...Personal, Social, Academic and Career Problems Expressed by Minority College Students. By: Lucas, Margaretha S., Journal of Multicultural Counseling & Development, 08838534, Jan93, Vol. 21, Issue 1 by providing an environment conducive to personal development without the level of conflict and isolation minorities experience at most White universities retention, but also progression and social-academic productivity are difficult for them highlighted in their writings covert, intrapsychic factors such as emotions, attitudes, perceptions, aspirations, and expectations about college, and interpsychic factors such as institutional climate, faculty, and professional staff employed by the university. reported African-American students' struggles with finances, academic adjustment, living conditions, emotional-psychological concerns, career-vocational concerns, and to a lesser degree, health, peer relationships, and family relationship concerns It seemed appropriate to survey freshmen for this project because an early assessment of potential problems and an early introduction to the university's counseling center and other relevant services might result in timely detection and possible solution of academic and psychological problems. Early detection of problems and familiarity of resources are crucial The majority of students in this sample of minority students did not want counseling (66.7%), and when they did they wanted career guidance, not personal or social guidance or a...
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...Chosen related text – 10 Mary street- Peter Skrzynecki To form a true sense of belonging individuals must actively participate in the communities in which they exist, as understanding and consideration of societal culture and customs, have a strong bearing on one's ability to form relationships, and thus a true of sense of identity and belonging. This connection is apparent in Peter Skrzynecki Immigrant chronicles poems - '10 Mary Street' and 'St Patrick's college' where the persona experiences a sense of self and belonging through his relationships with his home and family, and conversely a feeling of spiritual alienation through lack of said connections. By employing a variety of literary techniques Skrzynecki has represented how relationships are a landscape for identity, and thus how they affect one's experiences of belonging or not belonging. Relationships significantly impact belonging and are shaped by an individual's participation within particular communities. In '10 Mary Street' and 'St Patrick's College' the persona forms bonds with his family and European migrants,and is conversely isolated at his school due to a lack of consideration for the social values and customs present. The persona's understanding of the set “pre war-europe” routines and customs within the home is enjambed “My parents watered plants - grew potatoes And rows of sweet corn: Home from school earlier I'd ravage the backyard garden” this reinforces the relationships formed with his parents...
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...AOS – Belonging Essay ‘St. Patricks College’, ‘Migrant Hostel’ and Starry Night – Vincent Van Gough Belonging is an abstract perception that evolves and changes depending on an individual’s context and situation. The tension between belonging to society and self is at the heart of the complexity of the concept. Peter Skrzynecki’s poems St. Patricks College and Migrant Hostel from the immigrant chronicles and Van Gogh’s Starry Night are different mediums that juxtapose the duality of belonging and portray the diverse links individuals have to universal perceptions of connection. Belonging is a complex and multifaceted concept. The need to connect with social frameworks as well as one’s own cultural identity is the reason for the tension and dichotomy of belonging. Migrant Host explores the tension and sense of alienation for both society and self that can result from the migrant experience. A lack of interaction between individuals and places limits an individual’s experience of belonging, this is explored through ‘comings and goings’ and ‘arrivals and departures’ reinforcing the idea of these momentary connections. Through the use of many poetic techniques, the concept of acceptance is shown; a simile “like a homing pigeon” is used to highlight the urgency and desire to gain a sense of connection with the current environment. The simile ‘like a homing pigeon/ circling to get its bearings’ reinforces the idea of a complex sense of separation in the hostel. The disconnection...
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...Belonging is considered to be a broad concept which can offer many individuals a sense of security, identity as well as connectivity. An individual’s viewpoints on belonging can be related to the interactions they have with others, as a positive view may enhance their sense of belonging, whereas, a negative view may limit their ability to do so. Through an individual’s inability to express their positive attitudes towards others, can often be the reason why one may reject the ideas of belonging through acts such as rebellion and self-alienation. This perception can be explored within Peter Skrzynecki’s poem St Patricks College, as it portrays the characters partial experiences of belonging through his relationships with others which lead to his self-alienation and rebellion. In contrast with this is Peter Skrzynecki’s poem 10 Mary Street which explores the positive attitudes of belonging through the relationships of family as well as culture. Similarly the film Little Miss Sunshine directed by Jonathan Dayton has incorporated both positive and negative attitudes of belonging and has incorporated the physical, emotional and social factors of belonging within a community and family. The negative attitudes and views within a group or community has reiterated a limited sense of belonging within Peter skrzynecki’s poem St Patricks College. The persona within the poem recalls his schooling years of sadness whilst using a dull tone to demonstrate his isolation from the school community...
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...An understanding of one’s self through different life experiences provides contentment and thus, engenders a sense of acceptance. Each person’s experiences, social acceptance and accountability, based on their unique emotional experiences, can alter our sense of affinity. Understanding nourishes belonging while a lack of understanding prevents it; this concept of belonging is evident in “Feliks Skrzynecki” from Peter Skrzynecki’s analogy “Immigrant Chronicle”, examines the consequences of a lack of understanding where estrangement poses a drawback. Belonging refers to the notion of having a sense of self, acceptance and validation as portrayed in Skrzynecki’s poem “St Patrick’s College” where a sense of allegiance to any place or people starts...
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...The college application process is where it all starts. A student’s choice is significantly influenced by their financial circumstances. Students who come from low-income families have a very different pattern of applying to colleges than students belonging to high-income families (source H). According to source H, the students belonging to high income families choose to apply to “a few ‘par’ colleges, a few ‘reach’ colleges, and a couple of ‘safety’ schools.” While 64% of high income students applied to an appropriate range of schools, only 8% of the low income students applied to a good range of schools. They were more likely to apply to non-selective schools, where their numbers spiked up to 53% (source H). If high achieving, low-income students choose not to apply to a good school, they will not get the same quality of education as the high-income students. This has been found to later affect the financial conditions of the low-income student, making this issue of belonging to a low-income family a vicious...
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...“KAPATIRAN”: The Reasons that Contributes to the Willingness of Students of University of the Philippines in Joining Fraternities A thesis Proposal presented to the Faculty Members of the UNIVERSITY OF CALOOCAN CITY General San Miguel Street. Sangandaan, Caloocan City In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN PSYCHOLOGY By: Paalisbo, Gay Lord Severino, Daisy ann 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page……………………………..……………………………………………………. Approval Sheet…................................................................................................................... Ackwoeledgement……………….…………………………………………………………. Chapter I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction…………………..……………………………………………… Background of the Study……………….……………….…………………… Statement of the Problem……………………….…………….………………. Hypothesis………………………………………….…………….…………… Significance of the study……………..……………………………….………. Scope and Limitations…………………………………………………….…… Conceptual and Theoretical Framework………………………….…………….. Definition of terms…………………………………………………..…………. Chapter II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES Related Foreign Literature………………………………………………………………. Related Local Literature…………………………………………………………………… Related Studies…………………………………………………………………………… Chapter II METHODOLOGY AND DATA GATHERING PROCEDURES Research Design……………………………………………………………………………...
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...Sustainability has been one of the top priorities of Grinnell College. There have been constant efforts to promote economic, environmental, and social sustainability on-campus; however, there still remains many areas that are left under the shades. In his book, The Nine Elements of a sustainable Campus, Mitchell Thomashow emphasize the importance of reinforcing the three Rs on college campus – reduce, reuse, and recycle. I want to encourage students to ingrain these values to their hearts and embed them to their actions. For this very reason, I propose that the Grinnell College utilize the allocated 2018 Kurz grant money to design and implement a new surplus property exchange digital platform. Surplus property exchange digital platform is...
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...has always been seen as a secretive campus activity when it comes to fraternities and pledging. As a result, Dr. Mark Taff resorted in his article that, "..a series of 168 cases of injuries and deaths related to fraternity hazing activities...[occurred] in the United States between 1923 and 1982" (2113). Young college men are being hospitalized and even worse, dying, just for a couple of friends that give them a sense of belonging. The major causes of hazing are the students' wanting a sense of belonging in a big college campus, the college's infrequent knowledge of what occurs in fraternities, and the unwillingness of fraternities to change tradition. Since hazing has been around for more than a century, one cannot expect the practice of hazing to stop all together. It will probably take years before hazing perishes from the fraternity scene. Nevertheless, until an end is put to hazing, solutions can be used to make hazing less common, until it no longer exists. These solutions that may be able to put an eventual stop to hazing, in the long run, are better education about fraternity hazing, stricter laws to prevent hazing from occurring, and more intervention from college administrators.Stories of hazing incidents are all too common in the news media today. It would not be out of the ordinary, upon opening the newspaper, to read the testimony of some fraternity pledges "'We were taken to a deserted park and blindfolded...We sat on our knees for an hour. Then they began slapping...
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...other large types of equipment. This is because the main industry that is located in and around Yuba City is primarily farm land. However, you may be looking for Yuba City self storage facilities for a host of reasons, as there are about one hundred thousand people living in the area and the rest of the people in the area are just your typical workers. There is a junior college in the area as well, so you Yuba City storage places may be on your radar to store belongings for school, but in the same sense, you may be wanting to store a bunch of stuff in Yuba City self storage simply based on the fact that you are heading away for college and need to pack some things away for a while. One of the great things about Yuba City is the fact that the prices for homes are ridiculously cheap when you look at the rest of the California, meaning that you can get a house out there and a bunch of belongings for less than about ten percent what you would pay in other...
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...I believe college students should not be paid for playing sports in college. It is imperative that the most important reason that they are in school is to get an education first and foremost. If we get into the business of paying students then the value of getting education will definitely be lost. The percentage of students who go onto the NFL is very slim. They most remain focused on getting an education and life after school. Many times you see students who get injured and have nothing left to fall back on. Many student athletes are already there on scholarships so the accolades they are getting is more than enough in my opinion. Some schools even award as much as 1.5 million in athletic scholarships each year, not to mention another 12 million each year which assist students financially. Then you have to look at the athletic programs which differ from each universities. You may have one school who receives a larger profit than another which to me is a misperception that all university athletic departments are profit machines who make millions of dollars. Schools that were not in the upward profits lost on an average 7.8 million yearly. I think if we pay college athletes the schools would pay out so much money it may affect the education system and other programs in a negative fashion, Money may not be available for those other programs. I really think this is a bad idea and will only cause students to get into trouble, although they are athletes they mind will be...
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...INSTITUTIONAL-PERSONAL “CULTURE SHOCK” FACTORS 3 1.4 EFFECTS 4 REFERENCES 5 1.1 INTRODUCTION This essay explains the perspective of being a new post graduate master student in the University of Wolverhampton. Consequently it identifies positive institutional personal factors as well as negative –personal “culture shock” and lastly elucidates how they affect my engagement with my master’s programme and my capacity to become an independent learner. 1.2 POSITIVE INSTITUTIONAL- PERSONAL FACTORS Based on the finding from the research conducted from Khan (2010), some of factors having a positive impact on students include * Sense of belonging- it is the experience of personal involvement in a system or environment so that persons feel themselves to be an integral part of that system or environment (Hagerty et al. 1996). Sense of belonging can be developed through learning activities and maintaining classes as a cohort. Relationships with teaching staff can be developed through encouraging interaction, providing good quality teaching and making a positive initial impression. Kember et al (2010). * Institutional Concern and Student Perception - according to Khan (2010) during lectures we were encourage thinking rather than just listening to what the lecturer could say. We felt comfortable knowing that our contribution was necessary .The more students saw the institution as showing interest in their development, like treating students with respect and equality, the more...
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...Almost every young person entering the period of college education faces the decision to either stay at home or go away for school. The transition from home to dorm life can be seen as one of the most important events in a young persons life, because it is the first extreme life change. Home life and dorm life represent two different ways of living as well as different conditions. Nevertheless, they both have their similarities and oppositions, which can be illustrated only after a deep analysis of both lifestyles. On-campus dormitories may be a pleasant experience for one person and a terrible test for another. First of all, any individual living in the dorms will have to face the reality of rooming with up to three other people. At times dealing with others can be a pain, especially if they are uncooperative. Secondly, the dorms do not provide the individuals with an actual kitchen and contains a small space for refrigerating food. This means that students have to eat in the cafeteria where the food may not be the best quality. Thirdly, the dorms are very small. The average dorm is 12ft by 19ft, which is supposed to house two people and all of their belongings, such as clothes and electronics. Being cramped inside a room can be very uncomfortable as there is little to no privacy because of the closeness of everyone. Living on campus is vastly different than living at home. Home living is another option sometimes chosen by young people. First of all, home living allows the...
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...College life is far more different than being a high school student. As much as you need to be independent you also need peers. Being a student, I can say that having a circle of friends is essential to my study. They can help me if I have difficulties in the understanding of my study, ask them for some references on research, and be with them in case of a group work and many other. There are lots of studies showed that belongingness is one of the most important needs of all students to function well in all types of learning environments (Connell and Wellborn, 1991; Deci and Ryan, 1991, Finn, 1989, Osterman, 2000). As well as the influence of academic and social values should be reflected in students’ self-regulation (Eccks 2005; Hofer et al 2007; Wigfield and Cambria 2010). Values are important factors of the self-regulation of behavior because it helps a lot to the academic performance of a student (Hofer et al 2007; Carver and Scheier 1998). Thus, academic social values and perceived school belongingness work simultaneously in order to achieve academic performance of a student. The term school belonging refers to students' subjective perception of being accepted and respected in their particular school setting. Some researchers have also examined the parallel perception in relation to specific classes; typically using the term class belonging. Baumeister and Leary (1995) have proposed that all people have an innate need to belong to social groups and to form positive...
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...“A sense of belonging is closely associated with identity, and names are crucial to identity.” ------------------------------------------------- A sense of belonging is made up of various elements, a secure identity being of them. Lahiri questions where is one’s identity found? Is it in their name, their heritage and culture or in their past or present? The Namesake represents identity as one fluid concept and a sense of belonging is closely associated with identity because it is the meaning of the names that can shape the individual’s identity and the clash of cultures can influence the how the individual searches for identity within their name. When Ashima and Ashoke first move to America as immigrants, it is nothing but a learning curve for them as they try and settle into a foreign country where they are faced with cultural differences; and Gogol being the first born is faced with the difficulty of living almost like a test subject as his parents try to master juggling their Bengali heritage and American culture. “They’ve learned their lesson after Gogol…for their daughter, a good name and pet name are one and the same.” This affects Gogol’s sense of belonging and identity as the lesson Ashima and Ashoke have learned prepared them for the challenges of raising their second child, who finds more success in navigating America as a Bengali leading to her finding a secure identity; while Gogol is left with the initial confusions his parents experienced, causing him to feel...
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