Through their experiences there were many comparisons to suggest but some stood out more than others; such as, how each writer grew up learning do deal with their family and their English, and on that note what they are doing now to understand how their English language as a second language affects others. The first of the differences was experiences in family life. Each of the writers had very different experiences when it comes to family. Amy Tan had a term she explained as “different English” where Richard Rodriguez had a term he explained as “family quietness”. The difference in the two is that although Amy’s mother did have a hard time speaking the language clearer that the average English speaker she was able to have a language with her family that was English but they had a certain bond with it.
Tracy is doing well in her school work, but has temper tantrums at home when things do not go her way. Harold was recently laid off from a job he held for over 10 years and is feeling very discouraged. His mother has loaned him money until he can find another job, but he worries about his ability to take care of his family. Shirley returned home from duty three weeks ago. She was initially very happy to see her family, but is having trouble adjusting to being back home.
Difficulties, today that means one can’t find something or maybe someone is having car troubles, but to the people of the new world the word meant something entirely different. Whether it’s a slave or a Native American, these people went through difficulties we cannot imagine. The Native Americans, European explorers, African slaves, and Puritans all had troubles coping with their new worlds. These people of the new world faced several difficulties and to over come them they used literature to express these difficulties and to persuade others to come together and get through these hard times. The Native Americans are one of the first to go through the difficulties.
My eleventh grade year was also a disaster because of the struggle of passing my biology state test and I was really distracted and just wanted to go back to the alternative school but my mom and the principle would not send me back. My senior year I transferred to Christ Missionary and Industrial high school (college) the year flew by but I really enjoyed myself there. Now I am still here at CM&I , I supposed to be a summer graduate if everything goes as planned. Once I finish high school I plan on signing up for the air
For refugees and asylum seekers they have to struggle with not only leaving their country but coming into a new country where everything is new to them, some feel pressure from both sides, as they are so used to being one thing and they feel they have to be that way to please their family back home, while the new society they belong to has completely different expectations of them. While most willingly make an effort to conform by learning English and learning about the country, others feel that
I met a few exchange students and they told me some of their stories about the differences between their home country and America. It is hard for a lot of people and it is huge culture shock to a lot of people because we aren’t used to having this many cultures and differences in one community. I would like to get to know more of the exchange students and learn on the hardships and the differences they face while coming to the United States. I want to research their culture so I can make them feel welcome. What I don’t want to do is offend someone by doing something that is offensive in their
Stanislav Prasolov 04/06/13 Diversity and It’s Discontents When moving to another country is always not easy because it takes a lot of time to get use to new society and culture. You get treated differently when people find out you’re an immigrant from different country, some people would bully you and some would not pay attention to you at all because they would look at you as an “the other”. Even if you were born in United States and your nationality is Spanish and you speak fluent English, the American people would still judge you as “the other” just like Arturo Madrid the author of Diversity and It’s Discontents. Madrid had a hard time to fit in, he was looked at the “other” which means not fitting in the group
Kevin Oliveira Professor Madritch Expository Writing Literacy Narrative- Final Draft 30 September 2011 A Leap of Faith School ended and the brisk summer air gave me the feeling of a new beginning. Unfortunately, with every new beginning there is a past that haunts. My friend Jarred betrayed me many times before last summer; that is why I cut ties with him for months. As time went on my true friends began to see the effect he had on their trust, so they too disconnected themselves from him. I hated the sight of him and even his name, but deep down inside I missed our old friendship that had lasted since we were in kindergarten.
Everything about where they were now living wasn’t clear at all, anything they knew about life was taken away from them. The Southeast Asians had to adapt to their new “homeland”, which isn’t quite easy. To add on and make matters worse, many of them had to relocate a numerous amount due to the fact that they needed to find lower living costs and better employment opportunities. However there were positive outcomes to their immigration. UCI’s librarians present the following information details about this topic: “professionals provide services in the real estate, insurance, medical, legal, and banking professions” (http://seaadoc.lib.uci.edu[->1]; source #7).
Someday, I didn’t even wanted to go to school because my teachers used to use a strong punishment for students who come to class and they’re not prepared. The most difficult part was for me was pronunciation since my major was “English” and we usually don’t practice English in my country except for “ doctors” and “engineering” I had many words that couldn’t even read neither pronounce it. I think that our minds must be area or gap for choice about how to think in order to understand things well as Ho thoughtful about children’s mind in the article 2. Which of Ho’s ideas