Refugee Literacy Program Analysis

Hardship is seen in some degree in everyone’s lives. It pushes us to the maximum, makes us hit rock bottom. These experiences change us, though not in the same way. Some souls rise to the occasion and rise out of the ashes, while others become stuck in the endless downward spiral. Although some individuals are crushed by the adversity, other are about to overcome it and become better people and lead improved lives.

In life we may go through hardships that take us down a path that benefits us in the future and make us stronger individuals. These hardships can influence a person’s life by making us face obstacles we don’t want to face and

I got the news that my aunt, Andrea, a close family member was diagnosed with cancer during the month of July, 2017. Andrea has faced many tough obstacles in her life. Her husband died from a heart attack at the age of 63. Her house was flooded and both of her dogs

When people go through something difficult it can change them. Making them who they are, it can change them for the bad or good. Therefore, hardships can greatly influence a person’s life by making them appreciate all the things that make life enjoyable.

situations in order to live a successful life. Hardships is something we all face and it’s

Hardships have the power to make a break a person, as Roman poet, Horace, once said, “Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant”. Everyone has or will have to face adversity at some point in their lives, it is a universal truth. Although misfortunes usually have a negative connotation, depending on the struggle and how one deals with it, it is likely the person will come out of misfortune better prepared for the world. Contrastly, if a person never experienced any hardships, they would lack a sophisticated understanding of the world and lack the ability to handle difficult situations. Adversity gives people strength they can not obtain with success.

universal refugee experience is shared with many refugees, including having to learn a new language, becoming sick and malnourished, and having to make new friends in their new home.

The article "A fair go for refugees is a fair go for all Australians" is a feature article published in the Daily Telegraph written by Paul Power on March 18, 2010. The issue that is being discussed throughout the article is whether the government should accept more refugees. Power believes that the government should be accepting more refugees. The author uses facts and statistics and a bias opinion to declare his stance on the issue. Power speaks in a concerned tone of the article to display his view towards the matter. Power alleviates his ideas throughout the article. Power uses techniques such as comparison rhetorical questions to make this article persuasive.

Regardless of my town’s homogeneous population, I grew up accepting diversity and valuing individual differences even amid the same racial group. One of the first experiences of diversity I can vividly recall is the various religious beliefs within the Black community. My parents believed “exposure to the world around you” was one of the primary factors for raising a well-rounded individual. Therefore, we often visited different churches of various faiths.

Refugee Outreach of Kalamazoo is one of the most active organizations on Western Michigan University campus as well as outside the Kalamazoo area. I thought about joining an organization since my arrival to Western michigan University, because I wanted to help the community through voluntary work around the area and I was able to find something that I was interested during the bronco bash event on campus. I attended their first meeting of the Fall and I was impressed by the ideas of the members of the organization, I also noticed that they have members who went to study abroad in Europe and they help refugees who are in refugee camps in Greece and we had the opportunity to talk to them through skype. I went home and decided to become an active

Immigrants and refugees seeking services seem to lack knowledge and understanding of American culture. This may lead to legal issues and barriers that can ultimately impact their health and well-being. Language barriers are a huge problem among the immigrant and refugee community which leads to laws being broken without immigrants and refugees realizing that they are breaking the law. For example, in one’s native country, bribing law enforcement may be acceptable, while in the United States, it is an offense which will result in arrest. Immigrants and refugees need to be taught this in a way that they can understand.

    Refugees are people who are forced to flee their country because of persecution, natural disasters, and mainly war. When they leave their country their live essentially turn “inside out.” This happens when they are put into new experiences they are not used to and being bullied. In the novel, “Inside Out and Back Again,” Ha is living a normal life before the war. As the war is happening she goes through many things that make her life turn inside out. When she arrives in America it turns back again as she tries to start a new life.

The principles of liberation and acceptance help to establish a sense of belonging and fellowship in the world. In a modern and rather censorious society, it can be rather difficult for people to be accepting of this concept. All people, no matter what their ethnic background, should be granted the right to freely express themselves through their cultural practices without having to endure the constant hurdles of ignorance and prejudice that surround them. However, some individuals argue that too drastic of a change in religious secularism would pose a threat to America’s traditional customs. Though controversial at times, diversity is an inevitable concept that needs to be discussed more openly, especially in the classrooms of early childhood.

"To live means to suffer, because the human nature is not perfect and neither is the world we live in. During our lifetime, we inevitably have to endure physical suffering such as pain, sickness, injury, tiredness, old age, and eventually death. (The Big View).

Faith development theories propose that young adulthood is a critical time for individuals to re-examine the faith of their childhood in light of new discoveries, negotiate their dependence on significant others and relationship to authority, and associate with communities that help them in their quest for meaning (Fowler, 1981, and Parks, 2000). Parks (2000) suggests that young adults benefit from supportive mentoring environments as they traverse these transitional phases of development. Religious groups are well suited to the task so long as they are hospitable to questioning, tolerate ambiguity, encourage interfaith dialogue and diversity, provide comfort, and hope, supply meaningful symbols and stories, and identify the giftedness of young