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	Post Mortem #1 By jennifer.chick@rsu4.org 2 months ago \| Last Post: 20 hours ago Forum Perspective Discussions
	In Phuc Tran’ Ted Talk called “Grammer, identity, and the Dark Side of the Subjunctive” They talk about how the language they originally used before they immigrated didn't have the Subjunctive. Causing her father to become confused later in life like when she had to take a leap of absence at work and her father couldn't understand the uncertainty not having a job entails. When told he no longer wanted to study what he wanted to study. To his surprise he was all for him studying whatever he wanted to. “There was no 'you should' speech from him, because that would have required a command of the subjunctive, which he lacks. Instead, this is what he said: "You don't want a major in Art and English anymore. That's fine, don't study what you don't like, what do you like? Study that." (Tran) In my book “Out of Nowhere” by Maria Padian, a white student named Tom in highschool who gets his life changed after 4 Somali refugees joined the soccer team. Pushed by a friend, he ends up vandalizing the opposing team idolized. His punishment was 100 community service hours. In the book, their town receives a wave of Somali people, due to coming here they face criticism in the face of the community. “Maddie taught me that term), which is when refugees who have just barely made it out alive from some war zone are dumped in a city where there are plenty of cheap apartments, but as soon as they learn a few words in English, they realise their situation sucks.” (Padian 9) Showing that they just brushed aside when they got here. 20 hours ago By jperr... In my book Out of Nowhere by Maria Padion Tom Boucher meets Somali kids on his soccer team that have struggled adapting to the U.S and face many discrimination and challenges. Most of the Somalians immigrated to Maine during the same time as 9/11 which had them treated unfairly. Tom starts to realise how unfairly they are being treated when he starts doing social work in a town with mostly immigrants. A quote showing they try to adapt and impress the people they know is when one of Tom's classmates said “Sometimes he surprised me and came up with a string of English that made you think he could speak the language. Other times he faded and I couldn’t tell if he was just not getting the words or avoiding a topic.” (Padian 96). Saeed would try to speak in English as much as he could to impress the American kids and some people started to realise his efforts even if they weren't always successful. In the ted talk Single Story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is about Adichie explaining that everyone is different and that you shouldn't assume you know everything about someone and that stereotypes shouldnt be held to people just by how they look. A quote in the ted talk is when he said “After referring to the black Africans as "beasts who have no houses," he writes, "They are also people without heads, having their mouth and eyes in their breasts." (Adichie p4). This quote shows some of the “stereotypes” he's talking about. How people are discriminated against. The question relates to both my book and the ted talk. In my book the Somali kids are trying to fit in and people are starting to realize their efforts. In the ted talk he tells people to not judge people by their differences and that in the end everyone is human 2 days ago By wblie... In my book “ Out of Nowhere, “ By Maria Padian, there is a high school senior named Tom. He has it all; he is the high school soccer captain and has a hot girlfriend. In the first part of the boo,k Tom goes through a ton of changes, 4 new immigrants come to toms school and not to menation 9/11 just happend not to long ago. One of the four immigrants' names is Saeed. Saeed is from Somalia. Tom figures out that Saeed likes the game of soccer because he was wearing a soccer jersey. Tom tells Saeed that he should join the soccer team, but Saeed does not have the best home life, so Saeed has Tom fill out his paperwork so he can play soccer. Tom is very impressed by the way Saeed can play soccer and how good he is at it. “Where’d you learn to play like that?” ( Padian 5) This shows just how shocked Tom is that saeed is pretty good at soccer and that he did not expect him to be that good. Some things that i think us americans should/can do to help these immigrants that want to play sports in the us or even just do anything in the commuinty is just to offer them help with what they need help with if that means doing some paper work for them or offering up some fund money if they need money to play a sport or do something. Or even go show them around town because they have never been there before they dont know what they are doing. A good TED talk to use is “ 3 questions to ask yourself about U.S citizenship” By Jose Antonio. It's about a guy whose name is Jose and about how the USA needs to change its way of U.S citizenship. A good quote to use is After asking a student at the University of Georgia where he was from, he said, "I'm American." "I know," I said, "but where are you from?" "I'm white," he replied. "But white is not a country," I said. "Where are your ancestors from?" When he replied with a shrug, I said, "Well, where did you come from? How did you get here? Who paid?" He couldn't answer. This is a good quote to use because Tom doesn't know how to answer these questions either. 4 days ago By wgouc... view all posts
	Post Mortem #3 (1 viewing) By jennifer.chick@rsu4.org 4 weeks ago \| Last Post: 3 days ago Forum Perspective Discussions
	In the Ted talk, What's Missing from the American Immigrant Narrative, by Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez talks about how Gutierrez has been striving for her own success, even after her parents were deported to Mexico. Gutierrez had strived to be successful so that she could bring back her brother to America, because she had felt like she had to for her parents had tried so hard to give her the opportunities. She uses the oxygen masks on planes as an analogy for helping yourself before helping others,"In case of an emergency, put your oxygen mask on first before helping those around you"(Gutierrez).In the Book, the namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri, the main character, Gogol, is born in America with Indian parents. For most of Gogol’s adolescence, he has struggled with both his name and Indian heritage. He hates his name so much he changes it before he gets into college and it gives him confidence,“For his father had a point; the only person who didn't take Gogol seriously, the only person who tormented him, the only person chronically aware of and afflicted by the embarrassment of his name, the only person who constantly questioned it and wish it were otherwise, was Gogol”(Lahiri). And with his Indian heritage he basically leaves it behind unless he is with his parents. Gogol becomes successful in his work as an architect and doesn't worry about money, he has three loves in his life, the second teaches him how much he enjoys the American family more than his own, and his third love becomes his wife who eventually cheats on him and leaves. At the end of the book, he finds a gift that his father had given to him years before his death, and as he starts to read it he feels like he is connecting to his father.The struggles of anyone may or may not be because of themselves, the people they surround themselves with, or people they have never met. Just because a person is struggling doesn't necessarily mean they need outside help, they may need to try helping themselves first before going to get help from others. 3 days ago By t.hyd... Out of Nowhere by Maria Padian is about a boy from Maine who has a perfect life hot girlfriend, soccer captain. On the soccer team, there is an immigrant from Somalia named Saeed, and there are a couple of other people on the team. Saeed and the other boys face many challenges in the book, like racism due to where they are from and what they look like. Throughout the book, Tom deals with a whole bunch of things, including his teammates facing racism, and Tom also struggles with his own life and even his girlfriend. Some other good characters to note are Samaria, who is Saeed's who speaks better English the Saeed, and Coach Miller, who is the boys' soccer coach. At the end of the book, Saeed and Samaria randomly go missing, and not a single person knows where they went. With Saed's absence from the team and on the field, you can tell that there is a big part missing from the team. They ended up losing their game, ending their season. A good quote to use is “ only our best player” ( Padian 313). This is a good quote to use for this summary because it just shows how much of an impact saeed has on the soccer team. To create a better environment for immigrants coming into the USA i feel we need to help them with stuff, help their parents with chores or groceries, go out and do something to make their life/transition easier i also feel that we need to offer more them have more opportunities for them to grow and make a impact A good ted talk to use is “Don't feel sorry, refugees believe in them” By Luma Mufleh In this ted talk she creates a soccer team and talks about how big of an impact they have on teams. asked them if they had ever played on a team. They said they hadn't, but that they would love to. I gradually won them over, and we formed our first team. This group of kids would give me a crash course in refugees, poverty and humanity. Three brothers from Afghanistan -- Roohullah, Noorullah and Zabiullah -- played a major role in that. I showed up late to practice one day to find the field completely deserted. I was really worried. My team loved to practice.” this is a good quote because it shows just how much they love playing soccer and how much they care about each other 4 days ago By wgouc... Tom Bouchard has a perfect life at his high school hes popular,successful, and is dating an attractive girl. His life changes when Somali refugees, fleeing from war settle in Enniston. Saeed, a talented soccer player who joins Tom's team. A prank involving vandalism of a rivals schools emblem, results in Tom and his friend Donnie having community service at the K Street Center, a facility helping Somali refugees. There Tom works with Saeed's sister and other Somalis. These interactions give Tom insight into the refugees' struggles. As Tom becomes more involved with the Somali community, he sees the realities of racism within his town.The novel's main idea is Tom becoming aware of his own biases and systemic challenges faced by Somali refugees.I saw this Somali girl on all fours on the staircase landing… I heard one guy say ‘Dude, what is she doing?’ ‘Facing Mecca,’ someone replied.” Chapter 9, Page 9 this shows the struggle of integrating immigrant culture. “What's missing from the American immigrant narrative.” is about a girl who goes to the US while parents are deported, takes advantage of opportunities, and brings her brother and its about self determination. A quote supporting their struggles: “these laws +systems well, they broke up my family.” (Gutierrez 1). In order to create a better environment and opportunities for immigrants US citizens need to be considerate and understand people are very different but it's better to embrace our differences rather than not. 1 week ago By cgamm... view all posts
	Post Mortem #2 By jennifer.chick@rsu4.org 1 month ago \| Last Post: 4 days ago Forum Perspective Discussions
	In Out of Nowhere by Maria Padian, in the middle of the book, Tom starts to become more involved in the Somali refugees and learns a whole bunch more about Saeed and his community. Also, Tom begins to realize just how much they struggle with racism and how bad it is. Tom's relationship with his friends and even his girlfriend became strained due to his seeing that the world is different. Some tensions is rising between people on and off the field with the somilies and the rest of the town. A good quote to use is “Saeed just shrugged. My uncle says that i should just get a job” ( Padian 18). This is a good quote because it shows that his uncle does not believe him and that he should just quit and get a job. A good TED talk to use is “Why Children of Immigrants Experience Guilt” by Sahaj Kaur Kohil.. This TED talk is about how children experience guilt and the ways to deal with guilt, and the different kinds of guilt.” There's a relationship between being a child of immigrant parents living in the West and experiencing guilt. Children of immigrants are often straddling two cultures, known as bicultural straddling. And there's often this expectation to make our immigrant parents' sacrifices and choices for coming to this country worth it. Many children of immigrants feel a chronic sense of guilt for letting their parents down, for not being enough, for being too American, for seeming ungrateful. There’s also this sense of a thriver’s guilt or this guilt of growing, healing, accessing resources and opportunities that maybe our parents didn't have or our family and other parts of the world don't have access to. So many children of immigrants may have grown up being responsible for their parents as well.” This connects to this part of the book because saeed might be feeling this way he dosent wanna let down his family and fail because he might feel bad because they came all this way for him to be nothing and to do nothing 4 days ago By wgouc... In my book, Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue. The main characters, Jende Jonga and his wife Neni, move to America from Cameroon. To have a better life for themselves and their six-year-old son. Jende lands a job as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a senior executive at Lehman Brothers, a big corporation. Through this job, we learn more about the Edwards family and their struggles with Mrs. Edwards' drug use, their son Vince wanting to leave for India instead of finishing his studies at a law school, and Mr. Clark being unfaithful. Then the economy crashes, putting even more strain on the family, with Mr. Clark going to see the Mistress more often, which causes Mrs. Edwards to get suspicious, so she has Jende write down where Mr.Clark is going. Instead, Jende does what Mr. Clark says and doesn't include him driving Mr. Clark to see the escort. Until an article is released by the escort detailing Mr. Clark's cheating scandal, Jende is fired for lying to Mrs. Edwards. Jende has to work two jobs washing dishes to support his pregnant wife and son, which causes a lot of physical toil on his body. In my book, you don't really get much of a perspective on their son's feelings, but they are a lot harder on their son because they want him to know how lucky he is, like when Neni goes to parent-teacher conferences for Liomi and the teacher talks about how liomi has been laughing with another kid a lot in class instead of paying attention so Neni scolds liomi harshly "Do you think Papa goes to work every day so you can play in school? Without school, you will be nothing. You will never be anybody. Me and Papa, we wake up every day and do everything we can so you can have a good life and become somebody one day."(Mbue 66) This quote shows that they are harsh on Liomi so he can have a better life than they do, and that they are extra harsh on him because they don't want him to squander his opportunities in life. A TED Talk that relates to this is "What's missing from the American immigrant narrative" by Elizabeth camarillo Gutierrez in which she talks about the concept of a superimmigrant that is the ideal symbol of American success, while other immigrants are cast into a shadow, and she talks about how at 15, she was separated from her parents because they got deported while she chose to stay in America to try and have a better life and not invalidate her parents sacrifice of getting her here so she decided to stay "And during this time, I wondered if going back would be validating my parents's sacrifices And so I somehow convinced my parents to let me stay,"(Gutierrez 2) This quote shows that children of immigrants have to step away from here parents and forge a new path and be able to survive. Because she did this she was able to have a successful career for herself and be able to support her family if they need it. 4 days ago By dbubi... In the Ted talk by Sahaj Kaur Kohli she describes how children of immigrants have to ¨strattle¨ both cultures. The students are more educated about culture then most of their parents weren't shown culture like they are. So when they immigrate into the United states the children have a responsibility, to learn the culture and language at school, to help their parents out because they don´t know as much about America. Kohli explains how difficult their situation is and they all have problems from their past that affect them to this day.¨A lot of children of immigrants and alot of people in this country think of feelings as good or bad... And i really want to encourage you to question that narrative . You know two things can be true at the same time. ¨ (Kohli) This quote explains the problems immigrants go through. In my book The Brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao it starts out with a low class family with Oscar his sister Lola and Mother Beli living in the Dominican Republic. Their mother was against the immigration ideas even though it was very popular for their country at the time. Eventually Oscars sister leaves the country to go to the United states and pursue her education. Shortly after Oscars Mother was agreeing with him she said he can head off to Rutgers New Brunswick University to study with his sister. Before they left for University there was trouble in the Dominican Republic . In their country now there was great danger from Trujilloś men that the safest place to be for her is New York. ¨ You have to send her to Nueva York. I have it on great authority that it is the only way.¨(Diaz 157) This quote explains how dangerous it was in her country that even their mom who didn't want them to immigrate knows its the safest option for them. The challenge for Oscarś mom during her immigration process was the great danger she was in because of Trujillo's men. With her immigrating to the U.S. for her safety it leaves her with almost nothing and struggling to live on her own. 2 weeks ago By lmark... view all posts
	3. Group I--ddarling26 By emilysue.barker 1 month ago \| Last Post: 2 weeks ago Forum Perspective Discussions
	In my book “How Dare the Sun Rise” by Sandra Uwiringiyimana, Sandra does connect through the struggles she faces. Sandra moves to America from the Democratic Republic of Congo after her home was raided and she watched her family get gunned down. A quote that reflects a connection to the question is, “We were all survivors in this together” (261 Uwiringiyimana). This quote shows how her individual struggle with trauma, and resilience created a strong sense of community among herself and her family. 2 weeks ago By acote... In my book, The Only Road, by Alexandra Diaz, relates to the question, “How do the characters in your book connect through the struggles they face?”. This is because 12 year old Jaime and his 15 year old cousin left their Guatemalan village after a gang named the “Alphas” murdered his cousin and best friend all in one. They were caught in the face of death if they had stayed so they journeyed to the U.S to live with Jaime’s brother. Jaime connects in my book through the struggles he faces because of family. He has his cousin along with him on this journey, a brother to look forward to seeing after the journey, and a family back home in Guatemala to think about, knowing he had left to protect them. Jaime also thinks the better sides of situations and imagines how his life could actually be in a different reality, “Jaime imagined himself living in the rainforest, swinging through the trees like Tarzan, a pet jaguar as his watchdog, surviving off bananas and insects.” (Diaz 20). This quote shows that even though his life is full of struggles, he connects through those struggles he faces in other ways, and by thinking of the positive. 4 weeks ago By iwhit... In my book "Love In English" by Maria E Andrew, my characters do connect through the struggles they face. Ana my main character moves to America from Balkans. She meets friends at school but it's hard because she is struggling to use and learn English so fast. She meets a group of friends but most specifically a boy named Harrison and she has a complicated relationship with him. Ana grows through self discovery adapting to her new life. Ana and Harrison connect through a relationship and cultural differences take place. "How about a Greek movie? With English subtitles. You learn a little about my language tonight." (193 Andrew) Harrison is helping and flirting at the same time with Ana. I do believe characters can get through adversities and struggles and embrace it in the best way. 1 month ago By edubo...
	3. Group I--acote26 By jennifer.chick@rsu4.org 1 month ago \| Last Post: 2 weeks ago Forum Perspective Discussions
	I really like the quote you used its a great example 2 weeks ago By acote... do you think if their journey to the U.S didnt leave them helpless would they feel the need not go back home? 2 weeks ago By acote... were your characters new to the school? and could that be why Lian is labeled a nobody? 2 weeks ago By acote... view all posts
	3. Group D--nsaindon26 By emilysue.barker 1 month ago \| Last Post: 2 weeks ago Forum Perspective Discussions
	Out of Nowhere is about a guy named Tom who plays soccer in a small town. Some Somali people move to his town. At first, Tom doesn’t care. Then he meets a really good soccer player named Saeed and his quiet cousin Abdi. They become friends. Tom starts to see that life is hard for the Somali people. Some people are mean to them because they’re different. Tom’s old friends get mad at him for helping the Somali kids. He also likes a girl named Myla who helps refugees, and she teaches him more stuff. Bad things happen, and in the end, Saeed’s family leaves town because it’s not safe. It’s a sad ending. " Same day as Saeed's fake birthday, Hell, same as every Somalias kids birthday" (Padian 326), the immigrants are treated very bad, this quote is an example of this. They are saying that all of them are the same, and this causes them to not fit in. 2 weeks ago By cmori... In my book Out of Nowhere by Maria Padion Tom Boucher meets Somali kids on his soccer team that have struggled adapting to the U.S and face many discrimination and challenges. Most of the Somalians immigrated to Maine during the same time as 9/11 which had them treated unfairly. Tom starts to realise how unfairly they are being treated when he starts doing social work in a town with mostly immigrants. A quote showing they try to adapt and impress the people they know is when one of Tom's classmates said “Sometimes he surprised me and came up with a string of English that made you think he could speak the language. Other times he faded and I couldn’t tell if he was just not getting the words or avoiding a topic.” (Padian 96). Saeed would try to speak in English as much as he could to impress the American kids and some people started to realise his efforts even if they weren't always successful. 4 weeks ago By wblie... I think this is a good example of your character being seen from a different perspective 4 weeks ago By cleac... view all posts
	3. Group D--mcolby26 By cstubbs10 1 month ago \| Last Post: 2 weeks ago Forum Perspective Discussions
	Out of Nowhere is about a guy named Tom who plays soccer in a small town. Some Somali people move to his town. At first, Tom doesn’t care. Then he meets a really good soccer player named Saeed and his quiet cousin Abdi. They become friends. Tom starts to see that life is hard for the Somali people. Some people are mean to them because they’re different. Tom’s old friends get mad at him for helping the Somali kids. He also likes a girl named Myla who helps refugees, and she teaches him more stuff. Bad things happen, and in the end, Saeed’s family leaves town because it’s not safe. It’s a sad ending. “‘I didn’t ask for any of this. I didn’t ask to leave everything I knew’” (Padian chapter 23), this is how he feels about moving, he misses home. 2 weeks ago By cmori... my character also didn't ask to leave everything she knew 4 weeks ago By bcolb... my character also has strubble with making friends 4 weeks ago By bcolb... view all posts
	1. Group H---jmartineau26 By jennifer.chick@rsu4.org 2 months ago \| Last Post: 3 weeks ago Forum Perspective Discussions
	Im confused on how this connects with my question, the example you chose showed confusion with saeed and tom seems to be out of a language barrier instead of malice assumptions because of ignorance, or could the assumption part be from tom expecting saeed to understand the english language simply because he's a migrant? 3 weeks ago By jmart... i liked with how you answered my question with showing the assumption that donnie makes about immigrants and how he made his mind up without fully understanding the reasons behind wearing their burkas 3 weeks ago By jmart... In my book Out Of Nowhere by Maria Padian It talks about a boy named Tom who is in High School. He is the capital of his soccer team, dates the hottest girl in school, and is top of his class. While in highschool he sees a lot of assumptions of immigrants about how they should already be caught up to everyone else. A new kid on his soccer team is struggling with getting ready fast and the coach is making assumptions that he should know how things work. Another instance is when a 3rd grader who needs more help is being pushed ahead farther than he knows and being left behind because they are assuming that he should already know. Peoples narrow perspectives cloud the fact that other cultures and people have different standers of getting stuff done. With school some cultures move slower to be able to understand the work better. With stuff like sports the way that they work and the way that they get stuff going is different than what we do. When it comes to soccer places out of the states have a much better program and they do stuff differently to get started. When it comes to my book a boy named saeed is having a hard time understanding how to fill out papers to be able to play soccer. Tom is helping hims and he says, “‘Okay, well …’ I grabbed one of the sheets from Saeed and pointed to a line. ‘Your mother or father needs to sign here. Their name. That gives you permission to play soccer.’ I slowed down, pronouncing each word carefully, but he still looked confused.’”(Padian 16). This shows how even thought Tom understood what he was trying to say Saeed didnt but most people dont understand the fact that they dont understand. 1 month ago By kleve... view all posts
	3. Group H--thyde26 By cstubbs10 1 month ago \| Last Post: 4 weeks ago Forum Perspective Discussions
	That's really harsh. Does he ever work it out between the two racial groups? What does he say if so? 4 weeks ago By Cruck... My book, Immigrant Odyssey: A French-Canadian Habitant In New England by Félix Albert is about the author, an illiterate, French speaking subsistence farmer from Québec and his family's story of moving to Lowell, Massachusetts from L'Isle Verte, Québec in 1881 in hopes of better fortune. At the beginning, he and his family were essentially dirt poor in The States, initially having to live in another immigrant family's flat until they could afford their own. Eventually, Albert becomes a successful businessman, owning a few buildings. Unfortunately, just before the turn of the century, a depression hit which caused his creditors to demand payment immediately. He was forced to liquidate what he still had, and watched as his creditors pawned his other belongings. He then settled on a farm he was able to muster up the money for, this time just ouside of Massachusetts, in New Hampshire, back on the bottom rungs of the ladder. In the introduction, it is stated that "In 1881, the year Félix and his family emigrated to New England, an official of the Massachusetts Bureau of the Statistics of Labor described French Canadians as 'sordid and low,' labelling them distainfully 'the Chinese of the Eastern States.'" (Albert 2). Even though Félix did not really mention any direct mention of him and his family being held to high standards in his memoirs, throughout the book he was always assisting to others, but once he got well established, people started taking advantage of his good fortune. 4 weeks ago By Cruck... How does he face this? Are there any more kids like him? Or someone who supports him? 4 weeks ago By imado... view all posts
	3. Group F--gsheehy26 By emilysue.barker 1 month ago \| Last Post: 4 weeks ago Forum Perspective Discussions
	Did Jende get a new job after? 4 weeks ago By Gshee... The quote you chose is a very powerful one. It shows the internal struggle she is going through, making her question if she did the right thing 4 weeks ago By asmit... yes,he realizes the journey and struggles he had and does his best to help those around him. 4 weeks ago By grenn... view all posts

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