William Hageman, writer for the Tribune Newspaper, Author for “First-generation college students must navigate a series of unfamiliar paths”, published April 18, 2012. In this article, he states that a first generation college student is “defined as one who had neither parents graduate from a four-year school.” Then continues to describe the struggles a student will have first stepping onto a campus. Hageman explains how the students coming right out of high school are excited to begin their college experience, but very soon realize it’s not what they expected. The author gives descriptive detail on how the college student might be feeling at that particular moment, as if they are lost, confused, afraid, and they don’t know where or who to go to for help. …show more content…
Jehangir also says “you don’t have a guidebook and you don’t have people around you to tell you what the language is,” meaning that they are too scared or intimidated to approach anyone for help, they don’t know who the right people to ask are. Throughout this article, Hageman explains all the negatives and difficulty a first generation college student might have and then he proceeds to talk about the positives, like they get a lot of on campus help and more benefits. He then continues to explain some tips for the students and parents, like “don’t be afraid to ask questions, read everything, make the campus your own.” Very simple obvious tips he threw out