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Any ATech'ers College Students? If so, can you help me with a survey?

hazukidoragon

Junior Member
I need to write a paper on diversity, so in order to do that I must survey some college students.

If you could answer these questions right on this thread or private messaging me or e-mailing me the answers to akuma_83@hotmail - it would help a ton!

1. Where are you from (born) and how do you ethnically identify?

2. How are you financing your education?

3. What is your major?

4. Why did you choose that major?

5. What role did your parents play in your choice of major?

6. Do you believe in God or some form of a Higher Power? What religion (if any) are you?

7. What are the three most important influences in your life?

8. What does ?education? mean to you?

9. Do you have friends of other ethnic groups?

10. What stereotypes are you aware of about your ethnic group that you most disagree with and dislike?

11. What stereotypes are you aware of about your ethnic group that you most agree with?
 
1. Where are you from (born) and how do you ethnically identify?

seattle, chinese

2. How are you financing your education?

parents

3. What is your major?

computer science

4. Why did you choose that major?

i like the subject matter, i'm good at it, and i know i can make money with it

5. What role did your parents play in your choice of major?

they suggested it as something i might enjoy

6. Do you believe in God or some form of a Higher Power? What religion (if any) are you?

nope

7. What are the three most important influences in your life?

my dad, my mom, and my thoughts.

8. What does ?education? mean to you?

the propagation of knowledge

9. Do you have friends of other ethnic groups?

yep

10. What stereotypes are you aware of about your ethnic group that you most disagree with and dislike?

bad drivers

11. What stereotypes are you aware of about your ethnic group that you most agree with?[/quote]

studious
 
1. Born in Turkey. I am a causian European, grandchild of Ottomon Emperors 🙂
2. Parents pay for it. Will pay them back when I graduate.
3. Business Management/Marketing
4. Because most hot chicks are in it.
5. Nothing. They let me decide.
6. I believe in God, but no religion. There is only god, no Jesus, no Muhammed.
7. My parents, my friends, and movies.
8. I don't know. Education in college is a waste of time... other types, i dunno...
9. Yes I do.
10. A lot of them are rich, dependent on parents (not just college, everything.)... I don't dislike them, I laugh at them, because life is not puffy pink.
11. We all look good 😀
 
1) Brunswick Maine, White

2)parents / saveings

3) Physics, Math minio, studio art minor

4)cause i like physics

5)none

6) No

7) parents, friends, self

8) the process of aquireing knowledge

9) yes

10) that we are all raceist

11) i dont agree with any streotypes
 
1. Where are you from (born) and how do you ethnically identify?
Born In Santa Cruz, California. Don't really identify myself with any particular ethnic group, but I look like any other white guy.

2. How are you financing your education?
My parents pay my tuition.

3. What is your major?
Computer Science

4. Why did you choose that major?
It interests me

5. What role did your parents play in your choice of major?
My dad got me intersted in computers when I was about 12.

6. Do you believe in God or some form of a Higher Power? What religion (if any) are you?
No.

7. What are the three most important influences in your life?
I hate questions like this. Um, three things that are most likely to influence what I do. Hmm... my fiancee, my paycheck, and hmmm... can't think of a third that's really gonig to affect my decisions.

8. What does ?education? mean to you?
Learning useful or culturally significant stuff.

9. Do you have friends of other ethnic groups?
Yes

10. What stereotypes are you aware of about your ethnic group that you most disagree with and dislike?
I dunno, I don't seem to be stereotyped as "white" very often. I guess some people seem to think that all white people are rich oppresses of poor minorities.

11. What stereotypes are you aware of about your ethnic group that you most agree with?[/quote]
I dunno... can't think of any.
 
1. Kentucky, white

2. gaurdians

3. secondary Education

4. coin flip


5. none

6. no


7. ummm, n/a


8. preparation


9.yes


10. that i am a dirty hillbilly


11. n/a

 
1. Merritt Island, FL. I mostly identify with the Catholic Church.
2. I'm paying cash and working hard for it.
3. What is your major? Right now, AA from a community college.
4. It's a stepping stone to my dream of being a Latin-American missionary who brings technology to the third world.
5. None if at all.
6. I'm going to be a Catholic priest.
7. Friends. Family. Religious Leaders.
8. Education is all about preparing your mind to use it to promote the greater good. It's all about finding your skills and tuning them to be the best you can be.
9. Yes.
10. Only a handful of Catholic priests fondle little children. Don't let South Park episodes lead you to believe otherwise.
11. From what I've seen, most Catholics do consume more alcohol than your average Protestant. (Fundamentalists oppose it altogether, actually.) I'm no exception.:beer:
 
1. Where are you from (born) and how do you ethnically identify?

East Liverpool, OH caucasian

2. How are you financing your education?

Student loans and full-time job

3. What is your major?

MIS

4. Why did you choose that major?

I like the subject matter and I'm good at it.

5. What role did your parents play in your choice of major?

Told me to pursue what interested me

6. Do you believe in God or some form of a Higher Power? What religion (if any) are you?

Yes
Edit: I was raised Episcopal

7. What are the three most important influences in your life?

My family, my fiance, my time involved with the BSA

8. What does ?education? mean to you?

Learning

9. Do you have friends of other ethnic groups?

Yes

10. What stereotypes are you aware of about your ethnic group that you most disagree with and dislike?

That white people are what's wrong with the world

11. What stereotypes are you aware of about your ethnic group that you most agree with?

None
 
1. Where are you from (born) and how do you ethnically identify?

New Hampshire, Chinese

2. How are you financing your education?

Parents

3. What is your major?

Electrical Engineering

4. Why did you choose that major?

This is the major that I am interested in. Or at least I think so...

5. What role did your parents play in your choice of major?

None.

6. Do you believe in God or some form of a Higher Power? What religion (if any) are you?

Yes, Roman Catholic

7. What are the three most important influences in your life?

Parents, Past Life Experiences, Friends

8. What does ?education? mean to you?

Getting thru college in order to attain a worthless degree then learning everything on the job.

9. Do you have friends of other ethnic groups?

Yes, I don't really identify very well with other asians.

10. What stereotypes are you aware of about your ethnic group that you most disagree with and dislike?

I can go on and on. I guess the stereotype that we are all smart and have no social life.

11. What stereotypes are you aware of about your ethnic group that you most agree with?

I don't agree with stereotypes. Thats why they are stereotypes and every person is different.
 
1. silver spring, md, chinese
2. paying for school myself, no loans
3. Operations Research
4. lots of career opportunities + i'm good at math
5. none
6. yes, Roman Catholic
7. family, God, friends
8. learning and experiencing new things
9. yes
10. nerdy, unathletic, small d!cks 😛
11. hardworking
 
Welcome to the board, please enable your profile.

1. Where are you from (born) and how do you ethnically identify?
Born: Singapore Race: Chinese

2. How are you financing your education?
Part Time HP Job and Daddy

3. What is your major?
BBA and minor in mathematics

4. Why did you choose that major?
Love business and numbers. In business you get to meet many different people. The change and challenge.

5. What role did your parents play in your choice of major?
Medium

6. Do you believe in God or some form of a Higher Power? What religion (if any) are you?
Yes. Christian ( although never baptized)

7. What are the three most important influences in your life?
Daddy, mommy, Hewlett-Packard

8. What does ?education? mean to you?
Getting the right skill, character and experience needed to face in the ever changing and challenging society.

9. Do you have friends of other ethnic groups?
Yes

10. What stereotypes are you aware of about your ethnic group that you most disagree with and dislike?
Can?t think of any

11. What stereotypes are you aware of about your ethnic group that you most agree with?
Chinese are study nerd.

 
1. Where are you from (born) and how do you ethnically identify?

Helena, Mt. Caucasian

2. How are you financing your education?

Taking on loans in my name.

3. What is your major?

Industrial Engineering

4. Why did you choose that major?

IE's have a wide background enabling them to be useful in many roles: Upper Management, Logistics, etc etc.

5. What role did your parents play in your choice of major?

None.

6. Do you believe in God or some form of a Higher Power? What religion (if any) are you?

I have always been Agnostic.

7. What are the three most important influences in your life?

Family, Friendship, Happiness.

8. What does ?education? mean to you?

Being educated means having the tools needed to make the decisions required in every day life. The more educated one is, the more tools they have at their disposal.

9. Do you have friends of other ethnic groups?

Yes. Hispanic, Black, Indian, Native American.

10. What stereotypes are you aware of about your ethnic group that you most disagree with and dislike?

All white people are racist. All white people only care about other white people. Americans are lazy.

11. What stereotypes are you aware of about your ethnic group that you most agree with?

n/a
 
1. Where are you from (born) and how do you ethnically identify?

Johannesburg, South Africa, White

2. How are you financing your education?

My family put some money aside to send me to college

3. What is your major?

History/political Science

4. Why did you choose that major?

It was an area of interest to be besides computers

5. What role did your parents play in your choice of major?

None

6. Do you believe in God or some form of a Higher Power? What religion (if any) are you?

Yes, Mormon

7. What are the three most important influences in your life?

My mother, One of my old High School Teachers, cant think of a third right now

8. What does ?education? mean to you?

Increasing your knowledge

9. Do you have friends of other ethnic groups?

Yes

10. What stereotypes are you aware of about your ethnic group that you most disagree with and dislike?

Besides being asked how many wives I have (which I know is just a joke the way they ask 🙂 ), its the general misconceptions that people have about South Africa (I'm in the US now), and people kept asking if I lived in a mud hut etc.

11. What stereotypes are you aware of about your ethnic group that you most agree with?

I dunno.....The fact that the metric system is the way to go?
😕
 
1. Where are you from (born) and how do you ethnically identify?

Canada, Canadian.

2. How are you financing your education?

Myself, bank loans.

3. What is your major?

Computer network technology

4. Why did you choose that major?

Been using computers since the age of three. No, I'm not joking.

5. What role did your parents play in your choice of major?

None, really, other than saying "That sounds perfect."

6. Do you believe in God or some form of a Higher Power? What religion (if any) are you?

I'm not an atheist - I know I'm God.

7. What are the three most important influences in your life?

My parents, my best friend, and my own random states of heightened consciousness.

8. What does ?education? mean to you?

Going through a bullsh!t program that I could teach in order to get a damned piece of paper that says I can do what I could at the age of twelve.

9. Do you have friends of other ethnic groups?

Tons.

10. What stereotypes are you aware of about your ethnic group that you most disagree with and dislike?

Listen to the "I Am Canadian" rant. I don't have a dogsled, live in an igloo, or eat pemmican.

11. What stereotypes are you aware of about your ethnic group that you most agree with?

We got some bitchin' beer - and despite my example, we're mostly as polite as everyone says.

- M4H
 
Originally posted by: hazukidoragon
I need to write a paper on diversity, so in order to do that I must survey some college students.

If you could answer these questions right on this thread or private messaging me or e-mailing me the answers to akuma_83@hotmail - it would help a ton!

1. Where are you from (born) and how do you ethnically identify?
<------------------------Phoenix, Arizona - Caucasian
2. How are you financing your education?
<----My parents are
3. What is your major?
<---Secondary Education
4. Why did you choose that major?
<---I have always loved teaching and school.
5. What role did your parents play in your choice of major?
<--none
6. Do you believe in God or some form of a Higher Power? What religion (if any) are you?
<I believe the possability exists, but I do not consider myself to be of any religion
7. What are the three most important influences in your life?
<--father, grandmother, mother
8. What does ?education? mean to you?
<---It means conveying the understanding of a subject (and not subject in the terms of bisiness, history, math, etc)
9. Do you have friends of other ethnic groups?
<---yes
10. What stereotypes are you aware of about your ethnic group that you most disagree with and dislike?
<---lets see, racism would probably be the biggest. For the most part, we DON'T CARE where the hell you came from, but if you make a big issue of it, we will start to care.
11. What stereotypes are you aware of about your ethnic group that you most agree with?
<---positive stereotypes? uhhh, those don't exist do they?
 
1. Where are you from (born) and how do you ethnically identify?
Born in Walnut Creek California, i'm Taiwanese (asian-american)

2. How are you financing your education?
Hell I still get allowance.. (in other words my parents)

3. What is your major?
I'm doing GE classes right now but they're geared towards a business/economics major

4. Why did you choose that major?
I enjoy working with numbers/money, I have a pretty good business sense.

5. What role did your parents play in your choice of major?
None whatsoever, my choice and my choice alone. I know myself best

6. Do you believe in God or some form of a Higher Power? What religion (if any) are you?
No, parents are Buddhist although not hardcore, they never preached or encouraged religion to me.

7. What are the three most important influences in your life?
Friends & Family

8. What does ?education? mean to you?
Learning skills that you need to survive. Things like common sense. You don't have to go to Stanford to be successful in life. While we're on this topic I think the United States has the stupidest education system ever (public school wise). They need to stop teaching/preaching stupid useless knowledge that no one gives a fvck about.

9. Do you have friends of other ethnic groups?
Many

10. What stereotypes are you aware of about your ethnic group that you most disagree with and dislike?
Small down below heh, squinty eyes (mine are as big as anyones, add that for the first stereotype I mentioned too), skinny/weak, does nothing in life but study

11. What stereotypes are you aware of about your ethnic group that you most agree with?
Does nothing in life but study (some asians... my god... just want to slap them), squinty eyes (some asians... lol)
 
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