All posts by Zhuoran Wang-Effy

Understanding Immigrant Parents

Blurring the In-School Ouf-of-School Line, Urban Adolescents

The passage about Haitian families’ ambivalence towards American school educational system and reasons why on page 22 is very thought-provoking to me. Being an educator, I have always focused my attention on students’ performance but never really think about the importance of parents’ role in bridging between home and school and that there are parents from certain culture with different educational believes and values might have a hard time understanding the American educational system. Continue reading Understanding Immigrant Parents →

Imgur: a New Way to Teach ESL

eLiteracy and Social Media(tion), Media and Technology Critiques, Urban Adolescents

The social media platform that I am interested in discussing is Imgur. Imgur is a platform for people to share interesting images regardless of their popularity or connections with others. Users are allowed to comment on each other. The reason why I chose Imgur is simple, that is Imgur is simple. Continue reading Imgur: a New Way to Teach ESL →

What About Colored Pheminism?

eLiteracy and Social Media(tion), Urban Adolescents

I really learned a lot from this article about feminism. I didn’t say black feminism because apart from race, the article brings about idea that is bigger than that, it’s helpful for just feminism. The author’s idea of an “organic pheminism” really interests me. The passage he explained it particularly drew my attention. “To answer the questions I posted earlier…and grow within and out of us.” Continue reading What About Colored Pheminism? →

“As if the physical changes aren’t enough for young adolescents”

Socioemotional and Psychological Development in Adolescence, Urban Adolescents

In contrast to my other MVP (Most Valuable Passage) responses which are all concerned with the differences of my personal experience as an adolescent years ago in China due to cultural reasons, this article actually does agree with what I have experienced in terms of content and degree. Continue reading “As if the physical changes aren’t enough for young adolescents” →

It is hard to be an adolescent, even harder to be one here

Adolescent Brain, Biological & Cognitive Development in Adolescence, Urban Adolescents

It is hard to be an adolescent. It is harder to be an adolescent in the United States. This is a far important point for me to realize as a future teacher here. Physically, culturally, and socially, the case in China where I grew up is similar yet different Continue reading It is hard to be an adolescent, even harder to be one here →