1. Research suggests that students of Central and South American origin tend to do better or worse in U.S. schools than their Mexican American and mainland Puerto Rican peers? (3rd paragraph on page 285 of course pack)
2. Do Latinas/os of Central and South American origin drop out of school more or less than Mexican American students? (3rd paragraph on page 285 of course pack)
3. Participants from the study were from what Central American countries? (bottom of page 286 in course pack)
4. What are two "special problems" facing Central American immigrants? (2nd paragraph of page 287 in course pack)
5. According the the Central American informants, what is the single most significant avenue for status mobility? (top of page 289 in the course pack)
6. How do Central American immigrants motivate themselves? (bottom of page 289 in the course pack)
7. Who typically goes to the U.S. without their family? How do they feel about the family they left behind? (page 290 of course pack)
8. How do Central American youth immigrants feel about the sacrifices their families have made for them? (page 290 of course pack)
9. Why do Central American immigrants want to "become somebody"? (page 291 in course pack)
10. What can interfere with academic tasks? (page 292 of course pack)
11. The motive for achieving is not rooted in an individualistic wish for self-betterment, or in a wish for becoming independent. What is the motive for achieving rooted in? (top of page 294 in course pack)
12. What makes Central American immigrants different from other immigrants from other Latin American countries? (bottom of page 296 in course pack)
-Channing Franko
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