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Of the Story OUR SIDE OF THE STORY VOICES t Black Hawk College OUR SIDE OF THE STORY VOICES t Black Hawk College Fall 2015 www.bhc.edu English as a Second Language Program TABLE OF CONTENTS College Degree System in Senegal versus in the United States By Anta F. Diagne ............... 2 Special Holidays in Tanzania By Barengayabo Nduwimana................................................... 4 Evala Festival in Togo By Bayouminina Bissaka .................................................................... 6 The Happiest Day of My Life By Christy Sui ........................................................................... 8 Cultural Differences When Having a Child in the US vs. Brazil By Cristiane Carlesso ........... 10 Traditional Muslim Wedding By Faoussatou Aboudou .......................................................... 12 Naming Ceremony in Ghana By Francis M. Arnuzu .............................................................. 14 Funeral Celebrations in Ghana, West Africa By George K. Nkutiah ...................................... 16 My Struggle for Education in Thailand By Hei R. Htoo .......................................................... 18 Reggae and Dancehall Music in Jamaica By Janeille Chin ................................................... 19 Kids and the Use of Technology By Julissa Badillo-Organes ................................................ 21 Togolese Culture By Komitse Gbohla ................................................................................... 23 Miss Togo By Komivi K. Nekou ............................................................................................. 24 Exchange of Cultures By Laura Perez .................................................................................. 26 The Science behind the Tradition By Neelima Dharanikota ................................................... 28 Trip to Meet My Grandparents By Ntirampeba Jorjete ........................................................... 30 Karen Traditional Clothing By Pleh Htoo ............................................................................... 31 Doku-Fest in Kosovo By Ramadan Karamezi ....................................................................... 33 Ethnic Groups and Languages in Cameroon By Regine Ekoh .............................................. 35 Human Trafficking in Myanmar By Rosemarie William .......................................................... 37 My Cultural Dance in the North of Togo By Sadikou Ouro Sarna .......................................... 39 Water Festival in Myanmar By Zau Tu .................................................................................. 41 These articles were written by the students in the ESL Advanced Writing classes. We would like to thank Janet Francisco and Lisa Miotto for assisting with the editing and revising process, and a special thanks goes to Sheryl Gragg, support staff for the Humanities, Languages, and Journalism department, for her time, effort, and energy in editing and formatting this newsletter. Her creativity and patience are much appreciated. Additionally, we want to express our gratitude to Mike Winter, who took the individual and group photos, and Kris Meyer, who designed the cover. Thanks to all. Nina De Bisschop and Lisa Torres Page 1 ANTA FALL DIAGNE My name is Anta Fall Diagne. I am from Senegal, which is a small country located in West Africa. I came to the U.S. in 2013 to join my husband. I live in the USA with my husband and my little daughter, who is twenty months old. I work as an auditor in an export packaging company (XPAC). I got a pharmacy degree at the University Cheick Anta Diop of Dakar (UCAD). I am taking ESL classes to improve my English, which is not my native language. After finishing my ESL classes and having a good fluency in English, my goal is to take pharmacy courses and become a pharmacist in the U.S. since it was my profession in my country. College Degree System in Senegal versus in the United States The most important and honorable richness that will always remain a benefit to people is knowledge. Many people think that having money is richness, but it is not because money may disappear. There are many ways of getting knowledge: knowledge received from parental education, knowledge obtained from life experience, knowledge gained from schools, etc... However, the universal one is the knowledge received from academic schools. Even though courses and majors may seem the same throughout the world, educational methods and systems are different from one country to another. For example, in two countries, Senegal, my native country, and the United States, the college education systems are different. The differences are mostly noticed in the cost of a college degree, the method of instruction, and the quality of education. First of all, attending college in the U.S. is one of the biggest problems that American students are confronted with after graduating from high schools because of the expensive cost of tuition. Even though the American government offers some public services such as grants and financial aid, many American students quit school after high school because of the lack of money. Conversely, in Senegal, colleges and universities are part of the public service, so they are free and managed by the government. As a result, any Senegalese citizen who has graduated from high school, which requires passing a national exam in Senegal, has the right to register for a university for free. Students may take four years or six years of class and will only have to pay the annual fee, which is about ten or fifteen dollars per year. Furthermore, college students in Senegal also benefit from a monthly allowance for their needs on the campus. You may see many adolescents seeking a high school diploma just to have the comfort that many of them don’t have at their homes. They may benefit more on the campus of the university. Plus, while many American college students are struggling to pay school loans for 10 or 15 years, Senegalese students are not confronted with loan problems. Since the school is free, it is rare to see people paying for school there unless it is a private university. Secondly, even though majors and classes taken in the U.S. and in Senegal might be academically equal, the systems of instruction differ. In Senegal, college and universities offer programs including both undergraduate and graduate, or professional classes. Whatever the Page 2 major that students may take, classes are taken separately. For example, a student willing to have a major in medicine can't take a biology class one year and take another one in the next year; the student will need to take all of the classes required for the year, which may be equal to 7 to 13 classes a year. Conversely, in the U.S., except in some rare institutions that offer both, many schools offer basic classes and professional classes separately. Furthermore, in the U.S., colleges often offer undergraduate degrees while the universities offer the professional degrees. Contrarily, in Senegal, there are no differences between colleges and universities. In addition, the calendar of the college program in the U.S. is also different from the calendar of Senegalese college programs. In Senegal, the college year begins in November and ends in July, with only two evaluation exams in between: a midterm exam, which is often in March, and a final, which is in July. Besides the two exams during the year, a makeup exam is offered in October to give a second chance to the students who failed the first exam. In contrast, in the U.S., the college year is divided into three semesters: fall, which is between August and December, spring which is between January and May, and summer, which is an intense class between June and August. Each semester often contains two exams: a midterm exam and a final exam. In Senegal, any homework done outside of the class is not counted toward the student’s grade, unlike in the US, where homework done at home is part of the student’s grade. Thirdly, even though the quality of education offered in both countries, Senegal and the U.S. is theoretically and academically similar, there are differences in the areas of experimentation and practice. Indeed, in the area of experimentation and practice, the students who graduate from the universities and colleges in the U.S. might be better off than students who graduate from the universities and colleges in Senegal. As an undeveloped country, some failures of the quality of the college education may be due to the lack of performance, materials, and laboratories. In addition, in the area of scientific majors in Senegal, students miss out on a great deal of scientific experimentation that should be done during their schooling because of the lack of products and tools. Another fact that affects the quality of college education in Senegal is the insufficient number of offices and companies for students’ internships; you may sometimes see a student graduate with a bachelor’s or a master’s in his major without taking any internships or training in his major. Contrarily, in the U.S., there many companies and offices where college students may take internships and training. Also, in the U.S., instructors focus more on practice and experimentation than on theories, compared to Senegal where theories are dominant. In summary, even though they have some similarities in the areas of majors and courses offered, the college education system in the U.S. is different from the college education in Senegal. The accessibility,
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