https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/ImmigrantProfilesSecB_InPerson Thanks everyone for participating in this pedagogical experiment! You each read about *16* different immigrants students attending schools here in the U.S., each with different experiences but also each having similarities in terms of their achievement levels. Please answer the following questions in your group and then, as the groups present, make sure to comment on ONE note that stuck out to you and explain what was interesting to you about that student experience. en-us 2022-02-08 06:35:20 UTC 2025-10-23 02:43:01 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/1355474514/88dbb9c4061304f069921ab768a44758/71GZqNbv8OL.jpg https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/ImmigrantProfilesSecB_InPerson/wish/2036724510 i) Li was the son of two immigrant parents from China who are far more ahead than other families in relation to being financially stable. Li experienced a high academic performance through her hard work. He was always associated with the top tier; he attended the most highly respected public high school in the United States, lived in the best neighborhood in the area, and he received virtually all A's throughout his schooling experiences. His education always translated to success due to his parents deep involvement in his future. As an immigrant student, Li's aspirations for the future were always high with his destiny to become a doctor. Li was a student who always strived to be the best through his hard work and good fortune.

ii) Li tended to feel the discrimination against his nationality. For example, his classmates discussed American  bombing of the  Chinese embassy with unjust perspectives. The discrimination strongly ignited his passion to work even harder. According to his words "Ignore it, because you're probably better than whoever discriminates against you”, he got a strong heart. I think that’s why he could keep pushing him to a further state.

iii) The author classifies are student as a high achiever because of the way that Li pushes through the pressure and standards that were placed on him. Li excelled through the obstacles and overall strived for success throughout his educational career. Li was always putting himself out there to better his future as a Chinese immigrant. The author described Li as paradigmatically "compelled to excel" as his dedication made him a high achiever.
Joshua Mar 
Yuhuai Huang
Peifeng Wang
Maiyu Hu]]> 2022-02-09 00:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/ImmigrantProfilesSecB_InPerson/wish/2036724510 yensatran https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/ImmigrantProfilesSecB_InPerson/wish/2036735065 i. Jane is a Chinese immigrant who assimilated well into American school culture because she was surrounded by fellow Chinese Americans. With that, she was able to identify with her peers and stay connected with her culture. When the study first started, Jane was not proficient in English, but after two years of the American school, she improved over time as she became more and more exposed and engulfed in American life. She also surrounded herself with friends who liked doing well in school, helping her improve along the way, and did not face much discrimination as she grew up in a community that she could identify with. With supportive teachers a bilingual program, and familial support, Jane was able to improve and meet the expectations of her parents.

ii. What stood out was her bilingual program as she was forced to learn Cantonese when her native tongue was  Tasianese in order to learn English. It was also interesting how her attitude towards academics was fluctuating, but her performance was still improving. Her biggest struggle in school was the language barrier, hence her reserved behavior in those classes in contrast to her more engaged behavior in non-language classes.

iii. To be frank, Jane is considered an "improver" because her standardized test score improved from the beginning to the end of the study. At the end of the study, it was mentioned how Jane started helping other classmates with their schoolwork and has grown to be more assertive. Her C average in third grade has become a majority of A's along with B's in sixth grade and English is now her strongest in terms of reading and writing.

Khine Thu
Yensa Tran
Danielle Cruz
Jiayi Li]]> 2022-02-09 00:18:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/ImmigrantProfilesSecB_InPerson/wish/2036735065 sgedney https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/ImmigrantProfilesSecB_InPerson/wish/2036736560 I) Ramón immigrated from El Salvador to the East Coast with his family because his father was a union activist and was caught in political turmoil. After moving, Ramón struggled with adapting to the new lifestyle and culture. He had to learn English and was constantly overlooked by teachers because of his lower status, and his fear of participating in class. He gradually fell behind, and was going to be held back a grade. However, his mom fought for him to continue his education and he used his motivation/desire to help his family to improve in school. He attended a summer school program and after-school programs. 
II) The particular part in the portrait where it was described that his mother fought for his education and for him to improve in school was really inspiring and showed how much parental influence can impact students. 
III) Ramón was an improver because he initially struggled with the new schooling in the US, and through hard work and the help of those around him, he ended up excelling in school. 

-Sophie Gedney, Alexandria Dahncke]]> 2022-02-09 00:19:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/ImmigrantProfilesSecB_InPerson/wish/2036736560 https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/ImmigrantProfilesSecB_InPerson/wish/2036739012 i. Civic did not have a good view of school. His mindset felt like the U.S. school was not a good fit for him. 
ii. Civic's mom felt like she was doing a good job parenting but Civic felt indifferent and felt as though she was not very hands on. Therefore, Civic did not feel very supported and motivated in school and also Civic liked to be friends with other Chinese students but his friends would move on continue to the next grade while he stayed back. So without his friends he also had no motivation to do well in school. 
iii. Civic is classified as low achieving because when he came to the U.S. when he went to school he never really had a good experience. Also when he got kicked out of school the school promised to give him an alternative so that he can get an education but never held up their end of the promise.

Briana Chau, Audrey Co, Madison Sznicer, Beatrice Oh, and Christine Chun]]> 2022-02-09 00:21:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/ImmigrantProfilesSecB_InPerson/wish/2036739012 https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/ImmigrantProfilesSecB_InPerson/wish/2036740624 Lotus was a first generation immigrant student from China who lived in poverty with her grandmother and her brother. Her parents provided little support for her academics as well as her life due to their strongly traditional values. She had many responsibilities including taking care of her brother and maintaining the place where she lived. Despite this, she was very motivated to do well school and was a high achiever for much of her academic career. However, starting in eleventh grade, her grades began to decline.

We noted that the school system failed to provide the support she needed, and because of that despite her high level of motivation she eventually began to decline. We considered that the school may have somewhat neglected her needs due to stereotypes about Asian American students.

Bryce Doria
Jason Yu
Chenxing Lu
Isabella Seccia

]]> 2022-02-09 00:22:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/ImmigrantProfilesSecB_InPerson/wish/2036740624 https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/ImmigrantProfilesSecB_InPerson/wish/2036741115 i. The overarching story of Joyce is that she grew up determined so that she could succeed in America. She had to learn how to adjust, learn a new language, and go through poverty. Despite these circumstances, she was able to succeed. 
ii. One particular experience that stood out in the story was when Miriam didn't know how to approach Joyce. So, Miriam asked the researcher how to say, "Do you like school?" in Chinese. When Miriam asked this phrase to Joyce, she smiled. Another particular experience that stood out was when Joyce said that she feels guilty if she doesn't study hard at school. Another experience that stood out to us was when the story mentioned how Chinese American parents in America are much stricter. 
iii. The author classifies Joyce as a high achiever because she was able to adapt quickly and succeed as a student even though she came from a different country. 

Group Members: Susan Lee, Jessica Kim, Ashley Kwon ]]> 2022-02-09 00:23:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/ImmigrantProfilesSecB_InPerson/wish/2036741115 nnsarkis https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/ImmigrantProfilesSecB_InPerson/wish/2036741190 Mauricio is a second generation. His family and he are from the Dominican Republic. One difference between the social and familial dynamic that he noticed and disliked was that people are less social here- his mother states that people don't converse on the street here and are more introverted then they are used to. theres also less closely knit families because they work longer ours in the U.S. To Mauricio, there is a clear difference between how teenagers in the Dominican and teenagers in the U.S. carry themselves- he dislikes how Americans seem "boring" while he is used to a more outgoing and attitude. 
Natalie Sarkisyan]]> 2022-02-09 00:23:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/ImmigrantProfilesSecB_InPerson/wish/2036741190 https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/ImmigrantProfilesSecB_InPerson/wish/2036741330 1. Rosa immigrated to the United States with her family at a young age with more of a positive attitude given her parents told them they are going to Disneyland or into the "land of make-believe." She struggled a lot with language when they first made the move, but she didn't let that hinder her success. She quickly learned English, assimilated and became integrated into the American culture, and rose to the top. By the end of high school, she was sitting in the Valedictorian chair, giving a speech during graduation with certainty she will make it big and have a successful career. 
2. One experience in particular that stood out to us regarding Rosa's schooling experience is that she always had a good support system whether it was during her school life or her home life. Also, Rosa has been strong-willed since the beginning; she has always been motivated and that mentality allows her to grow and persevere through tough situations. 
3. Rosa was labeled under "high-achiever" because regardless of her struggles, she always maintained good grades, overcome language/cultural barriers, graduated as Valedictorian, continued on to college being an Engineering major. 
- Sabrina Gogna, Joselyn Murillo]]> 2022-02-09 00:23:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/ImmigrantProfilesSecB_InPerson/wish/2036741330 https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/ImmigrantProfilesSecB_InPerson/wish/2036741684 For Leon, we would say that he never had high expectations for himself hence the author classifying him as low achiever. He would miss school often and found himself going to work instead. He himself thought that he was a "bad student". Leon attended an overcrowded school where he couldn't receive much one on one help. He was raised by a single mother who spent most of her time working so, wasn't able to be there to make sure he did go to school. On top of that she was afraid to go to the school for help as there is this language barrier. His mom only went up to the sixth grade so couldn't really help academically. One experience that stood out to us was when he mentioned that he would want to go to college but knew because of being undocumented status that it wasn't really in the cards for him. 

Natalie Orozco-Poblano
Alexies Garcia]]> 2022-02-09 00:23:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/ImmigrantProfilesSecB_InPerson/wish/2036741684 https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/ImmigrantProfilesSecB_InPerson/wish/2036743796 Our story is about Myriam. She is a student who immigrated from Haiti to the US. She had to move with her father, who had worked in the army and was not close before. She talks about how she missed her mom (who was still in Haiti) and how her relationship with her dad was abusive and dysfunctional. This tragic situation is what really stood us out. The authors classified her in the group of low achievers since Myriam struggled with many subjects at school (especially those that were not extracurricular). The authors guess that if Myriam had an easier situation and more family support she would perform better 

Beebee, Viridiana, Thaylee, Stephanie, Nieves]]> 2022-02-09 00:24:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/ImmigrantProfilesSecB_InPerson/wish/2036743796 https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/ImmigrantProfilesSecB_InPerson/wish/2036746501 1. After Henry's mother got a divorce with his father due to constant domestic violence, Henry and his mother eventually decided to find their grandparents who moved to the United States. Even though Henry is clever and did a great job at his bilingual middle school, he struggled and started to give up on his classes when he got to the more competitive, English based high school. As he refuses to seek help and began to skip classes, his grades plummeted significantly. Even after he transferred to the small high school, his low GPA makes it difficult for him to plan his future as his low GPA makes it extremely unlikely for him to get into the Ivy League schools that he originally planned to attend. 
2. We noticed Henry's lack of attachment. Henry's relationship with his mother is not good and he barely communicates with his mother. He doesn't have friends in school due to his low English proficiency. We think this likely impacted his schooling experience as he wasn't able to get help when necessary. 
3. The authors classified Henry as a declining achiever as he did extremely well in middle school, but his performance declined once he got to the English based high school. 

- Evelyn Su, Li-Yu Ho, Harry Zhang 

]]> 2022-02-09 00:26:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/ImmigrantProfilesSecB_InPerson/wish/2036746501 https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/ImmigrantProfilesSecB_InPerson/wish/2036747218 i. The overall story focuses on Andres who was born in Mexico, who had to see his mom leave at a very young age for her to start building their life for them. Finally, by the time he was about sixth grade age he was plopped into a new country where he hadn't seen his mom in six years, she has a new partner, and will be having a new baby soon. He went from an idealized version of what America would be to having reality hit him of how different everything would be. Although he began with decently good grades, he soon started failing because his parents were not really present in his academic life and he started placing great importance on the gang life because of his role model uncle. He really gave into the gang life, I think also because it is a family he can turn to and family was really important to him.
ii.  The particular experiences that stood out to me were the fact that his uncle who was in a gang would cover for him all the time because it laid the foundation for wanting to be in a gang. Then going to the alternative school because the regular school gave up on him and sent him away with other "delinquents"
iii. The author placed Andres in this group because he began with good grades then declined. 

- Angel Franco]]> 2022-02-09 00:27:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/ImmigrantProfilesSecB_InPerson/wish/2036747218 https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/ImmigrantProfilesSecB_InPerson/wish/2036752476 Marieli had many dreams but she could not achieve them because she has no support system. 
It was sad how she was at the top and how she wanted to be a soccer player but over time she started failing her classes and she lost the motivation to participate in school because of how the school wanted their students to participate in their classes.
A particular experience that affected her was her relationship with her mom as to how distant they become. However, she did have some support which was the counselor who speaks bilingual and her soccer coach.

- Ashley Arellano, Mariana, Sherry, Stephanie Saquiche]]> 2022-02-09 00:31:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/ImmigrantProfilesSecB_InPerson/wish/2036752476 britta116 https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/ImmigrantProfilesSecB_InPerson/wish/2036770541 1. The overarching story of Rosette is that she experienced violence under the oppression of a dictator in which traumatized the country economically and socially. She also lived in poverty where her family needed financial help from relatives in order to survive.
2. An experience that stood out to me was the fact that Rosette would get disciplined by violence less when she came to the U.S. due to the child abuse laws compared to when she lived in Haiti.
3. Rosette became the president of the Haitian club and continues to share her culture by dancing and being involved. 

brittany alvarez and cem babalik ]]> 2022-02-09 00:43:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/ImmigrantProfilesSecB_InPerson/wish/2036770541