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//Part II: Description of patterns emerging from data sets //

The similarities that I see emerging from the data is the strong family commitment for both students. Each as a large family and connections back to their home country of Somalia. Each family continues Somali traditions and importance elements of the culture.

The differences that were highlighted for me was in the support for academic success. For Student B, his parents are actively engaged in his success. His father participated in back-to-school night and has a history of being involved. For Student A, her parents are not involved in the day-to-day aspect of school. She is responsible for the completion of any homework and often family responsibilities take precedence.

//Leslie, I am unsure of how to complete this section. After collecting a wealth of data over the last several weeks, I feel as if I am drowning in data. I think that if we had more time in class, we could have learned what to do with the data. However, at this point I don't think that I have a complete enough understanding to begin to identify and describe patterns in the data.//