"a-typical" podcast
Two "A-typical" University of Illinois students: Sergio Arroyo (left) and Kareem Hetherington (right) engage in a conversation on marginalization.
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Demi Ramirez (far left) and Zack Barakat (far right) pose with "A-typical" students, Sergio Arroyo and Kareem Hetherington, after finishing the podcast on marginalization.
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Zack Barakat and Demisha Ramirez sat down with two students, Sergio Arroyo and Kareem Hetherington, to discuss struggles in the classroom, marginalization on campus, and what the University can do to help "a-typical" students. Arroyo is a Mexican student majoring in History. Hetherington is an African American fifth-year student majoring in Electrical Engineering. Both students may differ in ethnicity and major, but they found common ground when we began the conversation of marginalization. We started by asking the question: "Why do you feel marginalized?” Throughout the podcast, Arroyo and Hetherington dive into their personal experiences with marginalization, and in their struggles, help define what we believe to be the "a-typical" student.
You can listen to our 5-minute version of the podcast below.
The full version of the podcast is almost twenty-three minutes long, and you can listen to it here.
You can listen to our 5-minute version of the podcast below.
The full version of the podcast is almost twenty-three minutes long, and you can listen to it here.
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Look below at the questions we discussed with Kareem and Sergio and the time they were asked:
- 0:28: Why do you feel marginalized?
- 1:50: Give us background about yourself, any challenges you had growing up.
- 2:32: Kareem, how was it like with your mom passing away at such a young age?
- 3:02: Kareem, how did you adopt to living without your mom and having to grow up with your aunt as your guardian?
- 3:33: Kareem, would you like to talk a little about how you grew up?
- 4:48: Kareem, what suggestion would you give to the University if you could?
- 5:00: Sergio, tell us a little about yourself and where you grew up.
- 5:35: Sergio, why do you say you're "white-washed?"
- 5:51: Sergio, can you define what it means to be a student in this day and age?
- 6:39: Okay. Kareem can you define what it means to be a student for you?
- 7:35: How do you guys personally deal with stress?
- 8:46: Do you think your teachers or T.A's understand your struggles?
- 12:26: Why do you think we don't talk about certain events or why there isn't light shown on certain events?
- 13:30: So, do you guys ever feel like this impacts your daily life, mentally or physically in any way?
- 14:18: What advice would you give to students who feel like you do now?
- 15:29: Do you guys have any final comments on being an A-typical student, or do you wish something in your school experience could've been different?
- 18:07: So, do you guys feel like something can be different about your school experience?
- 19:52: Do you know what Project 1000 is, and would you like to speak on it and how it makes you feel as a minority?
- 20:47: Why do you think that representation is important to a college campus?
- 21:47: Do you guys wish there would be more Hispanics or more African Americans or other minorities on campus, instead of the campus being predominantly white?