Monday, August 10, 2015
My opinion about the article of Chow and Healey(2008)
According to the Chow and Healey’s article(2008,p.368), “attachment is confirmed by others and the degree of interaction experienced with them”, and they also refers that everyone knows that making friends are important because of security they provides. Combining these two facts, we can conclude that making new relationships, or friends, in new place is also one of important factors to develop place attachment, the affective link that people have in specific place where they like and feel safe and comfortable(Hernandez, 2007).
The reason why I concluded that way is because I have been and am experiencing it right now. When I was in high school, I didn't like my school but I had an attachment to my school because I enjoyed the everyday life with my friends in the school. In the same way, I am slowly developing the attachment to the University of Rochester with my new relationships, or friends, in here although I dislike the crazy weather in the Rochester. Thus, I think making new friends are one of most important factors to develop place attachment in new place.
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Taemin,
ReplyDeleteThis is a great start to the thinking work for your formal paper assignment. I like the way you integrate the ideas from Chow and Healey's with your own experiences. As a reader, I wanted to hear a bit more detail about how you are interpreting their research. I think you do this well with your paraphrase, but I want more of your opinion as it relates to the quote you offer. What do you think they mean when they say "attachment is confirmed by others"? What others? Are these friends? Someone else?
Also, this is still a blog post -- which typically has more informal writing and includes visuals. What kinds of blogging elements could you include to strengthen this piece?
Keep in mind that you know more about this article than your audience, so you need to offer more details than you otherwise might. : )
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