Wade Hampton High School is a public Greenville County school in Greenville, South Carolina. Serving grades nine through twelve, Wade Hampton has a student body of 1,723 students from a diverse range of ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds (Williams, 2015; Williams & Strickland, 2015). The average graduation rate over the past four years is 89%, the current poverty index is 47.5%, and the dropout rate is 1.8% (Williams & Strickland, 2015).
In general, high school students today face numerous obstacles that affect the outcome of their education. Facing issues like bullying, mental health, substance use and abuse, delinquency, violence, low socioeconomic status, and poverty, for example, only increase the likelihood for poor academic outcomes …show more content…
(2008) describe intercultural competence as “the challenges in relating to others, such as White Americans, one 's own ethnic group, and one 's family” (p. 776). Immigrants from every nation experience this in some form as they learn to navigate their new home. Among 286 Chinese immigrants in the New York City public school system, researchers Yeh et al. (2008) measured the variables “English fluency, academic, college, and career help-seeking, multidimensional acculturation, family responsibilities, and social support” against intercultural competence (p. 782). The results indicated that students who obtained lower scores in English proficiency and those with more family responsibilities had higher concern about competence both within and between cultures (Yeh et al., 2008, pp. 784-785). Overall, however, Yeh et al. (2008) found that “higher levels of comfort in seeking help for career, college, and academic concerns is significantly associated with fewer intercultural competence concerns”, students “had fewer concerns about interactions with others from different cultures”, and felt fewer concerns with more social support (p. …show more content…
76). In high schools, LGBTQ youths are […] disproportionately the victims of bullying” (McCormick, Schmidt & Clifton, 2015, 1810). Dividing the sample into higher and lower peer victimization groups, McCormick et al. (2015) studied the effects of bullying on sexually risky behavior. The research concluded that those in the higher victimization group were much more likely to engage in sexually risky behaviors, increasing the risk of developing an STI while the lower victimization group were at higher risk for perceptions of having an STI but not at risk for participating in risky behaviors (McCormick et al., 2015, pp. 1817-1818). The researchers suggest that changing the school culture regarding LGBTQ youth through education and activist groups may reduce peer victimization and negative consequences (McCormick et al., 2015, p.
In general, high school students today face numerous obstacles that affect the outcome of their education. Facing issues like bullying, mental health, substance use and abuse, delinquency, violence, low socioeconomic status, and poverty, for example, only increase the likelihood for poor academic outcomes …show more content…
(2008) describe intercultural competence as “the challenges in relating to others, such as White Americans, one 's own ethnic group, and one 's family” (p. 776). Immigrants from every nation experience this in some form as they learn to navigate their new home. Among 286 Chinese immigrants in the New York City public school system, researchers Yeh et al. (2008) measured the variables “English fluency, academic, college, and career help-seeking, multidimensional acculturation, family responsibilities, and social support” against intercultural competence (p. 782). The results indicated that students who obtained lower scores in English proficiency and those with more family responsibilities had higher concern about competence both within and between cultures (Yeh et al., 2008, pp. 784-785). Overall, however, Yeh et al. (2008) found that “higher levels of comfort in seeking help for career, college, and academic concerns is significantly associated with fewer intercultural competence concerns”, students “had fewer concerns about interactions with others from different cultures”, and felt fewer concerns with more social support (p. …show more content…
76). In high schools, LGBTQ youths are […] disproportionately the victims of bullying” (McCormick, Schmidt & Clifton, 2015, 1810). Dividing the sample into higher and lower peer victimization groups, McCormick et al. (2015) studied the effects of bullying on sexually risky behavior. The research concluded that those in the higher victimization group were much more likely to engage in sexually risky behaviors, increasing the risk of developing an STI while the lower victimization group were at higher risk for perceptions of having an STI but not at risk for participating in risky behaviors (McCormick et al., 2015, pp. 1817-1818). The researchers suggest that changing the school culture regarding LGBTQ youth through education and activist groups may reduce peer victimization and negative consequences (McCormick et al., 2015, p.