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I was born in Guangdong, China on October 30th, 2004.
Social roles: daughter, granddaughter, niece, cousin -
My brother was born on June 13, 2007 in Canada
Social role: sister
Social institution: family -
I immigrated to Canada with my mom and brother and continued grade 1 in Highgate Public School.
Social role: student
Life event: adapting to a new environment and lifestyle -
I moved houses so I had to move schools as well.
Social role: student
Life event: had to say goodbye to all my friends and adapt to a new school environment all over again
Social institution: school -
Social role: student
Transition: elementary school student to high school student
Role strain: stress from being a high school student
Cohort: people my age are also experiencing similar things of going into high school for the first time
Life event: going into high school has a significant impact to my life
Social institution: school -
I moved houses again so I had to move from UHS to PETHS.
Social role: student
Transition: UHS student to PETHS student
Life event: saying goodbye to my friends at UHS and having to adapt to a new school environment all over again
Social institution: school -
Social role: online student
Transition: in person student to online student
Life event: had to adapt to a new learning platform of online learning and live in isolation
Cohort: all the students were experiencing the same things of isolation and online school -
Social role: part time employee
Role conflict: stress from trying to manage time for all my roles as an employee, student and friend
Life event: taught me important personal and life skills
Social institution: bubble tea store -
Social role: student
Cohort: many of the grade 12s are also stressed about post secondary choices
Social institution: university -
Transition: student to adult
Life event: becoming an adult means more responsibilities have to start facing the "real world" problems
Cohort: most of my peers and other grade 12s will be experiencing the same thing