Various issues African international students deal with while attending American universities;

Culture Shock

Coming from Africa, international students know that they are going to a place they have never been to and is very much different from what they are used to, they are not supposed to expect to have everyone understand their likes with respect to how they do things where they are from. What is deemed very important to them may not be so important in America. Understanding this can be quite tough in most cases and getting adjusted to it would also take a while. Getting involved in extracurricular activities, recreation on or off campus usually helps, gives room for African international students to meet with Americans and other individuals who have traveled across the world to get a university education.

Time Management

Most African international students are not so used to time management but are forced to understand it the moment they get to America. Many have no option but to realize that they have to be in certain places at the right time, be it for a lecture or personal study time or even work.

Climate Change

 It is way different here in America than it is in Africa in terms of weather. For example, in Nigeria, there is no such thing as winter, we only have a wet and dry season and it is rainy in the wet season and very hot in the dry season. So getting here, these students have to deal with the extreme cold weather in its season and how they are forced to get used to the weather especially with the cooling and heating systems in the public places they share with other Americans, examples include the library and hostel.

Social Interaction and Stereotyping

 Making new friends as soon as they arrive has gone on to be magical for most people. Getting involved in as much as an African international student can be of paramount importance. This will help interact with Americans and also get them to understand that Africans are really not from the jungle swinging from trees and that Africans actually come developing cities with a good academic basic academic system. In most cases, this will help these African students introduce their culture to Americans.

Language Barrier

About a dozen African countries have the English language as its official language and so because of this many African international students from non-English speaking countries have to take English as a second language for communication purposes.

Learning Style

 The style of instruction many African international students are used to does not require them to interact in the class and because of the way it is in America where most professors require the classroom work to be based on conversation and interaction, most African international student have to get used to expressing themselves more in class irrespective of how they sound in terms of pronunciations.

Finances

When this becomes difficult, grades have been believed to do wonders, because getting good ones will aid in the qualification of merit-based scholarships that are made available.This has been one of the major ways international students have been able to finance their college education up until they graduate, many are blessed with all of their tuition paid for with money for books provided, room and board with feeding inclusive. These are very much the basic needs of a student, particularly for an African international student with no family around to help. Sometimes rendering help and being of positive attitude gets many of these students to be favored immensely, things like volunteer work, community outreach usually gets people to see how true people are in terms of character. It is sometimes an avenue for the African international students to get Americans to have a rethink about them or what they might have seen in the media which is mostly not true.

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This demographic image shows how diverse Arkansas State University, jonesboro campus is in terms of enrollment size and more importantly, the number of international students attending the university and where many of them are from. According to this image, there are only twenty-three(23) students from africa which isn’t so accurate. The interesting thing about this image is the fact that it tells amount and percentage of students who do not identify as white-americans or african-americans. For this case, it is no brainer that the vast majority of international students might have reasons to not identify as such maybe because there isn’t a category with which they identify as whenever the need arises. This image should shed light on how diverse arkansas state university is.

My Audience: American students and future african international students.

My genre: blog post(pictures to tell my message)

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Pictures to show thriving african international student in america

Pictures with heading or title featuring successful african international students

Use of demographics and explaining with it.

Short stories of the african international students featured in the posts.

On my blog post i will outline the basic challenges faced by african international students

Have pictures for proof to show the students that have been living in america and called it home.

Show how these students have gone on to be a symbol of hope to their society.

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Technology is not so cumbersome as thought by many, it is a collection of ideas that can be used to make things easy for our daily activities. Everything around us is produced with the collection of info on what our forefathers must have thought to be an easy way to go about life. This may be from the making of clothes to what has helped in the making of food.

This means getting just your opinion known about an issue is not just enough to have a proper argument. Other peoples idea should also be taken into consideration, if not the whole idea of arguing, no matter what the topic is defeated.

My own view is that african international students are intelligent enough to blend in any society such as america and call it home. Though i concede that it may be tough on these students with respect to getting used to the system, i still maintain that diversity in education in america is upheld by the presence of the african international student in these institutions, many of which come from english speaking countries. For example, there are about a dozen countries in africa with english as their official language and are fast developing into westernized societies. Although some might object that if that is so, why do many sound funny when they speak or do things differently, i reply that our culture is different

Synthesis in my own opinion is the ability to draw or get ideas about a topic from various sources

Situating ones self rhetorically basically involves having a question or questions in which you demand answers to, as they tend to contribute to whatever situation is being talked about. However, this does not have to involve picking sides but puting multiple sides of the argument into consideration and then bringing forth personal ideas with questions as regards the issue being talked about.

Research As An Art Of Scientific Investigation

In this case one can make use of various types of research to produce a piece. First one needs to understand the objective of the research being carried out, in this case a topic or theory is involved thereby creating a question about an issue that requires indepth knowledge for it to be answered. However, individual opinion in this situation is very much welcome and most times very much advised to be used because this makes the topic being discussed by the writer stand out or look much more unique. Carefully analyzing areas concerned with the topic tends to help in the scientific approach needed to present a wonderful work.

Definition Of Exigence, Kairos and Agency.

Exigence – This i believe is the need, demand or prerequisite to do something. This also prompts something to happen or be done.

Kairos – A precise, opportune and decisive moment to take action on a particular issue or situation.

Agency In Writing – The authority with qualification one has to talk about a particular situation.

ISSUE I AM INTERESTED IN

The life of an immigrant as an international student in modern day america.

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