Case Study Report Chapter 11

1.Statement of the problem
A.Definition: Jack had nerd personality in high school. After he became a college student, he joined group “Gamma Delta Chi”. In the initiation, he drunk several alcohols to be a member of Gamma Delta Chi.

B.Analysis: The main character “Jack Donohue” is a freshman at Colorado State College. He is study computer science. He was a kind of nerd person in his high school period. He wants to be cool and he joined Gamma Delta Chi which is the most famous in the college. The initiation of the group was drinking beer all night. He accepted for several bottle of hard liquors, after that he lost his sense. He should choose to go out for Gamma Delta Chi or to stay.


2.Suggestion of Possible Solutions

A.Solution1: He has to tell the situation of initiation to the college office or security. Otherwise, he will drink more alcohol in the next party, because Gamma Delta Chi is an intoxicating world.

B.Solution2: He had better adjust this culture of Gamma Delta Chi quickly, and then he will popular and cool in Gamma Delta Chi.

C.Solution3: Suggest to the leader of Gamma Delta Chi to remove this kind of initiation in next time and reduce the time of having the party.

3.Evaluation of Possible Solutions

A.Solution1
1.Advantages: No more drink. He will back to as a normal college freshman.
2.Disadvantages: No popular. Nobody will pay attention to him.

B.Solution2
1.Advantages: To be popular and cool in the Gamma Delta Chi, and change his personality.
2.Disadvantages: He will lose his own personality and bad for health.

C.Solution3
1.Advantages: Change Gamma Delta Chi as a good and formal group and it also good for health, because of less party.
2.Disadvantages: He probably kicks out from Gamma Delta Chi. It is dangerous.

4. Selection of a Solution

A. Choice: Solution 1

B. Justification: I think that he does not have to change his personality and to be popular like that. There are many ways to be popular in the college. He has to tell the truth and let college judge them. After that he should find another ways to be popular. For example, join a musical instrument club, or some sports clubs

Film Analysis Form

Summary and Analysis

Dawson is a good student. He always gets a high grade on exam. He had a girlfriend. One day, the girl friend came to him and gave the exactly exam about PSAT. PAST was very important exam and it is only take once, but Dawson did not want to take the exam papers, because he is honest. However, he takes the exam papers from his girl friend. He brings the papers to the school. At that time, fire alarm sounded. So, he had to leave his stuff in the class room. After he comes back, the papers were gone. He tried to find the paper, but he couldn’t. One day before take the exam, he fought with his friend Pacey, because of the problem of girl friend and the lost papers. In the next day, they gave the exam up and they came out and discuss why they did fight. In episode 15, Joey painted a picture on the wall. She was good at painting. She finished painting, and at the showing day, the picture was screwed up by someone. Her friend finally found the culprit. The culprit was white and rich and his father is a policeman. He is often breaking the school’s rule. So the president of school, he decided to kick him out of the school. Also, Andie told to the president of school that she plagiarized, but he forgive her, because she is honest and she knows her fault.

Relation to Case Study

In the case study from chapter 9 and chapter 10 and in this movie, I can see the big part of the plagiarism and small part of racism. In general in this movie, Andie stole the exam paper and plagiarized on the PSAT and get a high score. However, she recognized her fault and told the truth to the school president. Also the episode 15, the culprit told that he is white and rich, so he doesn’t think he have to following the school rules in front of the black school president. In my opinion, it is a part of the racism.

Reaction to Film

I was very interested in this movie, because I have watched the film that related to American high school. I could learn the American high school student’s informal communication and there also has action, sport, love and truth. This drama was fresh to me and good to watch, except their takings were very fast. I was little bit hard to understand. In the next time watch this drama, I will try to understand and listen carefully what they saying.

Definition of Plagiarism

American Culture
03.01.10
Edy

Definition of Plagiarism


I am going to describe my country’s rules about a writer’s citation of sources by answering the several questions. In my country, there has lots of citation such as a news, stories and books. In my opinion, they do not use the considered words in the property of the writer. They almost use easy words when they do a citation of sources and they almost do use the footnotes after the words of the source that where did they get the information. Sometimes, it could be a short summary of the news, stories and books and sometimes it could be an opinion of them. Actually, they do not usually use quotation marks. If there has any important words or represent sentences of the essay on the essay, then they do use on the sentence. And then, some of people might use a bibliography or list of references on the citation of sources, but, most of people do not use bibliography and list, because it is not too general and annoying to them.

Actually, I did not contact with many of essay which is related to plagiarism and citation in the United States and Korea, but according to my experience, Korea and the United States’ plagiarism and citation of sources are not very different. In my opinion, both countries many students are trying to avoid that is not plagiarism. Some of Koreans are often forget to copy the essay, news and books without citing the source, but, broken rule for citation is not a big deal, so it is not a big issue and problem in college, but in the United States, citing source is very important. If you do not citing source when you copy something, it may change as a plagiarism. So, when you copy someone’s essay or idea, you must citing the source and be careful.

Witness Reaction to Film

I really enjoyed this movie very much because it was the almost first action and thriller movie between we watched in the last semester. I like this story and inversion at the middle of this movie. Even though it is a nineteen eighty’s movie but it was awesome, something like their expression, and acting. I could learn the American’s life in the past twenty years. I wish watch a movie which is similar one in the next time.

Witness Relation to Case Study

This movie is related on Chapter 12 which is Dita story. The main character of Witness is the policeman John. He is a normal American. He felt culture shock from Amish people. There are lots of different things were different between them. Even though, they are living in the same country, because of tribe culture, he felt culture shock. In the Dita case, she is from Indonesia and she also felt culture shock. In my opinion, whoever, even who you are, if you are lived in the different culture and environment, then will feel culture shock.

Witness Summary and Analysis

The main character of this movie is a policeman, a mother and a boy. The boy’s name is Samuel, the policeman’s name is John and the mother’s name is Rachel. Samuel and Rachel went to Philadelphia to go to travel. They were waiting for the train. During the waiting Samuel went to rest room. At rest room, he saw a situation that two person were killing a man. So Samuel became only one person who saw the situation of the case. John asked him several things about them. John tried to find them with Samuel for several days. But they could not find them. One day, Samuel saw the picture which is the policeman picture collection and said “he is him.” But the boss of the police office and lots of policeman were same side with the murderer. The policemen were trying to kill them. They escape to a place where Amish living. John and they were lived together and helped them. He felt culture shock between Amish people and normal American. Finally, policemen were found them and trying to kill them. But, John saves them and John left the place.

Evaluation of Their acting

I am going to evaluate the No. B’s acting. I think, they did well but, there has several problems. Someone acted extra one (not necessary character). That is made me confused. Also, they act with script out. It is very obviously thing but, I mean, they did a good job. That was almost extemporaneous speaking. Therefore, some of parts were not perfect and not smooth. I feel sad about that. Also, the other problem is their decision. The three decisions were very unfair and not advantage to the main character that have the problem with her roommate. The only one thing that I remember is go back to your country. It is too extreme decision. Then, if I have a same problem with the acting, it means, just bear the entire problem and annoying things until my roommate going out? Or just let me go back to my country? It is not a good decision. The decisions were made me angry. If the team is changed their decision, then the acting was more perfect and nice.

Compare Dita and Masika Z. Smith

I am going to compare the case of adjust in the United States which is Dita story and Masika Z. Smith story. There are a lot of similarity and differences. First of all, I will talk about the differences about two cases. They are come from different places. Dita is come from Indonesia and Masika is come from Democratic Republic of Congo in Central Africa. Their period of living in USA also different, Masika have living in the United States for seven years. And Dita have living in the United States only for one semester. Moreover, Masika was married with a white man. But, Dita is only a student. That means, Masika has a family in the United States. Actually, she made her family in the United States. But Dita has no family in the United States. She is alone. Obviously she did not marry. There has a difference of them about their place where they live in the United States. Masika is West Texas. And Dita is Boston for studying. Masika came to the United States for a bachelor's degree in psychology from a small liberal arts college in West Texas. And Dita had been awarded a full scholarship by the Indonesian government to attend college in the United States. According to Masika’s talking with counselor and she began believing in her ability and herself. She had a passion to study her own and her work. But Dita was not. Because of her feeling of tired and hard, she still got a low grades on her quizzes, tests, and her essay with talking with her professor or discussion out. It means, Dita had not her passion to study very hard at the college.

But, there has also lots of similarity on both of them. First of all, they both are international student. Actually, they are not Native American. Therefore they do not have the perfect English skill yet. And they are women. There are a lot of similarity between their feeling of adjust and adapt to the United States. They both were felt it is not suitable and appropriate about them and their culture. Such as they were had problem about foods, weather, and no friends in there. That mean is they were lonely. They were also had a problem on communicate with their friends, professor, and roommate. I think they actually did not enjoy and love about living in the United States. Obviously, they both were felt about culture shock during the move to the United States. Feelings related with this phase included shock, scare, disappointment, anger and confusion. And they were hard to understand their class. They had conversation with counselor for get some suggestions about how to adjust better to the United States. But the results were not very good. They are hoping to change their life better adjust in the United States. From the starting to the ending, they always carry, worry about their America life. And also think about what is the problem on them.

Smoke Signals Film Analysis Report

Summary and Analysis

Thomas and Victor were main character of Smoke Signal and they were Native American. Victor’s father was like to drink alcohol and play with friends. He used to like to drink everyday and his wife interrupted him and he got upset and left his home. And then he has not come back. But, there has one more reason why he left his home. When Victor and Thomas were baby, Victor’s father did firework at the midnight while he is drunken. Unfortunately, because of his firework Thomas’s house was burn. And Thomas’s father is died after he throws Thomas out of the window. And Victor’s father got the baby. But, he always thought that Thomas’s father’s dead is his fault. So he has to leave the town.

After Victor and Thomas were growing up, Victor’s mother got a phone call that Victor’s father was die. And Victor and Thomas were trying to go to get the bones. They took the bus and walk several days. Finally, they arrived a house where Victor’s bone is. And they talked with a woman who living in the house. The woman was loved Victor’s father and she told Victor about his anxious and his regret. Victor heard the story of his father and went to back to his hometown. He thought his father was not a only like drinking alcohol. His father was really caring about his family. Victor knew the truth and the love of his father.

Relation to Case Study

In the “Smoke Signal” the main characters are Native American. They felt racism in the bus and somewhere in the movie. Because of they are Indian, the bus’s people’s attention were quite not good. The people’s eyes were looks like looking a stranger or beggar. Also, they have stolen their chair from an American while they went to restroom. In the chapter 10, the attention of students to look the Francine and Tony couple was quite not good. I think, there could have much racism anywhere in the whole world.

Reaction to Film

I was really moving on this movie. This movie was the best movie which I have seen movies since I came to Kutztown University. There speech was very easy to understand. Their speech was very easy to understand, there also has a moral. In my opinion, the moral is feel happy when you with your family together. Victor knew the truth of father and his love. He thought the only reason that his father left is alcohol. But that wasn’t. He was feeling sorry for their family and Thomas’s family. He couldn’t live in the town with his crime even that was an accident. But he couldn’t accept it. I think, the movie was very great. I want to watch a movie something like this in the next time.

Chapter 10 - Racism - Case Study Report

1.Statement of the Problem

A.Definition: Some of students are hate Francine and Tony’s relationship.
B.Analysis: Because the couple is relationship of black and white. So other white students do not like this.

2.Suggestion of Possible Solutions

A.Solution 1: They should be together what other student’s behavior and excitement.
B.Solution 2: They should break up their relationship.
C.Solution 3: They should call to school security or police.

3.Evaluation of Possible Solutions

A.Solution1
(1)Advantages: If they really want to be together, then, they should be together. That is love and happiness.
(2)Disadvantages: It is probably very dangerous. They could get injured by some students. Because, the other students are often yelled to them with informal ways and sometimes, they slashed Francine’s car’s tire.

B.Solution 2

(1)Advantages: They will not get any injure anymore. Both of them will safe. In the security side is good.
(2)Disadvantages: If they really do not want to break up, that is tragedy. They could not keep their love. Because of some of students who has a racism.

C.Solution 3

(1)Advantages: They would not get any injure and stress for other students. They will safe.
(2)Disadvantages: If the students, get punish or arrest by police or school security, then after the period of the punishment, they will get very serious attack by them. It will probably very dangerous.

4.Selection of a Solution

A.Choice: I choose solution 2.

B.Justification: If they break up, then they would not get any injure or stress anymore. If they do not have a deep relationship, then it is good time to consider their relationship to break up. But, if they really love each other, they could date other side of the school or I could break up during the period of the university. Then, they can love after the graduation of the university. The most important thing is their safety.

Chapter 12 Voca

Voca: culture shock
Definition: a state of bewilderment and distress experienced by an individual who is suddenly exposed to a new, strange, or foreign social and cultural environment
Example: I got a culture shock after I came to the United States.

Voca: customs
Definition: Sociology. a group pattern of habitual activity usually transmitted from one generation to another
Example: Shaking hands in the meeting is a traditional custom.

Voca: thrilled
Definition: to affect one with a wave of emotion or excitement
Example: I thrilled after I watched the movie.

Chapter 9 Voca

Voca: accuse
Definition: to charge with the fault, offense, or crime (usually fol. by of): He accused him of murder
Example: He accuse a person as a murderer.

Voca: allegation
Definition: an assertion made by a party in a legal proceeding, which the party then undertakes to prove
Example: There has no allegation to prove that.

Voca: bucks
Definition: An amount of money: working overtime to make an extra buck
Example: Just give me 20 bucks.

Chapter 4 Voca

Voca: apologize
Definition: to offer an apology or excuse for some fault,insult,failure,injury
Example: I apologized to the professor about my plagiarism.

Voca: on time
Definition: at the appointed time,punctually
Example: I should come to class on time.


Voca: depressing
Definition: to make sad or gloomy; lower in spirits,deject,dispirit.
Example: I'm depressing today because of my mid term grade.

Chapter 3 Voca

Voca: Homesick
Definition: sad or depressed from a longing for home or family while away from them for a long time.
Example: I often feel homesick after I came to the United States.

Voca: Value
Definition: equivalent worth or return in money, material, services, etc.: to give value for value received
Example: Do you know the value of evidence?

Voca: shocked
Definition: a sudden and violent blow or impact collision.
Example: The shocked of an earthquake was very serious.

Chapter 1 Voca

Voca: Effort
Definition: something done by exertion or hard work.
Example: You should make some effort if you do not want to get F.

Voca: midterm
Definition: the middle or halfway point of a term, as a school term or term of office.
Example: Last midterm was very difficult to me.

Voca: question
Definition: a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
Example: I have a question about that.

Chapter 9 - Plagirism - Case Study Report

1.Statement of the Problem

A.Definition: He plagirised someone’s article.
B.Analysis: It is absolutely illegal and he should apologize to professor.

2.Suggestion of Possible Solutions

A.Solution1: He should apologize to professor to get a opportunity to make this up.
B.Solution2: He have to tell the lie to get the grade.
C.Solution3: Get the punish of professor and take the class in the next semester.

3.Evaluation of Possible Solutions

A.Solution1

(1)Advantages: If he apologize to professor and persuade him, then in the fortunately case, he could get an opportunity.
(2)Disadvantages: I think, there has no disadvantage for this solution.

B.Solution2

(1)Advantages: If the professor trust his lie, then he can get his grade.
(2)Disadvantage: If the professor do not trust what he say, then in the most terrible he could kick out of the school.

C.Solution3

(1)Advantages: He does not have to argue this problem with the professor.
(2)Disadvantages: He probably get F, then he should take the class again in the next semester.

4.Selection of a Solution

A.Choice: I choose solution1.
B.Justification: The solution is the obvious action what he should do. And in the fortunately case, I could get another opportunity to make this up. At least, this solution has no disadvantage. If I was him, I would do as this solution.

Animal House- Summary of Opening Scene

Larry and Kent were became a freshman in a college. They joined a group “Omega”. But the Omega’s members were not thought that they are not fit on Omega. So Omega introduced a strange people like not talkative people and unfamiliar with Omega. Finally Larry and Kent left Omega and they were joined Delta. Delta was more friendly and comfortable for them. Delta liked enjoying freedom and breaking the rules. So Larry and Kent thought that Delta is more fits on them.

Chapter1 - Motivation - Case Study Report

1. Statement of the problem


A. Definition
-She misunderstood about teacher’s talking.
-She has some problem in English class.

B. Analysis.

- Her English is not at a high enough level.
- In general, she can’t understand what teacher saying.
- She has lack of participation and she usually asks any questions to the teacher.
- She really disappointed with her grade.


2. Suggestion of possible solutions.

1. She has to go to the library everyday to improve her English skill.
2. She has to ask to her teacher what she can’t understand.
3. She has to attend class every day. Also she ought to make lots of participation on her class.

3. Evaluation of possible solutions

1. Advantage: she will improve her English skill
Disadvantage: That will make her tired.

1. Advantage: She will have great relationship with her teacher.
Disadvantage: That’s might be make teacher annoying.

3. Advantage: That will make lots of good effects on her grade.
Disadvantage: It’s very hard to change her personality.

4. Selection of a Solution.

A. Choice: She has to ask to her teacher what she can’t understand.

B. Justification: If she often ask question to her teacher. Then, the teacher’s view of Mei will change. Also, she can make good relationship with her teacher.

Chapter 12 - Culture Shock - Case Study Report

Solution.

1. She has to improve her listening skill, because she can’t understand what professor talk about.. Also she needs to pay attention on the class.

Advantage: If she improve her listening skill, she can get a good grade and easy to understand the class.

Disadvantage: If she improves her listening skill that will be no time to take a rest. Then she will feel tired.


2. She should talk with her roommates a lot. Even the talking topic is about sexual activities. She has to listen. That will get more opportunity to talk with roommates than do not talk.

Advantage: If she is going to talk with her roommates a lot. Then she won’t feel lonely.

Disadvantage: That will be waste time to study or take a rest. And then her grade will get down.


3. If she can’t bear these problems, the best way is go back to her country.

Advantage: she will not feel lonely.

Disadvantage: She will lose opportunity of study in the United States.

I choose solution number 1.

Because of her main problem is listening. That means if her American friends talk fast, then she couldn’t understand what they saying. So if she improves her listening skill that she can understand the classes and can make lots of American friends. Then she will not feel lonely. Finally everything is going to be fine.

Case Study report of chapter 3

1. Statement of the problem

A.Definition

Maria's roommate is making a noise.

B.Analysis

Maria feels annoying and angry about her roommate's noisying.

2. Suggestion of Possible Solutions

A. Solution 1

She have to make a conversation with her roommate and tell her what she feels and request of her roommate.

B. Solution 2

She should tell the police or social security or school security about her situation. Then they will make this up.

C. Solution 3

She have to keep patience until end of the semester and go to the housing office and make an order to change dorm in next semester.

3. Evaluation of Possible Solutions

A. Solution 1

1. Adv: It is very polite and formal way to solve the problem
2. Dis: If the conversation will fail, then the situation will getting worse.

B. Solution 2

1. Adv: The security will make a specific solution immidiately.
2. Dis: If the work fail, then she and her roommate's relationship will getting worse.

C. Solution 3

1. Adv: It will make no problem with her roommate.
2. Dis: She will get a lot of stress for that.

4. Selection of solution

A. choice: Solution 1
B. Justification: The solution 2 is the safest solution among these solutions. And also it is very formal and polite way. The roommate is not going to angry with the conversation for this problem.