Week 6- Margirie Dublin

Margirie Dublin
Section: A02
Week 6

The article “On Some College Campuses, A focus On Asian American Mental Health” discusses the consequences of Asian Americans mental health and stability. This article also addresses negatives with model minority myth, which we discussed in week three. Just as before model minority does create extra stress on Asian American students especially since they have an internal need to be successful themselves. Not only is the model minority status on of the factors that impedes on Asian American mental health but also a lot of it focuses on family and community pressures. Having a commitment to the family, especially those who have immigrant families who sacrificed a lot for them, burdens students to strive to be better and push themselves more success and education. In reality family does have a major role in al students choice of what career path they choose. Having parents who pay for a child’s education definitely controls what type of education they will pay for and restricting their children to go for a path that is not in their interest. Personally, my parents could not really afford my education, and I fund myself. With the three jobs I maintain while in school to pay for my education and rent, I got to choose about what path I was going for. If my parents were paying, I would have definitely have not changed out of the pre health field, yet I was already stressed out with that field and did not have many social interactions just as the article suggests. The lack of social interaction I got heightened my anxiety I have, and at times made me feel very isolated in such a huge campus. I definitely believe that counseling is something many Asian American students should seek out or just having another outlet where they can express themselves, so their stress levels lower. There needs to be a better way to help Asian American students with their mental health, because it is a real thing that many students experience.

This image is from a youtube video, where stress for Asian Americans is discussed especially for those in college, and discusses some ways to destress.

Question: How do we create other programs, not only counseling, such as social clubs to help focus on the mental wellness of Asian Americans?

Asian Americans Try Tips to Manage Stress ft. Eugene Lee Yang, Ashly Perez, U.S. Surgeon General. (2016, December 21). Retrieved May, from https://youtu.be/f8BcTXVdaWM

Media, N. A. (2013, September 13). On Some College Campuses, A Focus On Asian American Mental Health. Retrieved May 06, 2017, from https://youthradio.org/journalism/education/on-some-college-campuses-a-focus-on-asian-american-mental-health/