The Education of Immigrant Children in New York City

http://www.ericdigests.org/1997-3/nyc.html

Since this topic on immigration branches off in many different ways and does not just focus on one particular area of immigration but immigration as a whole and the way it affects everyone, I am also going to talk about the immigration of children in New York City.
The "linguistic diversity" that children bring to New York City, or anywhere for that matter, has gotten them to be assigned to bilingual programs such as ESL. This is so that any child that has immigrated can be up to speed with their classmates by strengthening their vocabulary in English, their spelling, reading, understanding, and speaking skills. ESL gives any immigrant child the courage and confidence, also motivation, to learn the English language faster so that they too can excel at the same speed as their classmates.
"Lack of English language skills is a major stumbling block in the adjustment of many immigrant children to their new schools". I look at this and think how true it actually is. I, once, was new as well and I can only remember how hard it was to learn English and how that stopped me from being able to communicate with anyone (kids, teachers, etc.). I had to take baby steps until I finally got to my destination, knowing English! When you first start out at a new school, and a new country, and have to get used to practically everything around you, it gets overwhelming- and then you remember the fact that you do not know English which makes it that much harder. Thankfully, in any school, you have the ESL program offered which helps break that block and releases what used to strain you from being able to participate in certain activities and make friends.

The attitudes and motivations that immigrant children show towards their education seems to be different than children already born in the country others immigrated to. "Newer immigrant children are highly motivated to attend and succeed at school, while more acculturated immigrants and the offspring of immigrants have higher dropout rates". This is true. As more and more people immigrate and as higher the population of newcomers are, the higher the motivations of an immigrant child becomes. Newcomers succeed in school while the immigrants that have already been here for years have gotten used to this life style and are more likely to dropout because they lack motivation and the care they once had for school.

Study In Canada

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsx9ph0YnDA

This video constitutes of the requirements, reasons to study in Canada, final advice of why Canada would be a good country to immigrate to and come to study.
Some requirements that were talked about in the video were that many people everywhere have a hard time getting their student visas. One of the important things mentioned in the first segment of the video was that if you have finished your studies and gone to the next level of education but the type of work that you want to be involved in is not offered in your country, you can then apply to work in Canada and pursue your career. Lawyers that occupy themselves with immigrants will represent only genuine students and will help them obtain study permits in Canada.
The reason why anyone should choose to come to Canada and study is because Canada can be flexible in what it does and provide, even academically. It is also said in the video that when you immigrate you do not really think of staying for a long time in that country, just until you finish your studies. However, you will end up adapting and getting comfortable with the lifestyle in that particular country, whether it would be Canada or any other country of your choice.
A final piece of advice given was that it is "cheaper to study in Canada", that Canada "encourages multiculturalism", which has proven to be true, and it "allows people to be themselves"- thank goodness eh?. At the same time, "you will succeed as long as you seek the right advice."

Immigrant Children and School

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Immigrant-Children-and-School-36009.shtml

It is said that children that have immigrated "perform as well or better than their same-race, American-born mates." The reason for that being is because, also depending on the country, children have a tougher and harder educational system back home. Their thinking and learning is much more advanced than children born in Canada or America. That is not necessarily a bad thing, it is just the way the schooling system is in Canada. It differs from the ones in Easter Europe.
As it talks about it this article, and even in my experience, it seems that immigrant children show more ambition and motivation towards school which also has to do with the fact that children are aware of the fact that they must live up to "high parental expectations", therefore, Eastern European children, as well as children in general with tough schooling back in their country of origin, strive when coming to Canada to do well in school because they do not want to be behind but at the same time they want to please their parents.
Another reason why parents might have high expectations for their children to get high marks in school is because of their culture and tradition. It might be in their culture that their parents' parents had to work hard to get the child's parent into a school, therefore, when they were young they were taught not to take anything for granted. As well, they also had to live up to high expectations which was then passed on to their children because that is the environment they grew up in. The reason parents are tough on children at first, in the first couple of years, about school is because their parents have made an effort and a decision to move to a better country where there would be hope for their children; as well as a better education which would provide them a better future.
Being tough on children when you first move to another country is perfectly normal because you want the best for them, however, at some point you have to be more flexible as time goes by. It is good to be tough at first because it does not let them fall through the cracks with school and it does not let them forget where they came from and who they are.