ktmeng/mec huggingface dataset:
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Curriculum, pedagogy and assessment are aligned and meet the needs of diverse student groups (EQIS, 2005). A teacher, or any member of an educational facility, can be prosecuted if they harass a student, or future student, who has a disability, about the disability (Disability Discrimination Act 1992 s. 37). A successful teacher is required to have a positive relationship with all of their students, while still following policy and procedure so that they can “build bridges from the knowledge and skills that students bring from their homes and communities to the knowledge and skills they need for success in schooling” (EQIS, 2005, p. ).
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Schools are required to provide professional learning opportunities to enhance understanding of the recognition of difference and the factors that contribute to educational disadvantage, especially an appreciation of factors such as: poverty; gender; disability; cultural and linguistic diversity; and sexuality (EQIS, 2005). Such professional development opportunities will allow teachers with many years experience to fully understand the changing environment they now live in. People with a disability have the same human rights as other members of society (Disability Discrimination Act 1992, Part 2, Division 19, s. ).
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Teachers must adapt their classroom planning in response to this statement. Simple methods of inclusion on a physical level will include table and chair arrangement, or repositioning of the teacher’s desk to provide easy access if required; however, it is the school’s responsibility to allow wheelchair access to classrooms. Teachers who believe that they are the most important factor in improving student outcomes are more likely to deliver a connected curriculum, with high intellectual quality and high levels of student engagement (EQIS, 2005).
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While such policies and statement may seem difficult to implement, the outcome of a successful student who is well versed and ready to stand up in society and enter the workforce should be the driving factor teachers strive for. Personal responses to diversity A teacher’s positive attitude towards their students can have a profound effect on their learning ability. Consideration must be taken into account if the student(s) come from a low socio economic background or disruptive domestic environments. The school community may well be the only positive aspect of their lives.
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Students who have this sort of background often require more support and nurturing. A teacher’s positive attitude towards this student may well release their inhibitions and personal defences. Once the teacher has broken down these barriers the student is more likely to participate, be co-operative and be more productive in the classroom. A negative attitude directed at the same student is more likely to sustain the barrier he or she has towards adults, or authority figures in general, and remain disruptive and uncooperative.
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An example of this negative attitude is provided by Munro. 2008, p. 99). Ted Brown saw himself as a good literacy teacher. Many of his students made great progress and achieved high-level outcomes. Each year, however, there was a small group of students in the class who did not progress as he expected. Ted noted, “These students do not get involved or stay focused. They just did not seem to be interested. I guess there will always be low achievers. Not everyone can learn to read”. His observations were accurate. In his classes, these children did not get involved or stay focused, were not interested and remained low achievers.
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A replacement teacher, Sally Green, taught Ted’s class for a term. She talked with the underachieving readers and noticed that they had rich imagery knowledge of the topics they discussed but often needed time to put their images into words. She helped them practice doing this. Before they began to read a narrative, she had them do this. Sally also had them talk in sentences about the pictures in the narratives and recall vocabulary. The students began to achieve as readers using their existing knowledge to read and to anticipate the ideas in a text.
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They learnt to paraphrase and visualise as they read, and to review each paragraph. Ted came back to school from long-service leave and noticed that the small group of students had improved in their reading. Because he did not understand the conditions under which they had improved, he was unable to scaffold their learning. Soon some of the students plateaued in their reading and Ted was sure that this was, again, because of their lack of interest. It can be seen from the above text that Ted simply could not be bothered with the small group of “low achievers”.
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He did not provide any inclusive activities; therefore, he was not able to obtain the most out of this group. Sally should have discussed this issue with the Head of Department or Principal during her contracted time. Bringing this issue to their attention may have directed the HOD/Principal to discuss with Ted some alternative teaching options, or offer some personal development in this area. Once the issue had been raised, discussed and acted upon it is reasonable to assume that the students and subsequent “low achievers” would have gained more out of Ted’s classes and develop their learning journey accordingly.
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The issue of asylum is not always easy and special notes are particularly made for asylum when it seekers involve minors. The United Nations General Assembly recognized and accepted international instruments and documents that contain provisions specifically relating to children. They recognize and promote the principle that children’s rights are human rights, and that children’s rights are universal. See, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, (1948)(e.g., Article 14 provides for the right to apply for asylum, Article 25(2) refers to the special care and assistance required for children). Pursuant to 8 U.S.C 12 §1158 (2004), any foreigner physically in the United States, irrespective of such alien’s status, may apply for asylum. The Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General may grant asylum to any who have filed for asylum and has completed the requirements and followed the required procedures, Id. § 1158(b) (1) (a).
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The next part of the issue is who can file for the minor. Jane would be classified as either a minor principal or an unaccompanied minor according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The difference between the two is a minor principal is a person under the age of 18 when filing for asylum by one’s own right, as opposed to as a derivative family member on a parent’s or spouse’s asylum application. An unaccompanied minor principal applicant for asylum who is under 18 years of age and who has no parent or legal guardian in the U.S. who is available to provide care and physical custody. This definition encompasses separated minors, e.g., those who are separated from their parents or guardians, but who are in the informal care and physical custody of other adults, including family members.
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See, Homeland Security Act 6 U.S.C. §279 (2002). The latter is better fitting in Jane’s case. Because she is under the age of 18, she left the care of her parent, has no living parent in the United States, and in the physical care of an adult family member. The last part of issue one is the filing an application for asylum be a child. .In Gonzalez v. Reno, 86 F. Supp. 2d 1167 (S.D. Fla. 2000), aff’d, the court found that a child with out mental capacity cannot file asylum against the wishes of parent. In Polovchak, the court concluded the minimum age of 12 was the lowest for the age of majority needed to distinguish the child’s asylum interests that different from those of their parents. Polovchak v. Meese, 774 F.2d 731 (7th Cir. 1985).
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Jane has a particular fear of being used, as propaganda, in a province political issue will not affect her age to form a political opinion. Matters pertaining to persecution of political opinions of a minor differing than those of a parent cannot be a rejection due to age. See, Civil v. INS, 140 F.3d 52 (1st Cir 1998); Matter of S-P, Int. Dec. 3287 (BIA 1996)(stating that the Ninth Circuit has recognized imputed political opinion as a ground for satisfying the refugee definition). In 1994, The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) stated, that children and adolescents are entitled to special attention because their needs, and their legal and social status, can be significantly different from those of adults, and from each other as well, due to age-related developmental differences”,
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In conclusion, Jane’s uncle, Billy, cannot file for a petition for asylum on Jane’s behalf. Jane can seek and file a petition for asylum in the United States on her own. Since Jane is 14 years old, she has the mental capacity to file for asylum because the courts view mental capacity for petition of children asylum seekers be at the minimum age of 12. In addition, the claim of being used as propaganda tool to further her father’s actions to have the province become an independent from the Canadian government, allows Jane to have different political opinions of her father. Jane’s status would make her an unaccompanied minor. Her applicant status means that she is an applicant for asylum because she is under 18, has no parent or legal guardian in the U.S, has no legal parent living in the U.S., and is in the informal care and physical custody of an adult family member. It is my opinion that she would have successful results in seeking, filing, and receiving asylum in the U.S. CITATION:
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The parties to this case are Elian Gonzalez with Lazaro Gonzalez and Attorney General Janet Reno. Six-year-old Cuban national Elian Gonzalez became the focus of international attention five months ago, on November 25, 1999, when he was rescued by two Miami anglers who found him floating on an inner tube several miles off Fort Lauderdale. Elian was transferred to a United States Coast Guard vessel so he could be transported to a nearby hospital for treatment for dehydration and hypothermia. Elian’s mother, Elisabeth Brotons, drowned during the voyage from Cuba. The INS temporarily paroled him into the care of Lazaro Gonzalez, his great uncle, in Miami.
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On January 19, 2000, Lazaro Gonzalez, instituted this action as next friend, or alternatively as interim temporary legal custodian, of Elian Gonzalez, a six-year-old child, against the Attorney General, the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”), and other federal defendants. The complaint challenged the INS’s refusal to accept and adjudicate two asylum applications that Lazaro submitted with respect to Elian and an essentially identical application that bore Elian’s signature. On January 27, 2000, the government filed a motion to dismiss or, in the alternative, for summary judgment. The district court heard oral argument on the government’s motion on March 9, 2000. On March 21, 2000, the district court granted the government’s motion to dismiss or for summary judgment and dismissed the case. Plaintiff appealed. On April 19, 2000, this Court issued an injunction pending appeal, barring Elian’s removal from the United States during the pendency of this appeal
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The Court felt that the district court ruled correctly on its holding that Elian Gonzalez had no due process rights in the way the Attorney General considered the asylum applications submitted for him. The ruling on due process was found to lack merit because “aliens seeking admission to the United States . . . have no constitutional rights with regard to their applications”, Jean v. Nelson, 727 F.2d 957, 968 (11th Cir. 1984). Although the statute requires the existence of some application procedure so that aliens may apply for asylum, section 1158 says nothing about the particulars of that procedure, 8 U.S.C. § 1158. The matter for decision is not up for the courts to decide but for the agency to enforcing the statute, in this case the INS, to choose how to fill such gaps. See Chevron, U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984), 104 S. Ct. at 2793
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The second issue was who could actually speak for Elian Gonzalez. The INS Commissioner reached a decision that a six year old is too young to file an asylum claim on his own. It was therefore the job of the Attorney General Reno’s job to determine who should speak for the child, and she found that the father, Juan Miguel, should speak for the child. In Polovchak v. Meese, 774 F.2d 731 (7th Cir. 1985, the court concluded the minimum age of 12 was the lowest for the age of majority needed to distinguish the child’s asylum interests that different from those of their parents. Lazaro Gonzalez application for guardianship was not allowed because the matter was with immigration lending it to be a federal matter.
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The courts ruled that an alien seeking asylum has no constitutional right to do so, thus removing the power to assert a right to due process under the law. Since Elian was an alien, the Attorney General had full custody over his status. On the second point was could Elian through a third party bring an application for asylum on his behalf. Because Elian was only six years old, he lacked the legal capacity to file for himself. The court felt that only the father could speak for his child. Since the application for asylum was in direct conflict with his wishes, the court saw no reason to reverse the lower court decision therefore sending the child back to his homeland. Had Elian been at least 12 years of age and could articulate the reasons for his fear of being returned to Cuba
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The Plan, however, provides no strategy on how this is to be achieved. All it suggests is that “local labour, particularly graduates, will have to change their mindset so as not to be too choosy in selecting occupations.??? (p.250). In other words, the Government really has no idea on how to reduce the country’s dependence on foreign labour. Hence it has opted for a hands-off policy for fear of disrupting the lifeblood of our economy.
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Malaysia is not the only country where foreign workers have come to play a key role. This is a trend in rich or developed countries all over the world including the US, the EU countries, Japan and the Gulf states. Closer to home, Singapore is a prime example of an economy which is also dependent on foreign labour – in this case including Malaysian labour! In all these countries, prosperous and growing economies have attracted an influx of foreign labour especially for the dirty jobs that the local people shun.
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Mistreatment of foreign workers; exploitation by labour agents and contractors; denial of equal access to benefits and protection guaranteed to Malaysian workers; harassment and persecution by government-sanctioned vigilante organizations such as Rela (there was a notorious ‘Catch a illegal migrant and get paid for it’ campaign which ran in 2005 and 2006 that attracted much international criticism) – these actions are contrary to accepted norms of human decency and have rightly given Malaysians and Malaysia a bad name.
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The Chinese exclusion act was a movement that prohibited Chinese immigration; people used it as a discrimination against Chinese people. In one year Chinese immigration dropped from 40,000 to 23. This shows how people where violent and discriminant to Chinese fellows. In 1879 an anti-Chinese play was created by Henry Grimm; the point of the document was the problem of Chinese people taking over American jobs, this was written in San Francisco, CA. In 1879 there was an anti-Chinese sentiment, the railroad was completed, and a high number act of violence against the Chinese.
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For example, “china men plenty work, plenty money’’ this is one of the reasons why Chinese were treated badly. In this titled “the Chinese must go” claims that Chinese people are taking over American jobs, the white man has no work, no money and it is all blamed on the Chinese. While Henry Grimm insists that the Chinese are the reason for job loss in America, evidence in the document contradicts by stating that Chinese have no work and no money, this is demonstrated “ white man catchee plenty of money” in the play.
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In the document “Political cartoon”, It is about the protection of Asians and how America should be equal to all men; it points out that America is supposed be equal to all men, the Irish and the German are just like any other Chinese in America, they are all immigrants, it should be fair. This document created in 1871 it correlates to the time when there was a lot of violence towards Chinese people and when 18 Chinese were killed. This document was created for the people as an advertisement for anti-Chinese violence and it has the irony of Irish and German immigrants showing violence to Chinese immigrants.
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The document was produced at this time because it was a time when the Chinese where treated bad, and it helps because it achieved some peace towards the Chinese. At some point it might of lowered the Chinese death rate. This picture was created by Thomas Nast, and his perspective was to protect Chinese immigrants from violence of evil people. This relates to the Chinese exclusion act by showing violence. This portrait is important because it demonstrates the good examples and it offers protection to the Chinese.
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This contradicts the exclusion act because it shows Irish and Germans being cruel to a Chinese man because they are immigrants too. This is ironic because they were once going thru the same troubles to be in America. Also “Columbia” is supposed to agree with her U. S. laws but disputes the laws in every way. According to Thomas Nast in his cartoon points out how the Chinese immigrants where brutally treated by, also, former immigrants. Although there is much evidence to show that U. S. laws exclude Chinese people, an analysis of the document contradicts that not all American great names and great people support with this act. This is demonstrated by showing Ms. Columbia protecting poor Chinese immigrant and stating that “America means fair play for all men” In the “Autobiography of a Chinese immigrant” written in 1903 by Lee Chew, dialogues about his point of view on why they were treated gravely; and his reasons were because of their virtues, and how they were better than any other Irish, German, or Italian.
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This is important because it shapes how people where people where at those times; not liking a race just because they are better workers than them. This contradicts the act, from true facts of the document: “labor was never cheap”, this means that scarce work was never the problem but the actual immigrant people that were not as great workers. According to Chew’s journal titled “the biography of a chinaman” exposes the truth by showing facts on how Chinese people were mistreated, giving us reasons on why it all happened.
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Although there is much evidence that Chinese man were treated disrespectful, an analysis of the document reveals the true reasons why Chinese where treated in such a way. Jealousy was the whole problem. The Chinese exclusion act was an unfair law that affected several Chinese, their only purpose was to work and have a better life. Some of the documents were weak, they didn’t support much evidence. On the other hand some articles were good, for example the “autobiography of a Chinese immigrant”, this supported with much evidence to let the reader know what exactly was going on with true facts.
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Immigration, annexation, and colonialism are processes that may create subordinate groups. Other processes such as extermination and expulsion may remove the presence of a subordinate group. Significant for racial and ethnic oppression in the United States today is the distinction between assimilation and pluralism. Assimilation demands subordinate-group conformity to the dominant group, and pluralism implies mutual respect among diverse groups. The definition of ethnicity people value differently for each of the primary and secondary factors Primary whether it be Race, Nationality, Language, Religion, Perceived Ethnic Identity.
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Secondary whether it be Social status, residential concentrations, age, gender and caste. The processes which create and maintain ethnic diversity are such as Colonisation, annexation and international migration showing the role of those processes that create ethnic diversity in one country. The problems that come with the processes is ethnic diversity whether it be Segregation, pluralism, multiculturalism and discrimination that also shows the economic, social and spatial outcomes of ethnic diversity’ showing the role of these processes and their outcomes for one ethnically diverse city.
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Most significant increase in ethnic diversity in Britain started in the 1950s. During two world wars hundreds of thousands of men from across the empire had fought for Britain. India alone provided 1. 3 million soldiers. During these years many remained in Britain, forming small ethnic communities in ports this was due to India being a colonial country under British rule. A Number of Jewish immigrants also fled to Britain from the nazi oppression in Europe. At the end of the WWII there work shortages throughout Europe and Britain.
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157,000 polish immigrants arrived in Britain in search of work. Shortly after where joined by the Italians but there was still a labour shortage and eventually workers were recruited from the colonies this is all international migration due to it being an economical climate issue. 22nd June 1948, the empire wind rush brought the first of many West Indians to live and work in Britain during the 1950s. In 1956, London transport was struggling to find workers so advertised in Barbados, Trinidad and Jamaica for bus drivers and conductors.
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More and more immigrants flocked to Britain throughout the years from Barbadians, West Indians in 1958 and in the 1960s they were joined by immigrants from Indian sub continent which had become India, west and east Pakistan, following independence from Britain. The new immigrants were different to the rest as instead of flocking to the port areas they moved to the London area filling low paid, unskilled jobs in factories and the service sector. Car engineering in car manufacturers in the West Midlands were another focus.
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They frequently established clusters or neighbourhoods in the poorest areas in the inner cities – Toxteth in Liverpool, Brixton and Bethnal Green in London. In most cases the new immigrants eventually established their own places of worship and other ethnic services. These new immigrants were not welcomed easily into British society and there were protests at their arrival. The government reacted by amending the British nationality Act to make it more difficult for non white immigrants to bring their family members with them.
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In spit of this, the numbers of non-white residents continued to grow and by 1970 they numbered 1. 5 million, one third of these were children born in Britain. Racial prejudice was quite widespread and there were racially motivated riots in the 1980s. Riots were started by claims that ethnic minorities, especially black male youths, were being targeted by the police. These minorities are being represented by racial unequal treatment. The amount of ethnics taking and filling British jobs is causing ethnic conflict between white Caucasian. conflict sociologists see the social world as being in continual struggle.
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The conflict perspective assumes that the social structure is best understood in terms of conflict or tension between the competing groups within Britain. The result of this conflict is significant economic disparity and structural inequality in education, the labor market, housing, and healthcare delivery. Specifically, society is a struggle between the privileged (the dominant group) and the exploited (the subordinate groups). Such conflicts need not be physically violent and may take the form of immigration restrictions, real estate practices, or disputes over cuts in the federal budget.
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In life people constantly experience changes. Whether the change is bad, good, expected or unexpected, it always occurs. Similarly, people also go through transitions. However, unlike change, which is a shift in what a person is used to, a transition is a turning point that often causes a major reshaping in a person’s life (Transitions Class Notes, 2010). There are five types of transitions that a person can experience. The transitions include developmental, health illness, organizational, situational, and multiple (Situational Transitions Class Notes, 2012).
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S.W, E.M, Carhill, M.A, Suarez-Orozco, 2007), and “Immigrant Youth in U.S. Schools: Opportunities for Prevention” (Birman, Weinstein, M.A., Chan, and Beehler, 2007), will be compared and contrasted. Two common themes amongst the three articles will then be identified and then discussed in relation to how they relate to powerlessness and despair. Finally, a current community resource will be identified which is available for immigrant youth today that can help address the common themes that are identified within the three articles.
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In the three articles mentioned above, it is evident that they all suggest that there is a lack of community resources available to help immigrant youth adjust to their new culture and surroundings. Perreira et al. (2007) states that in many communities which immigrant families settle, many of the language classes offered are full and have waitlists for those wanting to attend. Similarly, Gaytan et al. (2007) reveals that a substantial amount of immigrant youth and children are without access to any type of supportive resource such as after-school programs or community organizations that would be appropriate to support them in adjusting to their new lives and culture. Furthermore, Birman et al. (2007) suggests that schools are often perceived to have inadequate resources available for the needs of new immigrant youth.
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Another common theme that arises within the three articles is the fact that immigrant youth encounter difficulties adapting to migration due to family conflicts. These family struggles arise particularly regarding immigrant youth being caught between wanting to adapt to their new cultures behaviors and norms, and acting the way that their parents want them to as if they would in their country of origin. Perreira et al. (2007) states that because rates of acculturation differ for immigrant youth and their parents, it can cause an exacerbation of the parent-child conflict. In addition, Gaytan et al. (2007) implies that as more time was spent in the new country, parents of immigrant youth had concerns about the growing distance between them and their children. Furthermore, Birman et al. (2007) mentions that because immigrant children are more inclined to adapt quicker into the new culture it can cause family conflict to arise.
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Although there are many similarities within the three articles, there are also distinct differences. Birman et al. (2007) focuses more on interventions that can be implemented in schools in order to decrease the shock of migration for youth. These interventions include “parents of immigrant children, programs for English Language Learners (ELL), and Special Education Services” (Birman et al, 2007, p. 15). In comparison, Perriera et al. (2007) and Gaytan et al. (2007) specify interventions that are more inclined to implement in the community. Another difference noted between the articles is that Perriera et al. (2007) focuses more on Latino immigrant youth whereas Birman et al. (2007) and Gaytan et al. (2007) do not draw on a particular ethnic group but on immigrant youth in general.
Topic: immigration

Evidently, migrating to a new country can be challenging for immigrant youth. Having a lack of resources available to meet their needs and family conflict surrounding cultural preferences, can lead to the youth to have feelings of powerlessness and despair. Powerlessness is the “perception that one lacks the capacity or authority to affect an outcome” (Situational Transitions Class Notes, 2012). Without the proper resources available to immigrant youth in their new culture and surroundings, they can feel as if there is nothing they can do to assist them to progress in their new life.
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Also, because of family conflict, youth may feel as if they cannot talk to their parents about their difficulties and therefore have nobody to support them through this challenging time. This can cause them to feel defeated and believe themselves to be inadequate in their capabilities. As a result, feelings of guilt and shame can arise, which in turn can cause them to have a consistent negative outlook and continuously cause them to believe that they will fail. It is important to recognize the impact of feeling of powerlessness as it can significantly affect the ability of the newcomer youth to transition successfully (Situational Transitions Class Notes, 2012) into their new culture.
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As stated previously, powerlessness and despair can arise from a lack of resources for immigrant youth to rely on, and also due to family conflict surrounding cultural preferences. Despair “occurs when relief is not imminent by the evaluation of the individual” (Situational Transitions Class Notes, 2012). Not having adequate resources available for these immigrant youth can make them feel defeated because they have no extra support to help them achieve their goals, such as learning English proficiently. This can cause them to lose site of their goal and therefore the path to reaching the goal is lost (Situational Transitions Class Notes, 2012).
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Again, in relation to despair, the immigrant youth can perceive unachieved outcomes as personal failures which causes self-doubt and forces them to give up (Situational Transitions Class Notes, 2012) on their dreams. In addition, because it is primarily the parent’s responsibility to teach and provide guidance to their children, when conflict arises between the two, youth may feel as if they have to face their challenges alone. This can directly affect the child in a negative way such as impairing their concentration, therefore affecting their ability to learn, cause fluctuating moods, and possibly lead to symptoms of depression and suicide (Situational Transitions Class Notes, 2012).
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Palwinder Kelaya (personal communication, October 3, 2012) states that the Abbotsford Community Services programs philosophies are to assemble strength and build bridges to the future. Also articulated by Kelaya (October 3, 2012), the program goals are to help those who are vulnerable and provide them with the support they require. In addition she stresses that the program acts to promote inclusion of all people in the agency and community in order to help them be successful in their future. The program uses many different allied care professionals throughout their programs such as school and family counselors, psychologists, Abbotsford Mental Health, teachers, and many more, to help meet the program goals (Kelaya, October 3, 2012).
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One of the programs offered is one that is available specifically for immigrant youth, which is called the Immigrant Youth Young Adult Program. Palwinder Kelaya (personal communication, October 10, 2012) describes the program as being designed for those youth who are feeling powerless due to the struggles that they have learning English or fitting into the community and new culture. Palwinder Kelalya (October 10, 2012) also states that they are able to empower these youth by coaching, mentoring, and guiding them with the services they need such as literacy, ESL, computer, and life skills. These programs are extremely effective because they help youth realize their potential as they receive the skills, which are necessary to be successful in their new culture and gain the knowledge in order to lead a good quality of life.
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In addition to the programs designed specifically for immigrant youth, the Abbotsford Community Resource Services also have programs designed particularly for immigrant families. One program offered exclusively for families is the family outreach program, which Palwinder Kelaya (October 10, 2012) describes as being designed to assist those families experiencing conflicts or who are having difficulties with parent-child relationships. The program works together with the family to help them overcome their differences. Palwinder Kelaya (October 3, 2012) indicates that this is accomplished by incorporating Supportive family interventions, planning and referral services for families, and by providing family counseling in the family homes.
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These interventions can help decrease the feelings of powerlessness and despair for immigrant youth because it allows them to speak freely and express how their feelings to their parents, which may have been difficult for them to do on their own. In turn, the parents are also able to express their feelings and concerns. By allowing discussions to take place with a professional mediator, the conversations can flow freely and both sides can be heard. This can help alleviate conflict between the parents and child, as they are able to understand each other’s opinions and be assisted to come up with ideas and solutions that both sides can come to an agreement upon.
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In summary, immigrant youth have many challenges when adapting to a new culture and surroundings. The lack of resources and family conflict can add to this already stressful situation, which in turn can cause them to have feelings of powerlessness and despair. As a result of these feelings, the youth are at a higher risk of not transitioning successfully into their new life. It is a community’s responsibility to provide avenues of support to enable immigrant youth to adjust smoothly and effectively into their new culture. “By doing so we can facilitate the transition of immigrant families and better promote the health and well-being of their children” (Perreira et al, 2007, p.9).
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* Media influences us a lot and they don’t like that * It will be naïve to assume that knowing intercultural communications would end the wars * Self-awareness * One of the most important (but less obvious) reasons for studying intercultural communication is to gain an awareness of one’s own cultural identity and background * Peter Adler observes that the study of intercultural communication begins as a journey into another * If you are white and middle class, intercultural learning may mean an enhancing awareness of your privilege * Ethics
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Urrea wants to point out that these illegal immigrants as human eings and wants them to be treated likely because the process of immigration takes us back into the history when men were needed in US to do some odd jobs that the citizens were not willing to do. Also these people could be paid less and thus helped indirectly in the economy of the country. But seeing some of the Mexicans well settled in US lot of them wanted to come and this gave rise to people like Don Moi to create mafia too.
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The Arizona desert is considered as the devil’s highway because it is deadly. Getting lost nd water are continuous problems that men face there. The description of different kinds of death makes the reader breathless and this looks quite close to reality as they tell their personal stories and the reasons behind why each one is risking his life. Urrea uses terms like ‘cutting the drag’ and explains the reader how these men carry themselves forward in that unimaginably strong sun and drag their body in extreme hot conditions.
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He also uses terms like ‘a pig at a luau’, which is used to describe the type of death these men were getting in that deadly desert due to heat. The ‘signcutters’ like Don Moi in the story takes away his cut of interest and leave the men in the way lost, as there are no signposts in the way to guide them. Urrea spends a lot of time on the point of view of the Border Petrol because he wants to show the real picture to the readers. He has done complete research work and has interviewed the various politicians on each side.
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Some of them are in favor of immigration while many want to build a high wall from one end to other end of Border. He wants to tell the reader that the common and poor people suffer due to this kind of politics. The two sides of the story tell the reality of both immigrants and the problems they face and activities involved at the border like patrolling and maintaining them. Urrea has very beautifully mixed the two stories and makes the reader feel the real picture behind what people actually think of.
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The Devil’s Highway’ is considered as literary nonfiction because it is a story based on acts and author has done a great job of blending reality with story. The facts are so well described in the pattern of story telling that reader actually feels pain and almost relive the story along with words used by writer. Urrea tells the story in a very fascinating way and even gives brief description of each individual, his life and reason why he wants to immigrate. This makes the story even more interesting and live. The book is ‘literary’ because reader is almost linked to facts through the story.
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Migration is the movement of people across a specified boundary for the purpose of establishing a new or semi-permanent residence. External migration is where residences change between a residential unit in the Demographic Surveillance Systems (DSA) with one outside it, and internal migration is where residences change from one residential unit to another in the same DSA (Indepth 2008). Migration is a process of civilians moving from one region to another region by some push and pull factors. Certain push and pull factors like brain drain, racism, better living standards and higher chances of employment cause a particular person to migrate.
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In recent years, there has been a significant rise of migration within the global community. Although, migration has some disadvantages in the sense of racism and brain drain, its benefits far outweighs the disadvantages that come with it. The trend of migration is a positive phenomenon as it contributes to the ever needy job vacancy in the host country, as well as strengthening the economy in both origin and host country and creates a better society with a variety of culture in the host country.
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According to CNN World; the National Unions of Students in Europe (ESIB) was suffering a serious long-term internal brain drain because more European students are going to Britain due to educational and employment reasons. Many people from Poland migrate to the West due to high unemployment rates in their own country, in 2004, 100,000 EU (European Union) students were enrolled in UK higher education, of which 54,000 were on undergraduate and 46,000 in postgraduate courses, according to Britain’s educational authority, DES (Department of Education and Skills).
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This states that the U. S. is losing out to the U. K. in attracting international students (Stenman 2006). Thousands of skilled young South Africans tend to emigrate in search of a better living, thus, draining the country of much-needed economic resources such as manpower. According to BBC News; 100,000 people every year leave South Africa and the 70% that are still in there say they are considering emigrating, despite their government asking them to stay and work in the country. Racism is an act of discrimination or prejudice based on one’s race.
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It’s a negative social behavior to people with different cultures and races. This is one of the major issues the world is facing. Immigration can be a social issue, where racism is used to exploit feelings and express woes of the local population towards the immigrants (Nittle 2011). According to the New York Times; a group a West Africans migrated to Rocky Mountains, North America in search of economic opportunity were involved in a disagreement with Wal-Mart, accusing it of discriminatory actions, they argued that they were been dismissed because supervisors wanted them to give their jobs to locals.
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Most of the African employees were repeatedly disciplined for not meeting the production necessities. Eventually, they were fired; non-African workers were not subjected to the same criticism. As reported by CNN U. S. ; a poll has been conducted to 1,031 Americans, including 328 blacks and 703 whites by Opinion Research Corp. for CNN indicates that all Whites and Blacks disagree on how a serious problem racial bias in U. S. 50% of black respondents states that racism is a “very serious” problem, while 18% of whites shares the same thought. 48% of whites and 35% of blacks considered that it is a “fairly serious”.
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When asked if they consider someone a racist, 48% of blacks and 43% of whites agreed. However, 13% of whites and 12% of blacks considered themselves racially biased. The modern era has brought many changes to the world due to migration. Many countries are considering it as a way to improve their economy based on more job opportunities, and developing a country to be more integrated. Despite negative effects to the economy and labor force caused by brain drain and
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Migrants contribute to the economic development of a country in many ways, such as, fulfilling labor force shortages, investing in the economy, and supporting international trade through knowledge of overseas marketing strategies, business networks, and cultural integration. Immigration results in an open global market, giving a general perspective to the social and economic growth of society, thus, increase the horizon of development (Australian Human Rights Commission 2005). Employed immigrants nvariably increase the nation’s wealth by intensifying competition and expanding the distribution of employment. As the immigrant’s income increases, more demand is made for products and services beyond the basics, thus, immigrants bring an effective boost to the economy (Boudreaux 2000). According to the World Bank (2010); developing countries received US$325 billion remittances in 2010, not much over US$316 received in 2009, but are likely to increase by 6. 2% in 2011 and 8. 1% by 2012 due to economic development by migration.
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Rich industrialized countries offer far higher basic salaries than developing and third-world countries. In addition, first-world economies like of America and Australia also have a fixed minimum wage ensuring that even migrant workers from less-developed countries receive a higher basic salary. Migration enables people to relate to new ways of life. It leads to an exchange of knowledge and experience between races or nations It also serves as an opportunity to collaborate with people of other countries to be a multi-racial community and to unite with each other and share their views (Gabriel 2011).
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As migrants pursue their expedition, they gain new information due to the new environment that revolves around them. The immigrants’ pattern of movement reflects the conditions of an ever-changing world, sequentially, dramatic impacts of cultural experience of the places they’ve been often leaves a mark in them, these marks include, attitudes, languages, institutions, traditions, architectural manners, foods and music—all linking to the past, present and future generations of that place and it’s people (“Human Migration:” 2008).
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First-world and developing countries like U. S. Canada and Australia have always included a large immigrant population; Australia is a multi-cultural country that consists of people from diverse culture and background. The Australian society guarantees respect, freedom and equality among individuals, it allows people to contribute to the social, political and economic life of Australia, and it gives benefits to all citizens from productive diversity, it includes the cultural, social and economic incentives arising from the diversity of the country’s population (Australian Human Rights Commission 2005). A pull factor of migration is a search for better standards of living.
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Standard of living is used to suggest a person’s wellbeing; it refers to the economic level of an individual such as; level of wealth and basic necessities available to a certain place, it is also an ambition that people set for themselves as a consumer (Nardinelli 2008). People migrating to more developed countries will often find that the same work they were doing back home is rewarded abroad with higher salaries and welfare benefits, thus, migrants are drawn to those developing countries where they can maximize their profit and benefits (Levin Institute 2006).
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Many people in Australia enjoys a high standard of living, this is best illustrated by the cost of housing, desirable family homes there are sold for less than US$290,000 and average mortgage is equivalent to US$255,000 making it affordable to all citizens, employment due to the changing settlement experience of New Migrants Reports shows that 95% of skilled-migrants found a job within a year or arriving in Australia and 94% of them express employment satisfaction, diversity due to approximately quarter of the population there was born outside Australia, thus, demonstrating how welcoming the country is to migrants, geography and landscape due to clear blue oceans, beaches. Desert, rain forests and those who considering to migrate there are bound to discover a new environment that they will enjoy (Iradale 2010). In conclusion, the migration phenomenon changes the life of everyone in this world due to the advantages that pertain to the development of countries and their people.
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These advantages includes: contribution of migration to the economic growth as it makes a developed country even more developed, exchanging cultural experience and gaining new knowledge due to social interaction, and better standards of living as a foundation to success. However, migration has its disadvantages that’ll lead to a country’s downfall like brain drain and racism. Migration also contributes to the economic growth as it makes a developed county even more developed. Thus, it’s everyone’s responsibility including governments to cooperate as a whole, to make the world a better place to live in and to promote innovation for future generations to come. If we are to minimize poverty, migration should be promoted to improve the quality and preference of lifestyle. Introduction to migration policies should be enforced to countries in order to maximize benefits.
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Miami is considered the largest city in the state of Florida. Many tourist articles describe this city as a unique city of contrasts, contradictions, and extremes. Currently, the city of Miami is home for many celebrities, entertainers, athletes, retired families and upcoming tourist and immigrants who migrated to this tourist center of a city. Unfortunately, the city also has a negative side; Miami Florida has served as a refuge for the famous and infamous, including gangsters during Prohibition, serial killers, deposed Latin American dictators, sheiks, rock stars, artists, writers, athletes, and just about anyone starting over.