College Purpose and Resilience Lecture Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards based on the lecture discussing student motivations, career selection criteria, and personal resilience.

College Resilience

The capacity to accept feedback, adapt, reprogram previous knowledge, and endure challenges to remain in college, described by the professor as a marathon rather than a sprint.

Tres Cosas

The three key criteria outlined by the professor for choosing a major or minor: identifying your natural talents, pursuing something you like, and finding a viable way to make a career or money from it.

Honeymoon Stage

The initial, comfortable phase of college when everything feels pleasant ('sunshine and rainbows') before significant academic and personal difficulties arise.

Five Whys

A self-reflection method introduced by the professor to help students uncover their core motivation and purpose for attending college and choosing a career.

Full Latin American Package

A phrase used by the professor to describe experiencing three distinct socio-political events in 1980s and 1990s South America: terrorism, a dictatorship, and immigration.

Refugee Visa

The immigration status requested by the professor's father when migrating to the United States to improve the family's financial situation.

Austin College

The higher education institution identified in the transcript by students discussing their academic choice.