the interrelations between the received information and the theories/concepts discussed in class. In addition, the received data may also serve as a practical illustration of the differences between the Personal and Group identities. Finally, the interview has largely changed my personal perspective and understanding concerning the work with the clients representing a different culture. Notably, speaking about the start of a personal career, there are several worth consideration points to be taken
today: finding ways to incorporate into classrooms the diversity of all the different cultures that make up the people of America. But what are culture, multiculturalism, and diversity? From one of the videos watched in class, culture has four components that define it: symbols, language, values, and norms. Culture is a group of people’s shared symbols, language, values, and norms
As a student affairs graduate student, I would like to consider my decisions to pursue my degree. I decided to pursue a master’s in student affairs because of my involvement as an undergraduate student. While in undergraduate, I was involved with Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Campus Activities Board Directors, Student Support Services, Student Government Association, Residential Housing, and the Department of Student Developments. Pursuing a Master’s degree has always been an interest of mines, but
through the class readings, lectures, videos, and discussions, my definition of diversity has changed. I now know that diversity includes not only race and religion, but also includes other things such as skin color, nationality, social class, physical abilities, sexual orientation, age, education, and skills. Therefore, I define diversity as
you aside from everyone else. Question is: What makes an identity? Is it the heritage of our parents? The people we interact with? Or how about the decisions we make on a daily basis? Each of these are components to our identities in different manners though they each have different levels of impact upon us. Depending on the person, everyone has different opinions as to how important their identity is. Some may say that their past identity is not of importance to them because they relate to who
understanding of the process of linguistic identity and of its formation, I see my sense of belonging/non-belonging more clearly now. On the one hand, I feel this sense of belonging to my profession, to the field of higher education management, to this as the field of investigation in my research, but also to the English culture and language. On the other hand, the sense of non-belonging seems more often associated with my country, and overall with my native culture and also with the struggle in
Everything in my life occurred backwards. I married at age 17 and started a family. My children were my motivation. Postsecondary education seemed impossible. Guidance and a support system were absent from my life. The process for attaining an education seemed so complicated. Postsecondary education seemed so foreign to me. I struggled through paying for one class at a time due to the absence of knowledge about financial aid. Unfortunately, I did not have a counselor that mentored me throughout
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Identity is a complex aspect of someone’s life. It is a combination of how people view others, how someone views himself, and how their community is seen by others. These still can be split even more into infinite dimensions which are combined to create a unique identity. Identity is also an inconstant part of life as it is manipulated by the people, environment, and activities at the moment. My identity started when I was born as I was given a race based on my ancestry and genetics and a gender
My Development Growing up, I faced many of the challenges; I was a first-generation Mexican-American college student whose first language was Spanish. I grew up in a suburb of Los Angeles, and I did not have any support system to think of an educational career beyond a high school degree. It was up to me to learn how the post-high school education system was structured for individuals who were not the ideal college candidate and to uncover opportunities for myself in the educational world. I went