Rebekah Nathan‚ a professor at AnyU and author of "My Freshman Year"‚ looks into the life of a college undergraduate student. Nathan’s primary methodology was participant observation (p. 5). By going from being a professor to an undergraduate student‚ the little things had to change. She turned into a piece of the field work‚ needed to utilize individual exposure‚ and needed to lose objectivity in order to stay focused and on track with her research. Nathan came across a few difficulties along the
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My freshmen year My freshmen year gives an objective look into the ideal freshmen year of college experienced by anthropologist Rebekah Nathan. From this experience Nathan wrote about her first year as a college student. Nathan’s story attempts to show the social and academic expectancy of a student entering college. Nathan gave her personal accounts of freshmen life by communicating her experience in the dorm‚ study habits‚ general student interactions‚ and demographic. When comparing student
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chapter about Rebekah Nathan’s experience in My Freshman Year‚ I recognized her assessment among freshman is similar to that of my own granted it had not been completely accurate on everything she said. The extent to which community and diversity bring students together at Temple University can only be truthfully determined by a student’s opinion. Believe it or not‚ the importance of community and diversity at Temple seems to be succeeding for me more than at AnyU for Rebekah Nathan‚ provided by evidence
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Jones 09/08/2012 Respond In her book “My freshman year‚” Rebekan Nathan writes‚ “I am a cultural anthropologist‚ and have spent most of my professional life living overseas in a remote village location‚ learning the language and customs of another culture.” The author’s opinion is when some people studying or traveling in some country which is use the different language‚ they will face the largest trouble is language. In other words‚ the language is the largest problem for students who
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Freshman Year The first day of my freshman year was something serious ! I was ready to see all my friends from Beck Academy and I had my cute outfit on ready to see how everyone had changed. I remember I was lost the whole day! I think I was late to most of my classes and kept leaving on the wrong bell. My freshman year was a good year for me. I seen a boy who I thought the world of he was a senior and I thought he was so cool. I couldnt even believe that he would go to this school. I thought
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feel Rebekah was able to capture a very good view on the general dorm life on college. All though there were some differences between building structures and door decorating rules not much seems to have change from when she lived in a dorm to how dorm life is now. One of my favorite things to read was how amazed she was by how two people could adjust and fit so much stuff in a small room by building up. Being in a forced triple I instantly connected with this amazement. When I first visited my dorm
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Reading My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned By Becoming a Student twelve years after it was published is similar to what Rebekah Nathan experienced when comparing her notes to Michael Moffat. I found myself recognizing some of her observations but with others I was completely lost. At times‚ I wondered if the changes between her vision and mine were due to the changes in time‚ or changes in college. The university she studied was a state university that is very large. While University of Maine
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Freshman year is the year of moving forward. You’re faced with sensational new changes‚ ranging from new classes‚ new teachers‚ and new challenges. This can be overwhelming for some‚ and it can be hard to find your feet. But freshman year can be something for else for those who embrace the change. Freshman year can be the climb to the top‚ the chance the change‚ the chance to become the best you can be. But just as important‚ it’s the year to grow and just have fun while gaining new skills in writing
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developed beliefs‚ sacred writings and places‚ holidays‚ and traditions. Not only that‚ Judaism has many very important people. Many people still study Judaism. “Wherever you go; I will go; wherever you lodge; I will lodge; your people‚ shall be my people and your God‚ my God” Ruth to Naomi (Jackson‚ Speilvogel) The religion of Judaism has a very long and exquisite type of history‚ because it is full of getting conquered. In the beginning‚ the Egyptians conquered the Jews (Jackson‚ Speilvogel‚ pg. 81-82)
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In Chapter One: Welcome to “AnyU” of My Freshman Year‚ Rebekah Nathan gives a brief introduction of her background as a cultural anthropologist and a professor. Nathan proceeds to inform the reader of the concerns she has of the professor/student relationship. To resolve her concerns‚ the author decides to conduct a study by enrolling into the college she instructs at as a first-year freshman. During the first chapter‚ Nathan tries to interact with the students to gain further understanding of the
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