The Promotion of Student Culture
Student cultures in universities are becoming extremely diverse. Students are discovering what they like and dislike in college, so they tend to explore and learn about different cultures when making friends. New friends bring a whole new world to the feet of first time freshman, as well as upper class men.
When Nathan interviewed several international students, they said the way we talk to people is extremely different from their country. “For the international students I interviewed, American college culture is a world of engagement, choice, individualism, and independence, but it is also one of cross-cultural ignorance and self-delusion that cries out for remediation (Rebekah Nathan).” Most American’s are ignorant to other cultures, and international students in My Freshman Year confess to our ignorance. In universities, most international students admit to not having any help from their former professors. “American students answered and asked questions, even offered opinions, but the foreigners - half the class, most from China - sat in silence.” (New York Times) This information is completely accurate in my opinion, because if I was a foreigner I would keep my mouth shut in fear of appearing ignorant.
College students will hang around with their own kind because of the fear of being rejected by others. Students don t want to go to unknown territory. They want to feel comfortable when speaking or eating. People like to feel, and remain in their own comfort zones. Being in a new place is frightening, and by sticking with a group of people that share similar interests and cultures, almost everyone is placed into a realm of comfort.
Each student struggles differently in college. “For example ...
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Our literature review consisted of six scholarly articles that were studies done on students who were going into college. The first article that we found focused on how important communication is when it comes to making friends. McEwan & Guerrero (2010) talked about the benefits of communication before getting to know someone. We based our questions off of this article regarding communication in order to find out about roommate interactions.
Being new to a college campus, I've learned to adjust. I’ve stepped outside my comfort zone and learned to explore various outlets. Little did I know that the college culture didn’t fall too far from the typical high school environment. Subcultures, or what I’d like to call clicks, seemed to be something that transcends from each level of schooling. In college this subculture is known as the Greek system and it is one of the major outlets students use for socializing.
...njoy reading “Thinking Critically, Challenging Cultural Myths by Colombo. I agree with a lot of ideas that he believes. Colombo thinks “Beginning College can be disconcerting experience” (Colombo, p. 1) that instructors want you to think critically, that instructors want you to think outside the box, Colombo also states “Culture shapes the way we think; it tells us what “makes sense” (Colombo, p. 3). I also agree with Colombo statement that “Cultural Myths can have more subtle effects as well” (Colombo, p. 4). Hopefully you will agree with some of these statements, but keep your minds open and free.
Fischer, M. J. (2008). Does Campus Diversity Promote Friendship Diversity? A Look at Interracial Friendships in College. Social Science Quarterly (Wiley-Blackwell), 89(3), 631-655.
The life of a college student is really amazing and diverse. In fact, a person can expect to live with people from different cultures, background, and histories that it is a mix of diverse multicultural experience. Even more when a student can talk with another student from a different part of the world with totally different culture, this was my case when I interview my friend from Nigeria.
I have been in this country for almost three months now. One of the biggest challenges is getting along peacefully with the native population. To Americans one of the most important things is to make sure that no one gets insulted or hurt and that everyone is heard. Some would go to the extent of not revealing their true opinion, in order to avoid confrontation. In some group discussion decisions, if reached at all, are made after making long, tedious conversation about the topic at hand. While there are some merits to this kind of behavior, other aspects of interpersonal aspects are lost, such as frankness and being open to one another. Sitting among other international students enhances these observations by listening to the so-called “outsiders” talk amongst themselves. On one occasion a fellow student tried to explain something to his friend from another foreign country that he had different opinions from him on a certain subject, talking and describing the matter and “beating around the bush” as they say, when all of a sudden the listener said,” Just say what you think – don’t be an American.” I was amazed that someone noticed or thought the same way I did.
College students who have the opportunity to attend a university rather than a community college will find that the process of making friends is an easier one. Making friends while being in college has many factors strung a lot with it. Universities present a bigger opportunity of creating lasting friendships by providing more of a social life with dorm room living, greater social events and lounges for students to hangout at all through the day. The process of making a friend is a very unique one, and it does not come easy to everyone. In all reality, attending a university over a community college is the better approach when wanting to be socially active and meeting a variety of friends.
Going to study in a new country can be a stressful experience, from learning the culture norms to new foods. Culture shock is common with international students. Culture shock can include, meeting new people, language barriers, social behaviors, and a sense of community. A students comfortability with the culture of their new home can determine their learning experience. It can be an emotional rollercoaster, being so far away from family and friends. American culture is difficult to understand. International students find Americans to be confusing. Social norms vary depending on the part of the country a person is in.
People have long assumed that university is the home of the educated and open minded people. People expand their personal horizons here. The public believes university students can deal with the cultural differences of human beings. The public believes students can deal with these differences because university students are exposed to a wide range of academic subjects including Humanities. Humanities exposes students to world literature, art, and geography. The public expects these subjects to aid university students in understanding cultural differences.Use of cultural differences should be emphasized in the universities. These differences should be emphasized not to humiliate or disgrace people but to influence students to accept and acknowledge cultural differences.
I wondered how I would meet classmates with different ways of thinking, many of them with different ages, customs, nationalities and ways of life. This really was one of my greatest expectations. Nowadays, I have met so many different and wonderful people, willing to support each other in everything, starting over with a primary and a common goal for all, fighting to get the final result, becoming nurses. More than that, we have become good friends that support each other most of the time. In our open spaces we share the experiences that we live in each class, we analyze our weaknesses and we always look for the right solution. Likewise, we talked about family and work issues, and in our spare time, we organize activities to hang out together and rejoice in
College is also great because it lets you be ourselves. To be perfectly honest, people at college can be a bit odd, and the diversity of
Many students do this because they want to hang out with their friends. Other students do this because they want to get a chance to know a
College schema that we will make friends for life is the product of alder theory again. Another way alder effects how we develop are college schemas is that we have a social interest is another thing we expect from college. Ever since we are in high school we keep thinking on how we expect to meet all these different type of people in college. So our schema and college construct develops that we will meet new people and make new friends. So we expect college to be the place to make
College has way more people than high school so different groups will show up. In high school, people flock to the cool kids that have all new gadgets and expensive clothing and in college the kids are very poor and just want to save money, so they don’t mind what they wear. While in college, most people will wear whatever because they don 't care what other people think of them, while in high school, it 's all about doing whatever the most cool kids are doing. In both college and high school, you will make friends that you will have for life. In some cases, kids will find the group that fits them the best in high school instead of college and will stick with that group throughout college.
Firstly, university students will meet others from a wide variety of backgrounds and broaden their understanding of other cultures. Students who reside in halls will most likely encounter an international student; in 2013/14 they