Pivotal momentOrder Description
Answer the assignment question: How did you get to college? Guided by the reading Pivotal Moments book , you should discuss additional factors that influenced your
attendance at Saint Joseph and/or discuss factors mentioned previously with more complexity. Like the reading, make sure you consider the personal, familial, social,
and institutional aspects of your school experiences that supported or inhibited your college access. The application of the key concepts social capital and cultural
capital is additionally required in your essay. Use evidence from the course readings in your response.
Please note that this assignment is intended to cover the period before you came to Saint Joseph, that is, your high school and earlier educational experiences.
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Rubric:
In-depth discussion of personal, familial, institutional and social factors that
influenced your college access.
In-depth discussion of factors that supported and inhibited college your access
Integration of the Pivotal Moments framework and reading into the analysis of
your college access
Integration of the concepts social capital and cultural capital into the analysis of
your college access.
Strong use of evidence from the course readings.
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The book is
Espinoza, Roberta. (2011). Pivotal moments: How educators can put all students on the path to college. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.
I have attached the readings
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Personal info
Im from Saudi Arabia and I got my bachelor from there, before entering my bachelor degree I dont have any problem access and apply into college because the education
is free. Also, I dont have issues in admission process such as apply in college and filled out the application ..,etc. But, I have issues in English classes . All my
parents and friends graduated from university so my parents expected me to go to 4- year university and they encouraged me too.
The education and life system in Saudi Arabia are totally difference from US. Even if we are first generation students, we still could apply to college without help.
Maybe the system more flexible than US.
I have graduated from Saudi Arabia with higher GPA so that allowed me to apply for scholarship to continue my graduate study in Sain Joseph in US. I dont have
financial issues because the government responsible for everything. The government gave me a list of best education college in US. I filled out the application by
myself and sent all the requirements. Of course , there are factors inhibited me such as the English not is my native language, the application process, finding home.
and also I have to learn how to drive in a short time so I can go to college. the woman couldnt in my country. And I have to deal with different cultural. But which
help me to deal with that I was well- traveled internationally and I regularly attended museums