"Transformative College Literacy of Literate Black Woman Peer Counselors"- Lara A.

“In order to transform our opinions and ways of doing things, we need to understand the ideology and root of why we have them.  As black women in a college setting, we must be strong, intelligent, and independent.  Upon entering college, we are exposed to a whole new way of thinking"

This article by Robin Wisniewski focuses on the importance of counseling during the prime time of change, transition, and college.

          Before entering college all lessons learnt were from the eyes of what we were disciplined at home. Mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, aunt, uncle, older cousin and siblings were the influences you had when growing up. Understanding life and hardship, and key elements of survival were all taught lessons from your household. How you were raised was primitive to the individual you would grow up to be. In Robin’s article she takes this concept of learning and observation to the key element of always still no matter your age or milestone, everyone still needs a counselor. When younger your most dominant counselors were the members of your household and maybe other idols outside your family, but when one grows up and goes to college, now your counselors are all that surround you. When reaching college you now have to develop to now relearn things, look at things in a different sense due to the crowd of people you’re surrounded by; all that an above. Your no longer in an environment closed in and only having a one sided option like momma repeated words, "My Way or the Highway." Now you are in an environment surrounded by new looks and influences.
 When searched the term transformative learning, Wikipedia resisted the term as:

Transformative learning is a term used in educational theory to describe a process which leads the learner to re-evaluate past beliefs and experiences which had previously been understood within assumptions derived from others.

      And this definition is exactly what college develops you to see and understand. The lessons taught as a child will come back to you in times of need and questioned experiences.

      Robin speaks on how counselors are trying to help girls transition from school life into college, and the best thing that the counselor can really convey is to never lose yourself, stay dependent, and know your standards. In other words remember the house in which you came from, don't fall into pressures and stay true to self.