)? Also - it seems that you are asking a lot of personal information - based on what you have provided I would be very hesitant to participate - so don't be surprised if you don't get much of a resonse. I suggest that you tell us some more about yourself and your project - if you are asking for personal information you should be prepared to give such about yourself. I think more info on your thesis may also prove helpful - you may even wan't to ask for some suggestions. What field of study is this BTW - anbd who is your advisor? Is he published (in English)? etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVassilian Posted June 3, 2002 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2002 Hi again... I am quite surprised about your e-mail - and a little sad because I think your sceptical reply may prevent some helpful Armenians from answering the questions. This forum is only one of the ways I´ve been using to get in touch with Armenians from Glendale and so far more than 80 people helped me in a week, so I guess there are a lot of helpful Armenians out there who I can count on, other than you predicted... As to your referral of the statistics class: My thesis is not based on these questions, they are only a very small part of the 120 pages I am writing. The rest is based on literature, books, magazines etc. I did research in Stanford, Berkeley, UCSD, UCLA and USC and am now back in Munich. My professor is of course German so you wouldn´t know him, but he studied and taught in Harvard. And my exact topic in American Cultural History is "History of assimilation of Armenians in America". The questions I am asking you guys won´t ever be made a statistic: They just help me see things clearer and from a more personal perspective, not only theoretical like in the books. And so far the things I´ve read from Armenians in Glendale have been very interesting. As to the personal information I am asking: Nobody has to participate in this, nobody has to tell me their name, and as nearly everybody has an e-mail address that doesn´t include their real name the information can be given anonymously, if desired. One of the things I´m trying to prove is that Armenians usually stick together and help each other. But maybe the Hyeforum is an exception to that rule... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wh00t Posted June 3, 2002 Report Share Posted June 3, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Sina17:One of the things I´m trying to prove is that Armenians usually stick together and help each other. Yeah, right! I wouldn't touch that with a 50-foot pole. And in Glendale of all places, where Armenians kill each other on a semi-regular basis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THOTH Posted June 3, 2002 Report Share Posted June 3, 2002 Larissa - I'm sorry if you believe that my questions (skeptiscism - perhaps?) is unwarrented - but still I stand by what I asked as legitimate. Of course you also have provided some more information - again still I question the value of your approach. If I was writing a history of Armenian assimilation in America I certainly wouldn't limit myself to Glendale California. I'm sure you have gotten some nice stories and such - but perhaps better for a history of Armenian assimilation into Glendale. Your topic is very broad (but a good one and I applaud the effort). I would hope that you are actually looking into the history of Armenian immigration into the US (from Anatolia initialy I would think or perhaps from the Middle East) - and likley to the US East cCoast - Boston & New York...then Fresno (LOL) I guess. There were likely waves - following massacres & such...and pre-post Genoicide differences...then of course the more recent history - first Armenians from Lebanon...then from the former Soviet/Eastern European nations... Other differences could be those who were (and remained) farmers - andd those who settled in urban areas...etc etc etc - I hope you know more about this then I. I suspect that there are treemendous differences in the type of assimilation of these different groups - based on where from, how educated and where they ended up (those settleing in areas with large Armenian communities likely resisting assimilation more then those who settled where there were fewer Armenians...duh). I'd be very interested in your results seperated demographically... But as I am not from Glendale I cannot participate in your survey anyway...I am glad this will not be your only tool for this study. Best of luck! I look foreword to one day reading your results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accelerated Posted June 10, 2002 Report Share Posted June 10, 2002 Larissa, dont mind our friend Winston (THOTH) he is a little.....erm.....crazy. Don't worry though we have infomed the related authorities and he is soon to be added to Bush's axis of evil (dont ask). As for myself, (according to Winston) I live in New Zealand, quite a few thousand kilometres from Glendale, so cant really help you . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khodja Posted June 10, 2002 Report Share Posted June 10, 2002 It is an election year in the US. Bush's Axis of Evil has been expanded to include any Democrat or Democrat sympathizers, even the most patriotic Americans or members of the US military who have any affiliation with the Democrats. Bush is a cheap political hack. I, for one, see right through his big charade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul bunyan Posted June 13, 2002 Report Share Posted June 13, 2002 Bush, has got to go!!! Armenians!!!don't vote for this lying two faced deceiver! vote Democrat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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