International student

and observe a session there, I thought this would be a great opportunity to expand my knowledge. Advisor Interview Title and Experience The advisor that I was fortunate to be able to interview was Natalie Luna, a second-year Educational Counseling student at USC. Since August 2015, she has also been an Academic Coach for the Kortschak Center. Additionally, she has experience with guidance counseling in high schools, as well as at the career center at USC. Aside from work experience,…

Empathy with students and the struggles they may experience in specific units of study and/or their transition to university study As a first year student the daunting experience of transitioning from high school to university is fresh in my mind. Being one of only two students to select Sydney University from my high school I can easily recall the vortex of mixed emotions I felt during O’Week. Whilst I was committed and ready for a paradigm shift, I was simultaneously dreading the uncertainty…

Facts: • Sabrina Student is a full-time student at Florida International University (FIU) • She has been awarded a $20,000 scholarship • School costs in the current year are as follows: o $14,000 tuition costs o $300 required lab fees (required for physics class) o $1,000 required books and supplies o $4,800 room and board • Sabrina asked me, an FIU graduate and Certified Public Accountant of the state of Florida to advise her regarding the tax consequences of the scholarship. Issue and…

A Discourse Community is not Absolutely Independent “Discourse Community” is first constructed by Martin Nystrand in 1982 (Heilker & Vandenbergh). All of us can be considered as a part of discourse community. Sometimes we do not recognize that we are in discourse communities, but we will feel a sense of belonging when we in the right discourse communities. However, what is “Discourse Community”? and how to divided discourse communities? According to James E. Porter, “ A discourse community…

Many students come across a unique type of paper, referred fondly to as a “research paper.” They provide both the writer and reader with benefits. The writer achieves a through understanding of the subject as well as n intellectual opinion on the subject. Writers forge this “opinion” in the fires of deep research. In addition to the benefits, the writer has the satisfaction to know that his argument is supported rather than educated guesses. The reader, on the other hand, has the ability to…

is very important during the relocation process. One of the key players in involving the refugees is the Ripon College Center for Diversity and Inclusion. This multicultural group does various events on campus to promote diversity as well provide students and faculty with different cultural education opportunities. I plan on getting in contact with the Center for Diversity and Inclusion so together with the refugees they plan different events to involve the families not only with the college…

Nathan Silva 12/10/15 Research Methods Whittier College Campus Safety Discrimination As Whittier College students, we are all actively roaming the campus whether we are going to class or engaging in social activities. It may or may not be apparent to certain individuals, but we are under the constant supervision of Campus Safety Officers. On the Whittier College website, Campus Safety explains their mission statement saying, “Our mission is to provide a safe and secure…

With the development of society and technology, more and more students around the world are able to study abroad. As a result, the students who come from different countries can bring different cultures together and then the educational institutions should take advantage of them. But there are different cultures which can bring some mistakes or problems to education, and they can’t fix these problems by themselves. So that it can be a good problem for us to talk about. The cultural diversity…

in high school, I got to experience something that not many others get to experience. While many high school students may go to school with an exchange student, I actually had the pleasure of hosting one, who stayed with my family in our house for the duration of the school year. He was a Japanese student named Takahiro Yamamoto, and he shattered my expectations. Every other exchange student that we had hosted up to that point was very quiet and introverted, and it took us a few days to get…

Ekaterina Kovaleva Annotated Bibliography Garton B (2000) Recruitment of Teachers for International Education. In: Hayden M and Thompson J (eds) International Schools and International Education: Improving Teaching, Management and Quality. London: Kogan p. 87. In this chapter of the book, Brian Garton talks about the recruitment of teachers for international schools. There are three types of people who work as international school teachers: host-country nationals, local-hire and overseas-hire…