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Guangdong Province
When you are at home, you depend on family. When you are abroad, you depend on your friends.
Pierre Bourdieu
Connec(ons
Definitions
Social Capital: resources and opportunities that come to us through connections or relationships with resource-ful individuals Institutional Agents: those individuals, well positioned in the schools and other institutions, who have the capacity and commitment to provide us with:
valued resources and opportunities, and
Institutional Support
e.g., Funds of Knowledge
Social Capital II
.entails those integrative properties of certain communities institutions, and networks:
As a 2004, 645 schools have been established across 47 states, enrolling approximately . 100,000 students
Ac#vi#es
Chinese-language classes Classic Chinese painting and calligraphy Handicraft, origami, Chorus, band, Dancing, Abacus, Martial arts, Pin pong, tennis, and basketball.
ACADEMICS
academic tutoring classes, such as math, English reading comprehension, English composition, and SAT subject test preparation.
nonfamily adult agents in the social development, school achievement, and social mobility of adolescents
talented individuals embedded in interpersonal and informal networks, citizen associations, private businesses, government agencies, business associations, non-profit organizations, social service organizations, formal and informal athletic and recreational associations, and formal public institutions (e.g., schools, colleges, libraries, and parks).
We hang out here and participate in a variety of things that we organize for ourselves, including dancing, fitness exercise, seminars on the stock market, family financial management, and childrens college prep. I kind of look forward to going to the Chinese school on Saturdays because that is the only time we can socialize with our own people in our native language.
WHY ARE CHINESE IMMIGRANT ENCLAVES ABLE TO PROVIDE A SYSTEM OF SUPPORT THAT MANY OTHER IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES CAN NOT?
Entrepreneurship