...Life as a Male Asian Student Texas State University – San Marcos COMM 1310: Fundamentals of Human Communications Melissa Novak Life as a Male Asian Student My name is Tao Zhèng, and I am a 19-year-old male attending school in America. I lived in Japan until I was 16, and then moved to America to attend an American university and expand my education. I tend to spend the majority of my days either at school or focusing on my studies at home. My parents are very strict and take my schooling very seriously. Typically, It’s my mom who pushes my academic success. Dad always says it would be her fault if I did not succeed so I do everything I can to not let her down. I don’t see my father much, maybe around three hours a day. But it’s okay because I know he’s working to provide our family with the best care and make us proud (Cohen 2011). (Question 1) When I wake up, I start out my morning with looking at my schoolwork and seeing what I need to do for the day and plan accordingly. My parents and family back home in Japan have high expectations for me and I want to do everything I can to impress them. I then attend all of my classes back to back because I’m taking twenty credit hours; my plan is to graduate this December. After I finish my classes, I head up to the library for three back to back Asian centered study groups. My friends and I help each other out a lot; I have found that we compliment each other well because we experience the same stereotypes and can help one...
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... I’m so happy to be here to tell you about the first part of our group’s presentation: Study life of a student at university. My talk will be in three parts. First, I’d like to give you an overview of the difference between university and high school. Second, I’ll focus on the new study form. Finally, I’ll talk about new exam form.So, let’s start with the difference between university and high school. As you know, a classroom in high school is small and only enough for about 50 students. But at university, the classroom is larger, crowded, and not fixed. It can have more than 100 people and well-equipped. Moreover, the lecturers at university have the new teaching styles that are not similar to these of teacher in high school. For example, teacher often check our homework, remind us of our incomplete task, while lecturers may not do that. At university, we are supposed to do that self- consciously. Lecturers provide us helpfully with knowledge and the direction. It is the fact that, many freshmen aren’t used to this teaching styles so at first, the result of study is not good. But then, they find it more enjoyable. Furthermore, the regulation at university isn’t as compulsory as in high school. We have more freedom and responsibilities. It is up to us to go to class, manage our work. The benefit is that we can own our timetable, our study and our life. On the other hand, some students are lazy or tempted to other attraction such as: internet, game…Ok, let’s move on to the new...
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...Electronics in our daily life influence a lot in our different times and part of life. They can effect us physically, mentally and in many ways we never had thought about it. the other words on this page will make you to attain a good knowledge about it. DEFINITION ELECTRONIC GADGETS 1. Definition of electronics. “Electronics is branch of engineering which deals with the study of transport of information through the magnetic waves.” Most of the electronic gadgets are built on the basis of this definition. As they work through or on magnetic waves. Following is the definition of electronic gadgets. 2. Definition of electronic gadgets. “Electronic gadgets are the instruments which can perform many activities at a time with vast speed & makes the hard work efficient one.” Some of them are in following figure, There are many ‘Electronic gadgets’, which we are using in day days life such as computer, T.V., mobile, I-pod, pen drive, etc. available easily. These instruments helps us by making easy paper work, entertaining, for communication etc. But not to limit only this, these instruments are proved useful in almost every industry. Electronic gadgets operate many machines, ships, aeroplanes, and industrial activities. Also they are used to identify conditions for the performance of any works. E.g. T.V., Computer, Laptops, Palmtops, Digital Camera, Mp3 Players, Mobiles, digital pens, printers etc. Hypothesis 1. Spending much time on electronic gadgets effect the academic performers...
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...definition of terms. Introduction College students around the world commonly have problems in studying and getting high grades. Study habits, sleeping pattern eating pattern and night life are the factors that affect the academic performance of students. Aside from these four, there are still other reasons like family problem, finances, peer pressure, lack of confidence and genetic predisposition Talking about lack of study habits, one has to establish number of hours, frequency and time to studying. The number of hours is very important for studying because while studying will take time to process information in the brain. One has to concentrate and during concentration, he or she must focus on what he or she studying and this requires time. Frequency of studying in important because there are subjects that needs time. For example, in mathematics and other subject that require skills, one has to perform the operation several times so that he or she can master the process. Time for studying is important because one is affected by mood, stress and hormonal activities for the day. Early in the morning most of the senses not yet prepared for heavy mental work so one need is to warm up so that one’s senses will also prepared. But this will require habit because some people like to study early morning when they are not yet tired or in the evening when they are not pressured to prepare for school activities. Academic performance of students is also affected by sleeping pattern. Sleeping...
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...The most important thing in a student’s life is learning process. Gradual learning is very important for any student, be it in any field. Reading and writing are two kinds of intelligence we refer to most of the times. But there are many more things in a student’s brain that we often forget, and herein appears the difficulty. There are students who face learning problems and it’s not their fault. In our education system we end up blaming that group of students who face difficulty in learning, but not understanding why it happens. For a school student, life is loaded with studies. It is not possible for each one of them to cope up with their studies. They often get nervous, frustrated and end up mugging their lessons which is very harmful. Teacher’s reaction shouldn’t vary from student to student; it should be equal for every student. Discrimination is very fatal for students. In colleges, the scenario is different. Here there are problems which are related to politics. One should avoid any kind of politics (that in college as it is fatal for any student. Frustration often appears in students especially when their course session reaches its end. A majority of them either go for further studies whereas, rest of the students search for jobs. Recession has caused huge dearth of jobs and naturally many students are unable to avail their desired jobs. Students who opt for further studies often get puzzled about which course to study and from which college. Because of the lack of proper...
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...The poem “Snapping Beans” by Lisa Parker is about a granddaughter who goes from a tradition southern life up to a north city life and fears telling her religious grandmother that she has changed. Through thoughts and emotions, Parker shows the fear the teenager faces when trying to tell her grandmother. Although the granddaughter doesn’t want the grandmother to know, the grandmother has a secret that is revealed at the end of the poem. The granddaughter is back home from her school up North which implies she is from the south. In the southern area many people based their life off of tradition. One of the traditional things that is shown in the poem is “snapping beans”. The grandmother and the granddaughter are snapping beans while sitting on “splintering slats of the porchswing”. The description of the seat signifies how old it is and how long they have been doing the tradition. While they are there the grandmother hummed “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”. The song implies that the grandmother is a religious women and being religious tends to cause people to have certain beliefs and views on life. When the grandmother stopped humming the granddaughter felt “the soft gray of her stare against the side of my face”. The gray of her stare implies that the grandmother had a question that she wasn’t sure if she wanted the answer to. The color gray represents the grandmothers frozen like body, as if she was holding back when she asked “How’s school a-goin”. Not only was the grandmother...
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...The difference between highschool and college life is the incredible increase in free time. In high school, every day was a constant grind and I neverhad any free time. In college I have a surplus. Instead of classes six hours a day, they take up a mere three hours. I'm no longer forced to sit in the same building all day. This newfound time provides many luxuries that can easily be abused. I can be productive or goof off. Time management is the most difficult or stressful about college life. There were many times this semester when I had to write a paper and heard my friends were going to a party. That always happened on days that I'd had time to get work done but had wasted it instead. Then I couldn't go out. My biggest fear was how to adjust to this new freedom. I knew living on my own meant my parents were not going to be breathing down my neck to do my work. They were not going to have me home at a certain hour. I was in complete control. These two aspects of being on my own were very exciting but I wondered how I would do without myparents holding my hand. Once things got rolling I realized I would beall right as long as I stayed motivated. The best advice I could offer future freshman to make the adjustment process easier is to stay on top of things. Don't get so caught up in the social atmosphere of college that you get behind in your studies. Remember what you're there for. There is nothing worse than approaching the end of a semester and realizing...
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...Importance of education for the student life Education is excellent because it helps students to improve the skills while enabling to get better jobs and improve our living styles and standards. This helps for county’s social economic as well as the political side. From the small days children obtain the education about discipline from the parent who is known as the home school and gradually grows send to the school to acquire the desirable skills and knowledge. This helps for the development of the society in the future by lighting the lamps. The educations helps us to measure how much percentage did the country development has taken part, did poverty reduction happen by improving the living standards etc. The well educated people can join for the national development while improving the growth of the enterprises as well by working on hard and soft skills. When the education is given next step is to offer training. After the war most of the countries are still in the origin of the achievement of education. The chief aspect is that education produces the skillful intelligent generation that will lead to a future leader of a country with self confidence. One cannot say the education is enough but it the responsibility of an individual to keep it up-to-date to spend a better life. In my perspective it is the valuable gift to us and it helps to get better jobs when education is suitable for nowadays. In future in our generation we can be the leaders of the country to...
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...University life is the time when whole plethora of feelings is hidden inside your heart. It is also the time when the students live on its full and after few weeks of joining university, they start enjoying their time. You can mention this as your best time. The time you spent at university always gives you loads of memories that would scorch in your heart and flames never glimmer to demise. The purpose of university life is to deliver critical and reflective environment for the students, so they could excel into their fields. The university life made a significant impact on student future life. Studies are the most frightening part of university life. But most of the universities have adopted very efficient ways to help especially new students to stand on to their feet. University is a place where students are part of the learning team. The environment at university helps students to create big ideas and also give a sense to enhance their abilities to solve real world problems and also to create better future for themselves. That means an endless opportunity to flourish their interest, talents and passion. The purpose of this research paper is to review the student life at Minnesota State University. Minnesota State University is rapidly growing its reputation on international level due to its research facilities and unique quality of life at Mankato. Mankato is the city of the state of Minnesota. Quality of Life at University: According to review of a university student, the...
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...Name: Ryan Chistopher M. Reynado Yr. and Section: BSGE – 2C Problem no. 1: Failing Grades Title of Study | Author | Data/Result/Theories | Date Publish | Website | 1.Why Do Students Have Failing Grades? | So Yeon Ann (F) | There is no one reason that will explain why students is having a failing grades. According to studies of some experts, there are many reasons why students failed, lack of personal direction, pressure from parents or peers, laziness, ect. The most common is lack of direction because many students don’t set or know their goal in life. This will lead to laziness in their studies. To prevent these failures, students need to be identified by their abilities in order to pursue a certain career. This will make them realize their potentials and set a goal in their lives, within their abilities. Maybe one day,we, students, will succed in what we want to achieve. | August 25, 2011 | http://social.eli.ubc.ca/2011/08/25/ why-do-students-have-failing-grades/ | 2.Reasons Students Get Poor Grades | Ron Kurtus(F) | There are number of possible reason why students get failed or poor grades. External factors, subject is too difficult to understand, techer is hard to understand, and problems at home. Some other reason is they don’t do their homework or they are too idiot to get off in their class. If the subject is the problem, better seek help. Let the teacher know that you are having a problem on the subject. If your problem is the techer, because of his attitude or...
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...Ahren, C., Bureau, D., Ryan, H. G., & Torres, V. (2014). First to go to college and first to “go greek:” engagement in academically oriented activities by senior year first generation students who are fraternity/sorority members. Oracle: The Research Journal of the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors, 9(1 (Spring)), 1–19. This study uses data from the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) to examine the levels of engagement of those students who represent both as first-generation students and as fraternity/sorority members. This was one of the first studies that examine how involvement in fraternity/sorority life could influence a first-generation student and their level of engagement that leads to student success. First-year students as a whole are less likely to be engaged, so those who are engaged in fraternity and sorority life are much more likely to become engaged in academic programing as well. This study asked two research questions, which were: “Are there different reported levels of participation in academically oriented activities for...
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.... College students, especially freshmen, are a group particularly prone to stress (D'Zurilla & Sheedy, 1991) due to the transitional nature of college life (Towbes & Cohen, 1996). They must adjust to being away from home for the first time, maintain a high level of academic achievement, and adjust to a new social environment. College students, regardless of year in school, often deal with pressures related to finding a job or a potential life partner. These stressors do not cause anxiety or tension by themselves. Instead, stress results from the interaction between stressors and the individual's perception and reaction to those stressors (Romano, 1992). The amount of stress experienced may be influenced by the individual's ability to effectively cope with stressful events and situations (D'Zurilla & Sheedy, 1991). If stress is not dealt with effectively, feelings of loneliness and nervousness, as well as sleeplessness and excessive worrying may result (Wright, 1967). It is important that stress intervention programs be designed to address stress of college students. However, in order to design an effective intervention, the stressors specific to college students must be determined (Wright, 1967). The Student Stress Survey (SSS) was used to determine the major sources of stress among college students. The scale consisted of 40 potentially stressful situations. The scale addressed interpersonal, intrapersonal, academic, and environmental sources of stress. The items in the scale...
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...consumption is a serious problem on college campuses. Students are divided into groups known as light, moderate, and heavy drinkers. While consuming alcohol a light drinker will have one to four drinks, a moderate drinker will have between five and nine drinks, and a heavy consumer may have ten or more drinks in a single session. Kevin E. O’Gradey, a professor who earned his Ph. D. in 1980 from the University of Connecticut, states, “Heavy drinkers could be differentiated from moderate and light drinkers on age of onset of alcohol use, illicit drug use, and frequency of illicit drug use”. The consumption of five or more drinks in a row for males or four or more for females at least once in a two-week period is defined as binge drinking. Binge drinking is associated with the use of a variety of other illicit drugs. The College Alcohol Study, which includes thousands of students from 119 different colleges, states, “a strong relationship is observed between the frequency of binge drinking and past-year use of marijuana . . . amphetamines, LSD, other hallucinogens . . . with frequent binge drinkers being the most likely to have reported use of these other drugs in the past year” (O’Gradey). Heavy alcohol use by college students remains as much of a current public health concern today as it was a decade ago. The consumption of alcohol has many physical, sexual, social, and psychological negative consequences that college students endure. Furthermore, in order to stop these types of...
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...Raising a Successful College Student Carol Woods GEN/200 In order to be a successful college student personal responsibility must be learned at an early age. Children must learn personal responsibility, time management skills, and family values when they are young. If children develop a strong responsibility foundation they will develop into a successful college student. Personal responsibility is something that is taught to you throughout your childhood and developed throughout your adult life. A child is taught family values daily from the time they begin to walk. Parents begin to pass on their own values system and this is what a person’s responsibility foundation is built on. In order for a student to be successful in their college career they must already have been taught personal responsibility throughout their childhood. Children should be given household chores at a very young age, like picking up their toys, making their beds, and even feeding the family pet, at this age they are exposed to the family values at its core. Children begin to realize what responsibility is through these chores. Experts believe that any type of household responsibilities, are important for kids (Dunnewind, 2004). When they develop into adolescence they should be given more responsibility. School work becomes a priority, social groups draw their interest and now they begin to develop their time management skills. Learning how to navigate between class assignments...
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