My final paper: sex education

Research Paper on Sex Education

                       

Nowadays, sex education has been a subject of many debates especially in the education field. Sex education has been provided around the world for many students including parents for their well-being in the society. By hearing the word sex education you can imagine many terrible things but this is not the case here. Several researchers have seen the need for sex education in our society and their targets are the youth, which is why they want to include that subject in the school curriculum. In this paper, I explore the roles of sex education in the world such as the reduction of teenage pregnancy, the way to approach the debate, and health and the family responsibilities.

            Teenage pregnancy is a huge issue these days; it has been a significant topic in many places such as schools, families and society. First of all, our environment plays a large role in the education of young people. For example, it has been said that the child is the outcome of his education but his environment has a big influence on his education too. Clearly, this could have an effect on teenage pregnancy. The youth education should start first in his or her family, not in school; the parents should always give a good example to their child in order to give them a better future. Often we see many youth get pregnant in high school or at the university level therefore, this time is the best time to include sex education in their curriculum. The lack of communication or sex education is the cause of many teenage pregnancies because they have not had much instruction about the consequences that having sex can cause. Secondly, the consequences of teenage pregnancy fall on both the mother and the child. When a high school girl or college age woman gets pregnant it can completely change her youthful life because this time in her life now becomes the most difficult time of her life. Furthermore, she will face a lot of problems such as the way to explain to her parents, having to drop school at least for one year, her new life, her environment, and the role the father will play in his child’s life. Statistically, the numbers of women who drop out of college make this decision because of pregnancy and rarely do they return to college again. We seriously need sex education in high school and college to avoid these issues that are steadily increasing in many societies.

            These days, the parents or instructors should cover information about any sexual issues and it should be displayed for everybody. By doing that the youth can take advantage of this information, many parents and instructors think the discussion of sex is taboo, but this is no longer true because we are in the developed world. If they do not teach youth and adolescents about sex how can they protect themselves from pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases? Many researchers think that sex education should be focused on ages under 16 and to the age of 19. This is the time when many adolescents and young adults think that they are mature enough for sex and they can make their own decision about having sex or not. Therefore, this is the time when information of and support for sexual health issues is particularly relevant. They want to know the use of each part of their bodies and the risks related with unprotected sex. According to Emmerson (2007), “if these young adults want to practice safer sex and enjoy healthier relationships, their array of knowledge must include: where they can get help and advice from, how to protect against unwanted pregnancy, how to use condoms, and where to get condoms from.” To introduce sex and relationships in further education this information should be made available in many places, especially in schools and on campus.

            The way to make this topic of sex education interesting, particularly in college age students, is to bring the students together with one another. Nowadays, in many colleges there are numerous cultural students from all over the world, different heritages and backgrounds, LGBT students and peoples of different religions. In order for a sex education even to occur, all these differences need to be taken into account and everyone needs to feel comfortable with the discussion. Moreover, to tell LGBT (lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transsexuals) students or heterosexual allies that they must accept the moral consequences of a religious view that condemns their sexual identity and morality would likely be taken as an act of discrimination (McCarty. 2009). Many religions don’t agree with LGBT issues because of their laws.

For example, in the catholic religion it is taboo to talk about anything related to sex especially in public and therefore no one is allowed to have sex before marriage because it is condemned to do so. Therefore, it may be difficult to incorporate those student’s points of views in a sex education discussion. To approach this topic, all of the students should respect the point of view of each other and respect each other’s beliefs. When this is realized, the discussion on sex education can be interesting because voices will be heard and many participants can share their ideas without feeling intimidated by each other. In this case, all students can work collectively en route for the mutual purpose.

            The examination of data in a part of the United States shows that the adolescent population is engaging in sexual intercourse at an alarmingly young age; most of the time 13-16 years of age. To understand why this is increasing, the researchers investigated why young males have a higher sexual rate than young girls in early age.  The research showed that most children start to show interest in the opposite sex when they begin experiencing puberty changes. Several participants also felt that, typically, girls show an interest in having a boyfriend before boys show an interest in having a girlfriend; although, boys usually become more interested in having sexual relations before girls (Walker ET al.2008). Most of the parent’s point of view of why children are having sex at an early age is because of their environment.

 Furthermore, the researchers took example of the public school children who are most of the time the minority such as African American or Hispanic children. Those children often live in miserable situations with terrible parents, bad influences, and a poor environment. Because of these conditions it is difficult for these children to get a good education and there are not many people that can offer them good advice.

            The researchers have found that there are many countries that will need sex education programs such as developing countries like Brazil and those in Africa. In those regions the youth face many sexual issues such as pregnancy, sexual disease such as AIDS, rapes, unprotected sex, and more. All of these issues can be incorporated into the education, but in those regions the rate of education is really low especially for women and there are civilization barriers. For example, in Africa people tend to follow their traditions and cultures.  In some countries they believe men can marry more than one wife. This could potentially be unsafe because if one of the wives has AIDS, the rest of the family could become infected. There are the problems of early marriage for girls around the age of 14 because at this time in the girl’s life she does not know much about how her body works and how to have a safe sexual relationship.  Furthermore, the women’s rights are not respected. In African high schools or colleges it is forbidden that the teachers talk about sexual issues with their students. The lack of education plays a huge part in sexual issues that occur in society.

            Sex education should be a main goal of the government because it is a significant topic in all societies all over the world. We have seen that politicians call attention to teenage pregnancy because it concerns both mother and child and these days it is a growing matter in our society. Sex education should not only focus on teenage pregnancy but also on other aspects of educating young people about sex.   Adolescents and young adults need to be educated on the various forms of birth control that prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease.  Furthermore, this information needs to be presented to adolescents and young adults in school and by their parents or other role models.  For mature young adults, a discussion about sexual issues has been proven to be very effective and educational.  The discussion needs to be relevant, respectful, and welcoming to new ideas and topics.  Moreover, in the United States it has been shown that youth are having sex at a younger and younger age.  This pattern is occurring in the population that is not receiving sex education.  Sex education is not only a concern in the United States, but also in many countries around the world.  Examples from other countries prove that the lack of sex education plays a key role in sexual issues that exist in society.

                                                           

Works cited

Emmerson, Lucy. “Sex and Relationship Education and Young People in Further Education:        a Review of provision and practice.” Pastoral care in education 25. 3 (2007): 39-54.

McCarty, Richard. “Facilitating Dialogue on Religion and Sexuality Using   a Descriptive Approach.” New Directions for Student Services 125 (2009): 39-58.

Singh, Susheela, Bankole, Akinrinola and Woog,Vanessa. “Evaluating the Need for Sex                                   Education in Developing Countries: Sexual Behavior, Knowledge of Preventing                          Sexually,Transmitted Infections / HIV and Unplanned Pregnancy.” Sex Education                                    5 (2005): 307-331.

Vincent, Kerry. “Teenage Pregnancy and Sex and Relationship Education: Myths and (mis)                      conceptions.” Pastoral care in education 25.3(2007): 16-33.

Walker, Leslie, Rose, Allison, Squire, Claudia and Koo, Helen. “Parents View on Sexual Debut               among Pre-teen Children in Washington, DC.” Sex Education 8 (2008): 169-185.

Outline talk:
Janvier B
Mengyao D

Using the quotes correctly:

The region Ivory Coast, and then the country, was originally known in English as "Ivory Coast". In October 1985, the government officially asked that the name of the country be changed to Côte d'Ivoire in all languages. Despite the Ivorian government's request, the English translation "Ivory Coast “sometimes "the Ivory Coast" is still frequently used in English. The BBC usually uses "Ivory Coast" both in news reports and on its page about the country. The Guardian newspaper's style guide says: "Ivory Coast, not 'The Ivory Coast' or 'Côte d'Ivoire'; its nationals are Ivorians. Many governments use "Côte d'Ivoire" for diplomatic reasons. The English country name registered with the United Nations and used by ISO 3166 is "Côte d'Ivoire".

 FINAL PAPER:

For my final paper after a long hesitation I finally decided to work on sex education, because it is a problem in our society nowadays even if people don’t give it a big importance. Here it is hope it's convincing enough.

OUTLINE:

Emmerson, Lucy. “Sex and Relationship Education and Young People in Further Education: a Review of provision and practice.” Pastoral care in education 25. 3 (2007): 39-54.

McCarty, Richard. “Facilitating Dialogue on Religion and Sexuality Using   a Descriptive Approach.” New Directions for Student Services 125 (2009): 39-58.

Singh, Susheela, Bankole, Akinrinola and Woog,Vanessa. “Evaluating the Need for Sex                                   Education in Developing Countries: Sexual Behavior, Knowledge of Preventing                          Sexually,Transmitted Infections / HIV and Unplanned Pregnancy.” Sex Education                                    5 (2005): 307-331.

Vincent, Kerry. “Teenage Pregnancy and Sex and Relationship Education: Myths and (mis)                      conceptions.” Pastoral care in education 25.3(2007): 16-33.

Walker, Leslie, Rose, Allison, Squire, Claudia and Koo, Helen. “Parents View on Sexual Debut               among Pre-teen Children in Washington, DC.” Sex Education 8 (2008): 169-185.

Introduction:

Nowadays, sex education has been a subject of many debates especially in the education field. Sex education has been provided around the world for many students including parents for their well-being in the society. By hearing the word sex education you can imagine many terrible things but this is not the case here. Several researchers have seen the need for sex education in our society and their targets are the youth, which is why they want to include that subject in the school curriculum.

- The roles of sex education in the world,

- The reduction of teenage pregnancy,

-The way to approach the debate,

-The health and the family responsibilities.

Conclusion:

The discussion needs to be relevant, respectful, and welcoming to new ideas and topics.  Moreover, in the United States it has been shown that youth are having sex at a younger and younger age.  This pattern is occurring in the population that is not receiving sex education.  Sex education is not only a concern in the United States, but also in many countries around the world.  Examples from other countries prove that the lack of sex education plays a key role in sexual issues that exist in society

Work cites:

The similarities or differences between the 1st interview,2nd and the 3rd one

My first interview was kind of a mess, the procedure was hard to follow, I usually don’t approach people just like that, and since I’m already a little bit shy I dint see how I was going to start. But at the end I managed to handle it, it was with a classmate so it was fine because she knew what was going on as we practiced in class.so we did it, and we had fun of course there were lots of mistakes but it got better as we saw what kind of mistakes we had committed during class, what to do what not to do. A week after we had do a second interview, the second one was cool, I was not scared as the first but a little bit nervous this time it was not someone from the class, so I had to be careful which questions do I ask which one not to ask, is it to personal should I stop should I continue is he cool with it, all those questions that goes on your mind each you are with someone familiar. But then the interview went really great and I got lucky, he was a cool guy, he shared a lot, we had fun doing it.

My last interview was the very best; I had so much in common with the person I interviewed, we talked, laughed, pretty much did everything it was like having an interview with a friend. After all I had really fun doing them and it was helpful, because as I mentioned earlier I’m usually shy so approaching people is not my thing but now I’m doing much better.it was a good experience homework are not suppose to be fun but these ones, were fun, instructive at the same time.

Interview preparations:

I knew I wanted something different from previous culture, different culture for sure, I did Asia, I did east Africa I dint want to do an American because myself I will not learn anything from it, as I have been here for 4 years I know a little bit about the American culture, someone from Europe was not interesting either, so after my work in garvey commons I saw a group of students sitting having dinner speaking French, they interested me I went to them asked them if there was anyone interested in helping with an interview, one of them said yes so we went to seat somewhere else, was like I don’t even have anything on me, I went to look for a good phone and a text book and we started the interview it lasted 40 mins or something like that.

Interview report:

My third interview I should say was so far the best, first of all because I’m getting used to interview people it gets better with practice, it was comfortable because he spoke French so we started by a few jokes.it was really cool and then he was willing to share a lot as if he was talking to a friend, he didn’t bother sharing personal information, even when it came to the country being in war he told what happened how it happened, which school he went, his beliefs on politics about his president, the current situation in ivory coast and all that. And of course I understood him more than my previous interview maybe because there was no language barrier, he knew I was going to correct his mistake, and he was not even afraid to commit them, and the thing he’s just new here so his English was not that good.

Country report

The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast is a country in West Africa. It has an area of 322,462 square kilometers and borders the countries Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana; its southern boundary is along the Gulf of Guinea. The country's population was 15,366,672 in 1998 and was estimated to be 20,617,068 in 2009.
Côte d'Ivoire's first national census in 1975 counted 6.7 million inhabitants .Côte d'Ivoire became independent on 7 August 1960. From 1960 to 1993, the country was led by Félix Houphouët-Boigny. It maintained close political and economic association with its West African neighbors, while at the same time maintaining close ties to the West, especially to France. Since the end of Houphouet-Boigny’s rule, Côte d'Ivoire has experienced one coup d’état, in 1999, and a civil war, which broke out in 2002.A political agreement between the government and the rebels brought a return to peace. Côte d'Ivoire is a republic with a strong executive power invested in the President. Its capital is Yamoussoukro and the biggest city is the port city of Abidjan. The country is divided into 19 regions and 81 departments. It is a member of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, African Union, La Francophone, Latin Union, Economic Community of West African States and South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone. The official language is French, although many of the local languages are widely used. The main religions are Islam, Christianity primarily Roman Catholic and various indigenous religions.
Through production of coffee and cocoa, the country was an economic powerhouse during the 1960s and 1970s in West Africa. However, Côte d'Ivoire went through an economic crisis in the 1980s, leading to the country's period of political and social turmoil. The 21st century Ivoirian economy is largely market-based and relies heavily on agriculture, with smallholder cash crop production being dominant. Since 1983, Côte d'Ivoire's official capital has been Yamoussoukro then abidjan, however, remains the administrative center. Most countries maintain their embassies in Abidjan, although some including the United Kingdom have closed their missions because of the continuing violence and attacks on Europeans. The Ivoirian population continues to suffer because of an ongoing civil war .International human rights organizations have noted problems with the treatment of captive non-combatants by both sides and the re-emergence of child slavery among workers in cocoa production.

Although most of the fighting ended by late 2004, the country remained split in two, with the north controlled by the FDN.new presidential election was expected to be held in October 2005, and an agreement was reached among the rival parties in March 2007 to proceed with this, but it continued to be postponed until November 2010 due to delays in its preparation.

Elections were finally held in 2010. The first round of elections were held peacefully, and widely hailed as free and fair. Runoffs were held 28 November 2010, after being delayed one week from the original date of 21 November. Laurent Gbagbo as president ran against former Prime Minister Alassane Ouattara^.

On 2 December, the Electoral Commission declared that Ouattara had won the election by a margin off 54% to 46%. In response, the Gbagbo-aligned Constitutional Council rejected the declaration, and the government announced that country's borders had been sealed. An Ivorian military spokesman said, "The air, land and sea border of the country are closed to all movement of people and goods.

My third interview:

A (me)

C (interviewer)

A: Hi, thank you once again for according me your time, this won’t take very long I promise I just have a few questions for this project that I’m doing for my class. I have to ask questions most to get to know your culture stuff like that, if that’s ok with you.

C: yeah sure, that would be a pleasure

A: so where you from?

C: I’m from Ivory Coast; I have been here for 2 years now.

A: nice, tell me more about Ivory Coast

C: Ivory Coast is this beautiful country in West Africa, you know first of all lets change to the original name, which is in French Cote d’Ivoire people like to put in English but we don’t like it I’m sure if it was  the US they would never accept to put their country’s name in any other language. But anyways, it’s pretty much big, developed more than most African countries even though we have been having political issues for the past 3 years, hope everything works out well for my country.

A: how would you describe your country’s government?

C: Cote d’Ivoire is a Democratic republic; we have a president and a prime minister, congress men and senators. But it would be ironic to say that Cote d’ivoire is democratic republic considering the things happening there. I’m talking about a country where elections are frauds, presidents cheat in order to win, Muslim people are fighting with Christians, you can die just because of your religion and journalists still go to jail because they said something people don’t want to hear.

A: believe me I know what you are talking about, earlier you mentioned political issues, what caused the troubles, what were they about?

C: the troubles started like in 2005, we had elections and the president who won apparently wasn’t from Ivory Coast he was from Burkina Faso, so basically people got mad, then a civil war started between different ethinies, people from the north were fighting with the people in the south. From then we’ve been having issues, civil war even though now the UN is trying to find a solution and the war has stopped we still need to work on some other issues.

A:I guess it was a relief for you to come to the US?

C:to tell you the truth it was, first of all I always liked the US even if there wasn’t going to be a war in ivory coast I think I still would have come to study here. since I was a little kid I always I admired the united states, I always seen it as the country were dreams come true, you know the American dream.

A: since you are mentioning education, what does school like in your country? And as you talk I feel like a disappointment in your voice since you’ve been here am I wrong?

C: well, I don’t much about the Ivory Coast education system since I went all my life in a French school, I started there, I can tell you about that, ok so we start at 3 years old in kindergarten, then at 6 we start primary school then high school at 11.because we only have around 12 then we graduate at 17 with the baccalaureat. And to answer the last question, well how should I put this, when you get somewhere and you have your expectations so high, then reality comes and you find out that everything is not as you imagined so yes there is always a little bit of disappointment.

A: I can imagine, how did you find about SCSU?

C: I heard about the school via a friend

A: do you like it so far? What can be done by the school to make your stay better?

C:yeah I like the school it is fun, I like my major and it hard to find the exact major that I like so on that point I’m pretty happy and umhhh… let’s see what could be better? Maybe the can lower the tuition and the money we pay in the dorms because it is really expensive. And maybe they can improve the food in Garvey it’s really not all that.

A: talking about the food, what are your favorite dishes?

C: my favorite food id atikie with fish it a dish from my country and I like mostly everything else, except American food that I find really unhealthy.

A:Yeah most people say that about the food.how about your culture is there anything you can tell me about it?

C:Waouh ummhh dont see anything special about we are lieke everybody else i guess,hahah nothing special

A:how do you guys greet?

C:We greet differently it depends on the poeple,where they from etc,if they are from the village they will greet differently with lots more respect towards everybody,if they are from the city it is going to be a little bit different.it also depends on your age,women or men many factors i should say i cant give you a straight answer on that one sorry.

A:oh no no,you are fine,how about the holidays?which ones do you guys celebrate?

C:well in my family we celebrate christmas,and all the christians holidays,we celebrate independance day and new's eve as well,after that it depends on poeple and they beliefs,but new's eve and independance day are celebrated by everybody.

 A:well this what I had for questions thank you very much for your time and help, good luck with  everything it was a great pleasure meeting you.

C: Thank you very much, the pleasure was all mine and good luck with everything for you as well.

A: Thanks much see you around

C: yeah see ya…

Interview transcript:

 A (ME)
M(interviewer)

A: hi, my name is A, I’m doing this interview for my class I would to ask you some questions if that is ok with you.
M: I would please to help
A: let’s start here, tell me where you from
M: I’m from Mogadishu that’s the capital city for Somalia.
A: alright, what can you tell me about Somalia?
M: Somalia is a small country in east Africa, our capital city is Mogadishu like I told you, and Somalia has been in civil war since 1991.it’s really sad because the situation hasn’t been any better ever since, that is why, you always see Somali people everywhere…hahah
A: hahah, you can say that again. If it’s not too personal how did this situation affect you?
M: oh yeah it’s not a problem. I consider myself one of the luckiest, because I left Somalia at a really young age, my family and I, left for a refugee camp in Kenya, after that I stayed in Kenya until I came to the united states 5 years ago, so sometimes it is really hard for me to identify myself because I don’t know if I feel more Somali or Kenyan, I mean Kenya was my country, I went to school over there, I speak their language, even if my parents always tell me to keep my roots, they have to understand that I have at least 2 cultures that I have to refer too.
A:waouh…now I’m confused, the questions that I have are more on people’s culture, so now on which country would you like me to ask you questions on Somali or Kenya? It is really up to you…
M: like I said I grew up in Kenya so I will feel more comfortable if you ask me questions on Kenya.
A: not a problem, ok can you tell me about the basic stuff in Kenya? How is life over there? How do they greet for instance?
M:ohhh Kenya is an a mazing country, it is hot all the year, it does rain a lot like in summer, I know weird, they have these beautiful places like mobasa,a place with only beaches and views on the Indian ocean. And about the greeting, umhh… I don’t know I guess they greet like in most western countries, we shake hands and then we hug but that depends on the relationship you have with the person.
A: it does sound like a beautiful country. What kind of government do they have?
M; it’s the republic of Kenya so it’s a democratic country, but most African countries you know they claim to be democratic when there are really not. A country where there’s no freedom of speech, ethnicity, religion, elections are fake, among other things I don’t call that democracy.
A:I know what you are talking about, myself I’m from Burundi and it’s really hard over there too, anyway how did coming to the US a democratic country affected your life?
M: oh man it is really cool you have all the rights here, I mean like people can do whatever they want as long it’s not illegal, and not being scared of going to jail at any time.
A: and how was school over there?
M:we start school at 3 years you get done with primary school at 10 then you go to high school at 11 and we graduate at 18.the school there it was nice I had many friends, and I was kind of smart so I can’t say that it stressed me that much.
A: how do you like SCSU so far? What can be done to make students more comfortable here?
M: I really like this school but the dorms are really expensive, and the classes too, so if they could lower the expenses that would be great.
A: ok, thank you very much for your time; I learned a lot from you.
M: the pleasure was all mine, I’m glad I helped.

Second interview

Interview preparations:

My second interview had to be better than the first time so I put more work into it, I did it at the library with a guy from Somali, I wanted something different because the first I interviewed a classmate from china, I wanted to hear about other cultures.

Interview report:

The interview took about thirty five minutes, because I had trouble with my recorder, so I borrowed a better phone from a friend. The interview was pretty good I should say, there was no awkwardness, he gave me some personal information about him, his country religion, and politics, how Somali doing right now, it’s like I was asking the good questions at the right time, it’s like he wanted to share the information as well. I had fun doing it, hopefully he did too and I think he did.

Country report:

The Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory. The internationally recognized Transitional Federal Government controls only a small part of the country. Somalia has been characterized as a failed state and is one of the poorest and most violent states in the world.Somalia lies in the easternmost part of Africa. It is bordered by Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, the Gulf of Aden with Yemen to the north, the Indian Ocean to the east, and Ethiopia to the west. It has the longest coastline on the continent, and its terrain consists mainly of plateaus, plains and highlands. Hot conditions prevail year-round, along with periodic monsoon winds and irregular rainfall.

The history of Islam in the Horn of Africa is as old as the religion itself. The early persecuted Muslims fled to the port city of Zeila in modern day northern Somalia to seek protection from the Quraysh at the court of the Aksumite Emperor in present-day Ethiopia. Some of the Muslims that were granted protection are said to have settled in several parts of the Horn of Africa to promote the religion. Following World War II, Britain retained control of both British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland as protectorates. Somalia is the only African country that was never .

My top 3 for the second interview are:

1.Barron Justine, L 19
2.Tiffany Smith 18
3.Tyler Patterson 17

The first and second interview

My second interview was much better than the first one; in the first I interviewed a classmate from china.it was really difficult because I dint know how to proceed or how to approach my interviewer, it’s true that after the first questions it got a lot easier but at the beginning we were not that comfortable. For my second one it took place at the library the place is quite, I did a student from Somali.

The differences were huge; of course china is different from a small country in east Africa, while I have china this huge country from Asia, the world most powerful country after the United States. The culture was different, the religion, politics, governments, way of living, everything was different from the first interview. Somali is a small country in east Africa, Somali has been having a civil war for more than 20 years now, the capital city Mogadishu is a town where most of the things, towns, buildings, schools, and hospitals have been destroyed by the rebels during the civil war. Somali is a collapsed state, the government is based in a Nairobi city, the capital of Kenya another east African country that shares the border with Somali, this same Kenya has been receiving refuges from Somali for about 10 years, so many Somalia’s people live in refugee camps in Kenya. The country is not improving in any way, the situation still the same ever since.

What I liked most about this second interview was the comfort, because my questions were really simple, but my interviewer dint have any problem sharing personal issues, like it was not a problem for him to tell me about the situation in Somali, the refugee camps where he spent 5 years with his family waiting to come to the united states. The problems he had, his life over here how it is different from Kenya or Somali. Which was really cool for me, I learnt a lot in how to interview people, how to proceed with my questions, when to stop or when to continue. I really had a good experience, first of all this helps me to know more about countries in war as am majoring in international relations, I really appreciate knowing about other cultures, I’m pretty sure this will help me for my future job hopefully which is working with refugees if I work for the United Nations. Overall it has been a good experience for me.

my top interview are

1.Karna Ashley
2.Gedara Pakara.
3.Wang Yue

Review of class interviews

My spreadsheet is here.
My top three interviews are:
1
2
3

first interview part 2

In 1986, China set the long-term goal of providing compulsory nine-year basic education to every child. As of 2007, there were 396,567 primary schools, 94,116 secondary schools, and 2,236 higher education institutions in China. In February 2006, the government advanced its basic education goal by pledging to provide completely free nine-year education, including textbooks and fees.Free compulsory education in China consists of elementary school and middle school, which lasts for 9 years (ages 6–15); almost all children in urban areas continue with three years of high school.

Religion:In mainland China, the government allows a degree of religious freedom to members of state-approved religious organizations. An accurate number of religious adherents is hard to obtain because of a lack of official data, but there is general consensus that religion has been enjoying a resurgence over the past 20 years.A 1998 survey found that 59% over 700 million of the population was irreligious.
                                              
                                                        The  interview
Hi my name is Ariane Muhimpundu i'm doing tjis interview for my class would you give about 30 minutes of your time if it is not too much to ask.
AM: Hi,what's your name?
girl: my name is MengyaoDing
MD: Mengyao Ding
AM: Ariane M

AM: Do you have any daily rituals in regards to your religious beliefs?

 

MD:  For my religious beliefs, I require to self-examination every night. It is a very important progress that requires in my religion. They think self-examination is the best tool to review your day. During the self-examination, you will know what thing you did right for the day and you will keep it up. For the thing that you should improve, you will be reminded by yourself everyday. Then, you won't have the same mistakes again.

 

AM: Could you tell me a secret about yourself that very few people here know about and that shows us well, who you are and what you stand for?

 

MD: There was a secret that very few people know, which is i often ran away from home when i was young. Everytime i ran away from home, my dad and mum would find me and bring me home. However, one time, i ran away from home again. But, this time, my dad didn't come out and find me. In a stormy night, i was very scared and cold. Suddenly, i wished my dad and mum would come and bring me to my warm home. I cried terribly at that time, because my dad haven't find me yet. After several hours later, i saw my dad with wet clothes ran around and yelled my name. At that time, my tears ran out again, ran towards him and hug him as hard as i can. He said that he have found me all night and he was very worry about that i got kidnapped by strangers or bad guy. From that time, i promised to him that i never run away from home as i can feel how hard to be a parent and how worry is he when i ran way form home.

AM: At what age do you start school? Are you under a lot of stress in school??

 

MD: I started school at age 6. I wasn't under a lot of stress in school. It is because the school was kindergarten, and we only learnt basic stuffs. In my memory, we had nap time when we were in the kindergarten. We had lot of fun during the class. We can draw and color everything in our creativity.

AM:  What kind of government is in charge of your home country, how did it affect your life and how has democracy in America been a change?

 

MD: In China, we are governed by communist party. From long time ago, there were a revolution in China. It was between democracy and communisty, and at last, communism won. Communism make us share everything together,therefore, wealth and poor won't be too diverse. Also, it affected our life. If there was no communism take part, our country's economy won't improve in high speed, which surprise everyone. Democracy changed United States, too. It gave American the freedom of speech and freedom of many things, like owning our own property. Those are forbidden by Chinese government.

AM: What could SCSU do to make your stay on campus better?

MD: I think food's choices are too limited, therefore Gavery should develop more various recipts.  As St.Cloud State is a cultural diversity, people from different countries are hard to familiar to American food. Sodexo can try different kind of food, then we can have choices to choose whatever we want.

AM: What different modes of transportation are used in your country?

MD: In my country, we have many different kinds of transportation. First of all, we have buses that run everyday. People ususally ride the buses to work or attend school.  Some people may have a motorcycle, too. Motor cycle are very popular transportation in China, because they don't take a lot of gas and they are faster than vehicles. Taxi is one of the transportation, but it isn't used a lot by the citizens, but it is mostly for the tourists. Recently, China built train, too. It is more convienent for the citizens, as there are no traffic underground.

AM: What religious holidays or other cultural events do you or others celebrate; can you explain your traditions for each? 

MD:  We have Chinese New Year that we put in a very important place. Chinese New Year are not like the normal new year. Chinese New Year is the first day of the year that based on our own chinsese calendar. Every year's Chinese New Year started in a different date. Two days before the Chinese New Year, we have to clean our house and put the useless thing into garbage. It represents bring the good luck into the home and the bad thing will be removed. On the first day, all the people need to wear the new clothes to welcome the good luck and new year. People usually wear red color, as it represents luck in China. During the Chinese New Year, we will eat a lot of traditional food with all the family members, that represents family reunion in China.

AM: Which country`s food do you like the most? What are the similarities and differences between it and your own culture`s food?

 

MD: Janpanese food.is one of my favorite in various traditional cusine. In my own countries, i ate chinese food everyday. People may think chinese food is simliar to japanese food. Actually, they does. For example, both of them require fresh ingredients such as fresh raw fish and vegetables. Also, both of them are concentrated on the beauty of the food like how the food set on the dish. However, they still have differences between them. Japanese food are mostly cold food, on the other hand, chinese food are mostly done in a warm temperature. 

AM: How would you describe famous sports in your country?

MD: In China, we did a very good job in Diving and Gymnastics. We won a lot of prizes in Olympics game and most of them are champion in both men and female. People in China will practice very early when they were young. They usually practice diving and gymnastics at age 5 and 6. This is because these two sports requires the flexibility of the body, therefore, the earlier you start practice, more flexible you get. This is one of the reason why our athlete are very young and in a good condition.

AM: Can you describe a typical day for a child in your country?

MD: A typical day that i have in my childhood is like this. First, i get up at 6, then my mum will help me to brush my teeth and wash my face. Then, i dressed up and were ready for the school. At 7, my school started. At first, we required to do a healthy fitness before we started the class. After tha, we went back to our classroom and started the day for the class. First, we would have 2 classes, and then, we would eat lunch. After lunch, we would watch a movie or tv show to relax for a little bit. Following activity would be nap time for 2 hours, after the nap time, we will have classes again. After finishing class, my mum would help me on the homework. Then at 10, i would have to go to bed.

my first interview

my first interview
1.for my first interview i chose to approach people in the library some were really cool and willing to help but others were a little bit more unhelpful as if i was bodering them,maybe wrong timing,because most of the time i did it between class hours and people were a little bit too busy,but overall everything went well.i'm interviewing a girl from chiana.

2.the interview went really well,we had fun doing it,there were no ackwardness or anything like that,i learned lots of things about china.ther were no many surprise,maybe some facts on china but that will be it.the interview developed a friendship and we were relaxed during the interview as if i was interviewing a friend.
                                                    
 Interview report

China is the world's most-populous country with a population of over 1.3 billion.The People's Republic of China is a single-party state governed by the Communist Party of China. It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four directly controlled municipalities and two mostly self-governing.

Economy:Since the introduction of market-based economic reforms in 1978, China has become the world's fastest-growing major economy.As of 2012, it is the world's second-largest economy, after the United States, by both nominal GDP and purchasing power parity (PPP),and is also the world's largest exporter and second-largest importer of goods.

social facts:

Hu Jintao with former US President George W. Bush in 2006.

China has diplomatic relations with 171 countries and maintains embassies in 162.hina was also a former member and leader of the Non-Aligned Movement, and still considers itself an advocate for developing countries.The languages most spoken in China belong to the Sino-Tibetan language family. There are also several major linguistic groups within the Chinese language itself. The most spoken varieties are Mandarin (spoken by over 70% of the population)

1. Do you have any daily rituals in regards to your religious beliefs?

    For my religious beliefs, I require to self-examination every night. It is a very important progress that requires in my religion. They think self-examination is the best tool to review your day. During the self-examination, you will know what thing you did right for the day and you will keep it up. For the thing that you should improve, you will be reminded by yourself everyday. Then, you won't have the same mistakes again.

2. Could you tell me a secret about yourself that very few people here know about and that shows us well, who you are and what you stand for?

    There was a secret that very few people know, which is i often ran away from home when i was young. Everytime i ran away from home, my dad and mum would find me and bring me home. However, one time, i ran away from home again. But, this time, my dad didn't come out and find me. In a stormy night, i was very scared and cold. Suddenly, i wished my dad and mum would come and bring me to my warm home. I cried terribly at that time, because my dad haven't find me yet. After several hours later, i saw my dad with wet clothes ran around and yelled my name. At that time, my tears ran out again, ran towards him and hug him as hard as i can. He said that he have found me all night and he was very worry about that i got kidnapped by strangers or bad guy. From that time, i promised to him that i never run away from home as i can feel how hard to be a parent and how worry is he when i ran way form home.

3. At what age do you start school? Are you under a lot of stress in school??

    I started school at age 6. I wasn't under a lot of stress in school. It is because the school was kindergarten, and we only learnt basic stuffs. In my memory, we had nap time when we were in the kindergarten. We had lot of fun during the class. We can draw and color everything in our creativity.

4. What kind of government is in charge of your home country, how did it affect your life and how has democracy in America been a change?

    In China, we are governed by communist party. From long time ago, there were a revolution in China. It was between democracy and communisty, and at last, communism won. Communism make us share everything together,therefore, wealth and poor won't be too diverse. Also, it affected our life. If there was no communism take part, our country's economy won't improve in high speed, which surprise everyone. Democracy changed United States, too. It gave American the freedom of speech and freedom of many things, like owning our own property. Those are forbidden by Chinese government.

5. What could SCSU do to make your stay on campus better?
    I think food's choices are too limited, therefore Gavery should develop more various recipts.  As St.Cloud State is a cultural diversity, people from different countries are hard to familiar to American food. Sodexo can try different kind of food, then we can have choices to choose whatever we want.


6. What different modes of transportation are used in your country?
  In my country, we have many different kinds of transportation. First of all, we have buses that run everyday. People ususally ride the buses to work or attend school.  Some people may have a motorcycle, too. Motor cycle are very popular transportation in China, because they don't take a lot of gas and they are faster than vehicles. Taxi is one of the transportation, but it isn't used a lot by the citizens, but it is mostly for the tourists. Recently, China built train, too. It is more convienent for the citizens, as there are no traffic underground.


7. What religious holidays or other cultural events do you or others celebrate; can you explain your traditions for each?
   We have Chinese New Year that we put in a very important place. Chinese New Year are not like the normal new year. Chinese New Year is the first day of the year that based on our own chinsese calendar. Every year's Chinese New Year started in a different date. Two days before the Chinese New Year, we have to clean our house and put the useless thing into garbage. It represents bring the good luck into the home and the bad thing will be removed. On the first day, all the people need to wear the new clothes to welcome the good luck and new year. People usually wear red color, as it represents luck in China. During the Chinese New Year, we will eat a lot of traditional food with all the family members, that represents family reunion in China.

8. Which country`s food do you like the most? What are the similarities and differences between it and your own culture`s food?

   Janpanese food.is one of my favorite in various traditional cusine. In my own countries, i ate chinese food everyday. People may think chinese food is simliar to japanese food. Actually, they does. For example, both of them require fresh ingredients such as fresh raw fish and vegetables. Also, both of them are concentrated on the beauty of the food like how the food set on the dish. However, they still have differences between them. Japanese food are mostly cold food, on the other hand, chinese food are mostly done in a warm temperature. 

9. How would you describe famous sports in your country?
    In China, we did a very good job in Diving and Gymnastics. We won a lot of prizes in Olympics game and most of them are champion in both men and female. People in China will practice very early when they were young. They usually practice diving and gymnastics at age 5 and 6. This is because these two sports requires the flexibility of the body, therefore, the earlier you start practice, more flexible you get. This is one of the reason why our athlete are very young and in a good condition.


10.Can you describe a typical day for a child in your country?
     A typical day that i have in my childhood is like this. First, i get up at 6, then my mum will help me to brush my teeth and wash my face. Then, i dressed up and were ready for the school. At 7, my school started. At first, we required to do a healthy fitness before we started the class. After tha, we went back to our classroom and started the day for the class. First, we would have 2 classes, and then, we would eat lunch. After lunch, we would watch a movie or tv show to relax for a little bit. Following activity would be nap time for 2 hours, after the nap time, we will have classes again. After finishing class, my mum would help me on the homework. Then at 10, i would have to go to bed.

Prioritize this list

1. What is your name?
Eric Sodinth

2. Where do you live?
st cloud

3.where are you from?
congo

4.since when have you been in this country?
3 years now

5.What are the typical greetings in your culture and what do they mean?
we shake hands and sometimes we hug,when we are shaking hands it is a sign of respect towards the other person.it could be anybody a friend,an emplyer an employee,a parenta really anybody,and then when we hug it is a sign of affection you can hug your partener,someone you have a deeper relationship

6.Which country`s food do you like the most? What are the similarities and differences between it and your own culture`s food?food from my country of course,we have different food from american food there are lots of varieties in our food.it was a big problem for me to get used to the food here,i missed home alot at the beginning,i would tell my mom to send some stuff from back home all the time.but now i guess i just got used to it.

7.how do you like the US so far?so far so good i have cousins here and i met new people who became my friends so i grown to like it.im getting used to it,it has become a daily routine,i am more organized here,i know what and when to do something,to tell you the truth last summer i went back home,and i felt so lost over there,im used to the american way of life now,and it is pretty much convenient.

8.What kind of government is in charge of your home country, how did it affect your life and how has democracy in America been a change?we have a president and ministers its a republic,my life in the us has changed because we have freedom here its is really cool.

9.What different modes of transportation are used in your country?
we have cars buses,trains and all the others.people think there is nothing in africa but we have the same transportations as elswhere,it might be not developed as here but it is the same thing.

10.what could SCSU do to make your stay on campus better?
I already like this school alot it has nothing to do with universities in my home country.but i would the dorms to be a little bit less exepnsive.it is really expensive for an international student,but honeslty saint cloud state is one of the schools that facilitates international students.

11. What religious holidays or other cultural events do you or others celebrate; can you explain your traditions for each? i'm catholic christian so we celebrate all the holidays like chrismas,easter and all the others they are very important in my family because my parents are very religious.


12. How would you describe famous sports in your country?
we play soccer it is the most popular sports it is like football in america.we really like it young boys dream of becoming professional players.