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This journal provides meaningful insight into the lives of immigrants. It analysis the struggles faced by immigrants when forced to integrate into a foreign culture. In addition, the journal discusses how well immigrants are able to integrate into society, and whether they feel a sense of inclusion. It was found that the ability for an immigrant to integrate into society depended on their ethnicity, as well as where they lived. I feel as though the source does a thorough job in analyzing statistics on aspects of immigration and interpreting what they mean.
This publication discusses the achievement differences between immigrant children and native-born children of immigrant parents. Due to their language barriers, immigrant children are forced to work harder to make achievements. On the other hand, native-born children understand the host society better and are able to communicate easier within it, so they are better positioned to achieve within their society. Since equal amounts of pressure are placed on both sets of children, it is harder for the immigrant children to live up to those expectations without having to face more challenges. I believe that the authors bring up a valid point about the heightened challenges of immigrant children. Language barriers are huge obstacles to overcome since a lot of hard work is needed to learn the host country's language. This article provides research on immigrant children and their academic performance. It was found that children of immigrant parents tend to have higher academic achievement than those of children with native-born parents. This is due to differences in parenting styles and overall relationships. Immigrant parents tend to promote higher education more and leave less decision making to their children. The children of immigrants are also shown to form closer relationships with their parents, which is linked to academic success. I do not completely agree that children of immigrants are necessarily closer to their parents and that leads to academic success, but rather that their cultural beliefs are what lead to their academic success. This publication focuses on the assimilation and accommodation of immigrant children into their host society. Often times the children of immigrants are quick to give up their cultural identity altogether and assimilate into the culture of their host society due to wanting acceptance. However assimilation is not always beneficial, especially for those immigrants that are forced to reside in less fortunate communities. In these cases, it is better for the children of immigrants to retain their sense of achievement and not assimilate in order to better their community. I agree that differing cultural views can harbor great advancement in society, especially since they bring a new perspective into the community. This article discusses the segmented assimilation theory, which states that there are three possible outcomes for native-born children of immigrants. The first is acculturation into their host society, which leaves them middle-class. The second is complete assimilation, which leaves them in poverty. The third is complete withholding of parent's cultural values, which leads to economic advancement. However, the author does include that there are other reasons for the downward advancement of immigrant children. While this theory is an interesting study, I believe that there are too many outside forces that inhibit its effectiveness to predict social advancement of immigrant children. |