Reading Response 5: An Ocean Apart

This is a response to an assignment for my CAT course; the prompt being "how would you define UCSD's campus climate?". In the first half, we were allowed to be creative. I wrote a poem describing the struggles I have with leaving my home and transitioning into a new environment, where the campus accepts me and pushed me through the challenges in my life.

The second half, we respond to the initial prompt. I describe how I find UCSD to be open and accepting while challenging students to pursue their goals.

• 2016-11-28

• Kumar, Yagnesh

I am a freshman here at UCSD. I am originally from Stockton, California. Currently, I am pursing an Applied Mathematics degree.

Poem and essay

For the Culture, Art, and Technology (CAT) 1: Migration Narratives in the Sixth College writing program taught by Amanda Solomon in the Fall of 2016, students were asked to think about how they view the current campus climate and respond to the fourth chapter of Angela Kong's dissertation, "Re-examining Diversity Policy at University of California, San Diego: The Racial Politics of Asian Americans" Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2014.

• Student Perspectives

• text

• English

Online exhibit

• Tell Us How UC It Project website: https://lib.ucsd.edu/tellushowucit

• Kumar, Yagnesh

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