America three years ago, I experienced a big culture shock. Everything was very different here compared to where I come from. It was a big opportunity for me to explore the new world. I got to learn about the differences between Vietnamese and American families, education, and food. 2 In Vietnam, family is very important; everybody in the family stays close together. It does not matter what age you are, you can still live at home with your parents until whenever you are ready to move out. Plus,
haven’t been any studies that examined the complex relationships between psychological traumatic experiences and depression among Vietnamese Americans. Studies on the mental health status of people after traumatic experiences in war, Nazi concentration camps, and natural disasters found that traumatic social and natural events are related to various forms of psychological problems among the victims (Tran, 1993). Most refugees fled from Vietnam to the United States to get away from the horrifying tragic
Education plays a key role in human life and it has always been a controversial topic. Throughout the years, the system has gotten better, country that have an effective system are some of the most powerful forces. However, some countries in the world are still using the outdated education system, especially Vietnam. Students are under pressure from friends and family to study, there is a lack of development in the curriculum and school tends to focus about score and not teaching soft, practical
The world has become more global as time is going through. However, there are still some significant differences when comparing between developed country and developing country, such as Vietnam and the United States. While the United States has been developed in many fields (economy, religions, educational system..), Vietnam is still in transition process. They are located on two different continents; they have so much difference on religious, languages, and practices although those distinctions
discuss a major global issue facing your own country (1500 words) Quality of higher education in Vietnam 1. Introduction In the 21st century, education continuous keep the key role in development and consequently, the attention of public to quality of education are risen highly, especially to higher education. Ensuring quality to meet the demands of industries and students themselves is the priority of higher education institution in Vietnam, however, from the perspective of autonomy, this issue is
sequence of loathsome copulations: outside history,” relatable to the Vietnamese case of nationalism (Anderson, 148-9). The emergence of this patriotic sentiment can be attributed to ‘outside history,’ and the slow, but evident disintegration of a said cultural identity. ‘Outside history’ and the threatening presence of outside forces were all to easy to despise. With an obvious, discernible enemy, it was only natural for the Vietnamese to desire self-sufficiency, and to target the said enemy. For the
influence of institutional programs today, the Social Work Education Enhancement Program (SWEEP) team trained on proper institutional care (Hines, et al. 2015). While South Vietnam was experiencing independence in between 1945 and 1954, social work was being introduced (Oanh, 2002). This happened by the creation of Caritas School of Social Work, which was organized by the French Red Cross. The social work organizations were serving Vietnamese through large French organizations. During the American
of life was superior to others. Nationalistic ideologies, born in the coal ovens of Industry, soon gave way to systems of imperialism that would quickly take hold in other parts of the world. For the purposes of this essay, can be broadly defined as a symbiotic relationship between an industrialized state and an agrarian state in which the industrialized state almost always benefits in some way, while the agrarian state is often times left with a mixture of benefits and disparagements. The fact that
despite for more reasons and subjects. "For more than 200 years, our tradition of welcoming immigrants from around the world has given us a tremendous advantage over other nations."(Lindsey, 2014) Obama stated to begin his speech about immigration system. International immigrants are the significant labor source and they partially contribute to generating GDP for the US. There are many reasons for a person to migrate to another country such as higher living standard, employment opportunities and political
beliefs, social habits, expectations and customs by which he or she was raised. Most Asian countries use an authoritarian style to teach their children. The father in the household family; has more power and sets up family rules. In contrast to other Vietnamese people, my father‘s style is authoritative, and my mother’s style is permissive. Both my parent’s lifestyles have influenced my whole life development. I learned from my parents’ knowledge, values, beliefs, expectations and it passed on to me