Aisha's Interview Paper

There were many factors to focus on when conducting Aisha's interview. Her issues were not only limited to the beginning of adolescent years but also, in fact, had much more to do with her background. Coming from a Traditional Muslim family living in the west started to become an idea she hated and even feared to embrace. Being Muslim and an adolescent in a western society, Post 9/11 became a lethal idea to her. Not only did she struggle with her parents but also, struggled with making friends in the beginning when she wore the hijab. She explained the feeling to be overwhelming because she was in a constant battle between culture, religion, and society every day. She always felt like she had to try 10 times more than the person who wasn't
In a South Asian culture, a girl is considered to be a woman when she hits puberty, however, what many are unaware of is, that maturity is an ongoing process. A process that only unfolds when given proper care and attention to, especially our brains. In early adolescents, the brain is still evolving and so are the areas that are related to a higher order of functioning Broderick, P. C. & Blewitt, P. (2003). The Frontal, temporal and parietal lobe are all included in these areas where they are involved in self-control, organization, judgment, consciousness, and emotion regulation. This growth requires the use of the tool, which Vygotsky considered to be as signs, scaffolding, modeling, or induction to aid the cognitive and behavioral growth of an individual. This allows them to think, learn and communicate effectively. Aisha had mentioned, how her dad was often really busy. He was busy with work and spent most nights in his office. They had their usual family dinners, but even then things were quiet, except for some days where he would interact more with her brothers. As for her mom, she spent time with them but the activities they did were only limited to shopping, watching movies, and playing video games. She never really got the chance to model any behavior, because her dad was never really present and her mom never had any other tools to challenge her thinking. She had
The pressure from all areas in her life left her feeling moody majority of the time. Her moodiness was described to root from her conflict with her parents and from her risky behavior. There were days where she felt highly depressed or extreme euphoria. Her mood seemed to be caused by the environment she was in and the people she was surrounded with. Given that Aisha was taking on at-risk behaviors to cope with her stressors, it left me wondering how she had dealt with her father's death. She showed no emotion to his death when it was brought up and