The Effect of Immigrant Parents on their Children Choices of Education

Zahraa Alquraini

Dr. Rhee

English 812

April 10, 2019

Essay 3 (Outline)

The Effect of Immigrant Parents on their Children Education Choices

Thesis:

Parent immigrants can influence their children education choices as they go to college. Immigrants children tend to choose their college majors based on their parent work, expectation and financial status.

Point 1: Parent Inspiration

Topic sentence:

Most of college students follow their parent foot step when they choose their majors in college.

Counterclaim:

Students are often inspired by their parent because they value and honor them since their childhood.

Evidence 1:

Parent dedication to their work can make a huge impact on their children career choices (Hohn, Mohammed 4)

Evidence 2:

In Turkey 2010, a survey was taken on 449 undergraduate students from different universities to find out the influence factor on their major choices. The survey result showed that most of the students chose their major because they saw their parents or other family member work in the same field.

Point 2: Parent Expectation

Topic sentence:

Parent sometimes pushes their children to choose certain majors that they think it’s a better choice.

Counterclaim:

Some students admit that they chose their majors based on their parent expectation.

Evidence 1:

Immigrant parents want to reach their American dream through their children, which affect the children education choices just to please their parent.

Point 3: Parent Financial Status

Topic sentence:

The tuition for college in the U.S. is very expensive in general, which make the financial status of the students’ parents an important factor that affect their education choices.

Counterclaim:

Immigrants students who came from a low-income family are more likely to struggle if they want to pursue a higher education.

Evidence 1:

Asian immigrants are more likely to hold a high skill position like engineering or medical profession, where on the other hand, the Latino immigrants are mostly holding positions like unskilled labor or manual workers due to their low financial status. (Baum 173)

Work Cited

Hond Marcia & Mohammed Denzil. “New Kind of Ellis Island as Second-Generation Immigrants Land on College Campuses” EBSCO Host. Web. April 10, 2019

Sandy Baum and Stella M. Flores. “Higher Education and Children in Immigrants Families” Future of Children VOL.21/NO.1/Spring 2011. 171-193 Print

Yazici Sedat & Yazici Asli. “Students' choice of college major and their perceived fairness of the procedure: evidence from Turkey” EBSCO Host. Web. April 10, 2019