Homesickness can be defined as the distress or impairment caused by an actual or anticipated separation from home. The frantic attempt to recreate the previous life leads to depression and a loss of identity. Distraught and alienated in America‚ Ashima pushes her Bengali heritage upon her children‚ Gogol and Sonia‚ in an effort to lessen her homesickness throughout The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. Ashima completely rejects the bewildering American culture that is thrust upon her and becomes depressed
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Source 1 TITTLE: I’m so homesick! Freshman Blues and Psychological Growth How to help your college freshman cope with being homesick. Published on September 4‚ 2010 by F. Diane Barth‚ L.C.S.W. New York University ‚ Langone Medical Centre SUMMARY: Fitting in and balancing social / academic life as a freshman can be stressful. Not only would have one came out from the nest of their parents or guidance it also means getting into a new social life and altogether making a new family as times
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Returning to College after Winter Break For most of winter break‚ I was pretty excited to come back to school‚ but when the day finally arrived‚ I’ve got to admit‚ I was suddenly homesick. I hadn’t left yet‚ but I felt sick‚ really sick. Everything I ate shot back up‚ and it got to the point where I couldn’t eat anything‚ and yet I still had troubles keeping my insides from coming back up. I was supposed to head back later that Tuesday night‚ but instead I went to the doctor and found out I had
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Homesickness in International Students The transition from living at home to college is looked upon as a positive event in a student’s life. Along with this new environment comes a loss of the old and more comfortable surroundings. Homesickness is a separation reaction akin to grief‚ where the individual concentrates on what is missed from the old environment. Homesickness can be defined by a sense of loneliness‚ depression‚ emotional distress and a preoccupation with and longing for home. This
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Boarding schools are better than day schools in the all round education of the child A day school is one in which the child goes to school in the morning and returns in the evening to spend time with the family while in a boarding school the child lives in the school and studies there and visits his family only a couple of times a year during the vacations. I go against this statement as in boarding schools‚ children will have to learn on their own which means they will not learn everything they
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they encounter an array of obstacles. Apart from the problem of language being a communication barrier‚ international students also suffer from hindrances such as integrating into another culture‚ adapting to climate changes‚ and even the unfortunate case of racial discrimination. This essay will explore the financial difficulties experienced by some students‚ culture shock‚ and lastly‚ the sense of alienation of the students. The first problem for many international students is to understand the
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This is my short essay (100-200 words)‚ topic is "Tell us about yourself and why you would like to become a part of our school family." My story is similar like the story of thousand of other children: My father struggled with alcohol and drug problems which caused him to leave my mother and me‚ so I grew up with only my mother. Nevertheless‚ I realized what I want from my life. Throughout my life‚ I have heard people constantly repeat that children who grow up with only one parent end up unsuccessful
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believe that everyone has problems or challenges to overcome everyday. Even people who think that they are perfect have problems or challenges to overcome everyday. I always have to overcome challenges or problems. No one in this world will not have any challenges or problems. They will have some type of challenge or problem. I believe anyone will be able to overcome those problems. People will always have issues when coming to problems or challenges. Sometime when I have problems in my daily life‚ I think
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has been conducted‚ the top ten common problems encountered by the high school students 1were as follows: 1.Memory blocks 2.Exam stress 3.Lack of preparation 4.Panic attacks 5.Illness/Sickness 6.Lack of knowledge about the topic 7.Misunderstanding of directions 8.Pressure and Financial Problems 9.Unpleasant weather conditions 10.No permit According to the respondents‚ memory block is their no. 1 problem during examinations. Getting rid of this problem is very hard especially to those who
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Problem Solving Danielle Church HUM/114 June 25‚ 2014 Dr. Charles Flowers Problem Solving Using the five steps Step 1: What is the problem? Family member who is an alcoholic. Step 2: What are the alternatives? Self-awareness‚ treatment for alcoholism‚ and research medical journals. Step 3: What are the advantages and/or disadvantages of each alternative? Acknowledge the addiction‚ attending local alcoholics’ anonymous meetings‚ and learning why people turn to self-medication. Step 4:
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