Leaving Home for College: Expectations for Selective Reconstruction of Self

In this condition the authors goal were to analyze the perspectives of 23 upper- centre of attention-class full(prenominal) school students as they move through the college application process and hypothesize leaving home. While the students in this study sentimented college as a couch to develop skills and knowledge to become self-supporting adults, they also viewed it as a place to find their true identity, or simply changing a few things about themselves. This article relates the turning point of care college to marriage, having children, etc.The students in this study viewed the meaning attending college as finding who they are, starting over, comely adults, gaining independence, beginning a new life, entering the next stage. All of the students were stressing more on the psycheal changes in identity and their opinion on themselves more than the actual move to college. Its a mind over subject area issue. Along with finding their true identity, the college bound seniors in this study viewed attending college as a time to create the person they want to be.They view their upcoming experience as a chance to edit or revise certain parts of their biographies. Also wondering if their families will suffer them, if they will no longer play the role they once did onward moving away for college. The students in this study were all upper middle class students. They come from families that are well finish off, successful parents. Most of them knew they were passing to college because thats the thought their parents engraved in their heads therefore they never questioned the idea.Other students honorable want to keep their social class, coming from a well off family they themselves also want to be set for their futures. The chapter book that relates to this article, states that academic feat varies by social class. Basically meaning the more money your family has, the higher(prenominal) chance you have in attending college. That is true in to the highe st degree cases. Just as mentioned above, most of the students in this study wanted to carry on their social class, and others were going because their parents went.Also, being raised in a low-income family doesnt predict academic failure. The choice of attending college is mostly up to the person not their background. Many students undergo different experiences in college. Their journey never goes as expected. Along with many experiences are changes. The experience of college changes a roofy of students, sometime for the better, others for the worse. It depends wholly on the change the student wants to bring upon their life.