Reflective Essay: Moving To America

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Since the time I arrived to America, I’ve seen children in America living a life of carefree and does not need to worried about finding a job to help out their parents or quit school to take care of their younger siblings. American children have the life that most children in Asia wish to have. My life has change completely since I arrived. When I was still in Vietnam, I did not get to go to school because I need to help my parents take cared of my younger sisters. But since we moved to America, my life change completely. I get to go to school and learned a new language. As I grew up, things started to change. I started seeing life in a different perspective. My experience as a child who’d just moved to America is different from now. I started…show more content…
I started talking to her but did not get an answered. I thought she was shy and does not feel comfortable talking to someone she does not know. As days went by, I approach her slowly but do not seem to have any changes. I started to wonder why she does not talk or interact with anyone in her family. I asked her mom last Wednesday (6/4) to see why her daughter does not talk. Her mother at first did not want to tell me, but slowly she began to tell me what happened to her youngest daughter. She made me promised that I can repeat the story to anyone in her family because she does not want to bring up the memories for her younger daughter. She told me when her daughter was around three years old; her ex-husband locked her daughter in a closest every night because she will not stop crying. As he locked her in the closest, she began to scream louder and cried harder. Her ex-husband did not let her out until morning. Every time she took her daughter out of the closest, her daughter face was pales and does not seem to have any complexion. No matter how hard she begged him not to let her daughter in the closest at night, her ex-husband continued on doing so. Finally, by after almost of one month doing so, her daughter stop crying completely and does not showed any emotion. She wanted to take her daughter to see a therapist, but her ex-husband will not let her. One…show more content…
I sat right next to her and began talking to her. There were no respond from her that day. I came back to their house again on Friday and walked straight into her room again. I brought some books and paper with me. I drew different pictures hoping she will respond. As I draw, I continued talking to her. I asked if she want to draw something and asked what she likes to draw. She did not say anything but continue looking at the wall. I began reading stories to her for couples of hours. I stayed by her side constantly talking to her. Even though she did not say anything to me that day, but I know that she know that I’m talking and saying to her. Before leaving, I told her I will be back tomorrow and hoping she can talk to me. I came back on Saturday doing the same thing. But this time, she took a pencil and drew a picture of a house. I asked her what does the house stands for she did not say anything. I was really touched because this is the first time she responds to me. I slowly asked her how old was she and it took her a while to reply. She drew five lines on top of the house indicating she’s five years old. I told her does the line on top of the house is her age. She just turned around and looked at me. I only got a little respond from her, but it made me really good inside knowing that she’s starting to trust me. I came back on Sunday
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