Cultural Literacy and Empathy in Education Practice by Gabriel García Ochoa & Sarah McDonald

Author:Gabriel García Ochoa & Sarah McDonald
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783030599041
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

In this regard, Ema Stefanovic, a fellow student at Cranbourne Secondary College at the time Safa studied there, explains, “Taking a step back now, the ‘Afghans,’ as they were often termed at my school, were quiet and often stuck to their group” (personal communication, 17 May 2019).

Even after years of living in Australia, prior to commencing university, Safa struggled to fully understand the intricacies of the Australian tertiary education system. In regard to studying at university, Safa remarks,

Part of the reason I wanted to take that whole year off [before entering university] was that I still wasn’t a citizen. This I’ve never said to anyone, but in my head I was like “I’m not a citizen, if I go to university, I have to pay for everything!” I didn’t do my research and I was totally you know, eligible for HECS because I was still a permanent resident, humanitarian permanent resident. So I was like, “I’m gonna take the year off and by next year, I’ll become a citizen, you know, have everything and I won’t have to pay, and I definitely don’t want my parents to pay”. So that was just such a stupid thing that I did back then. But I’m glad I took that year off because I worked for the first half of the year and went to volunteer in India for the second half. (Personal communication, 30 May 2018)

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