College Stereotypes

The most important service offered to Latina students at East Los Angeles College is the Latina Completion and transfer Academy. The reason this service is the most important is because of their self-efficacy through cultural relevant teaching and learning, they empower and support Latinas, their main goal is to succeed in maintaining high rate of transferring out members. The academy provides their own courses with flexible hours that members can attend as well as childcare during those courses. They also provide private tutoring and textbooks to ensure the success of members. Their main focus is to have members transfer to a UC or obtain certificates.

Even though I have had these disadvantages and probably many others, I am not going to let it stop me from being successful. I have made it this far so I can’t stop now. In this paper, I talked about my social location and identity, my life experiences and my privileges and disadvantages. The point of this paper is to allow me to reflect on who I am and at this point I think that I am a motivated, hardworking, young African American woman with a bright future ahead of

Stereotype Threat on College Campus To most of the Americans, education has a pivotal role in improving social mobility. It allows everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, background, to access equal ability and opportunity to succeed. However, it is really the case when our campus is full of stereotype threat? According to Whistling Vivaldi by Claude Steele, stereotype threat is the pressure or risk of conforming to negative stereotypes related to one’s identity. Distracted by the threat, we would perform much weaker in class, and choose to live on a much limiting life unconsciously.

This letter is being submitted as recommendation on behalf of Dr. Cynthia Calhoun and her candidacy for the position of Executive Director of Student Retention and Graduation at Southwest Tennessee Community College (STCC). I have had the pleasure of working with Dr. Calhoun for several years as a colleague. Dr. Calhoun’s resume’ speaks with ostensible volume and clarity for itself and is a testament to her longevity, consistency, and ambition. With over two decades of experience working in the community college arena, as a faculty member and an administrator, her accomplishments and contributions to academe are voluminous.

Alongside Texas State University Contrary to popular belief, Texas State isn’t all of what the stereotypes claims it is. The stereotypes associated with Texas State such as being a party school, not being intensive, and being composed of a nonchalant student body attribute to a “second class” standard when compared to other schools such as University of Texas and Texas A&M University. This is inaccurate, because it’s being compared to the top ranked schools, so obviously it doesn’t stand alongside theses schools with as high of an opinion. Texas State can absolutely hold its ground if compared to other universities in Texas that are ranked around the same numbers as it is itself. Texas State being known as of as a party school has been an inescapable stereotype that the university

Furthermore, I believe I owe it to future patients, employers and fellow professionals to have the largest knowledge base and most readily accessible skills possible and to utilize the unique experiences I have been granted. I have managed, throughout busy class schedules and often full-time work, to be volunteering on a long mission to Peru to work with children, mentor as a Middle School Youth minister, a Spanish and ASL medical translator in clinics 300% below the poverty line, and a Patient Care Technician in the Emergency Room and eventually the NICU per invitation from the Senior Staff of the Women and Children's Center. I have enjoyed the vitality of these diverse settings as well as growing in empathy while working with people from very unique backgrounds and family needs. I also volunteer as an on-call counselor for a crisis family support center as a primary advisor for two single mothers who require translation services. Attending Samford University, I was selected from Freshman year forward

People go most of their lives in school: from as early of the age of 5 and onto the age of 18 and hopefully to go onto college where they can spend another 4 or more years. Some students will prioritize school more than their youth and that usually means they don’t socialize with the other students their age. Do the students that enjoy their youth have a disadvantage of getting accepted into the university of their dreams to those who focus solely on academics? Some students who choose to enjoy their childhood before going into high school do get accepted into the prestigious universities but they are labeled as “slackers” becausethey didn’t prioritize academics over a social life. That’s where the stereotype of the “overachievers” get rewarded by the admissions of the Ivy League Universities and the “slackers” settle for less, and it’s not necessarily like that.

bonuses, facility improvements, and allotments` for technology advancement from the state government. (If “success” is shown.) This point is brought to life in the national Blue Ribbon School Award. Eligibility for this honor is determined by a single factor hidden behind many little details: student success on standardized tests. All “subcategories” of the school, and the school as a whole, must be in the top fifteen percent in the state rankings for all standardized testing.

My journey began when The Deron School hired me as a paraprofessional. I learned so much about myself in a classroom setting of diverse learners. First, my strong qualities, such as patience, flexibility to change, and positivity, were simply demonstrated for this position. I have witnessed staff members resign due to stress from unpredictable circumstances. However, I can simply understand the rough days which strengthens my performance to find a solution.

I learned how to adapt to the individual needs of students to provide them the best education. Like students with a communication disorder, many of my students would shy away from activities or tasks because of obstacles. Through these experiences, I watched my students gain the confidence to participate in activities and excel in academics to become successful individuals. As a future Speech Language Pathologist, many qualities that I possess can be improved by furthering my education.

America has long been recognized as the melting pot of the world—people of all backgrounds, races, and cultures have come together and mixed, while remaining distinct. Because of this, people of the United States have begun to treasure the diversity of multiculturalism and placed a larger emphasis on cultural differences. These perceived cultural differences have also lead to the formation of generalizations and stereotypes about specific races within the mixed community of Americans. These stereotypes can be directly and indirectly brought into daily life. They can affect whether or not a person of a specific race gets a job offer, can qualify for a home loan, and even how well students of specific races do in school.

Many people come across roadblocks through their journey of life. I know I've had my fair share of them. The biggest bump in my academic life was changing it completely upside down. Growing up african American or with any skin that holds the slightest of pigment is not easy, but that's obvious due to our nation's past. Racism and stereotypeing has always been there.

Norris White English 101 Oct 7, 2015 Growing up where I'm from there are numerous negative outlooks and stereotypes placed upon us. Some of those maybe true, but it isn't just all bad there are several good things that goes on in my community. I feel as if my community’s positive things are being overlooked and therefore needs multiple improvements. If my community got the improvements that were needed we wouldn't get displayed negatively.

I tend to work hard toward my goals and fulfill all work assignments in a timely manner. I first seriously considered entering the field of counseling when I was a student

Therefore, I learned a lot from my experience and I feel confident that I will be able to apply my skills to my personal life, academic journey and professional