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	1. Group F--p.lizotte25 By emilysue.barker 3 weeks ago \| Last Post: 25 minutes ago Forum Perspective Discussions
	👍 25 minutes ago By asmit... No but now that Saeed and Tom are becoming better friends as the book goes on and they continue to get easier but he will have a language barrier for some time until he finally is able to learn good English. 5 days ago By Gshee... I believe towards the end of the book, yes she will have made some decisions that will bring her to be similar to the others and be "like them" based off of the prologue when it says "I made a decision that changed the trajectory of the rest of my life" (kwok 1) 5 days ago By Nobol... view all posts
	1. Group E--bnew26 By emilysue.barker 3 weeks ago \| Last Post: 42 minutes ago Forum Perspective Discussions
	I like how you pointed out how the whole rock situation is funny to you because I felt the same about it. The fact that the boys got in so much trouble over a rock is a pretty silly thing to happen to anyone. 42 minutes ago By psmit... What if the Edwards family was treating the Jonga family poorly how would that have impacted the Jonga family and how would there situation have been instead of being treated good. 3 days ago By Bnew2... I agree with you in saying that the way that they really emphasize the hardships in an immigrants life and what they have to go through. 5 days ago By Gshee... view all posts
	1. Group E--ldykes26 By emilysue.barker 3 weeks ago \| Last Post: 48 minutes ago Forum Perspective Discussions
	I find it interesting how family can be different in different books, and I like how you explained how the priorities are different in the two books. 48 minutes ago By psmit... I'm reading the same book and I think your response is really good! However, how do you think things might have changed if Saeed had gone to a different place instead of Maine? 4 days ago By imado... I like this response especially, because it's set in a brighter tone. The immigrant family isn't shown to be struggling, and on the brink of financial ruin, but instead finds success in New York, and reflects on the struggles they once faced. You also mentioned how their employers, the Edwards, have their own problems, and that made me realize that most of these immigration books are quite shallow in the sense that the only problems showcased in the book are those of the immigrant protagonists. In other books like TKAM, everyone has their own story, making the setting and world building feel much more complete. The book you're reading seems pretty good. 5 days ago By jdyke... view all posts
	1. Group I---edubois26 By cstubbs10 3 weeks ago \| Last Post: 15 hours ago Forum Perspective Discussions
	In my book Girl In Translation by Jean Kwok when Kim first immigrated to America it was hard for her to fit in and hard for people to accept her because of the language barrier because people could not understand her and she couldn't understand other people. Another reason why it was hard for her to fit in was because of her race and how she didn't look like other kids, “My English mistakes clearly annoyed him, although I wasn't sure why.”(Kwok 27) It was hard for kim to fit in because people got annoyed that she didn't know basic english skills like everyone else. 15 hours ago By lgree... In my book, Private Label, by Kelly Yang, it relates to the question, "When thinking about your book, when your character is assimilating to a different culture, why might it be easy or difficult for other people in the book to accept them?". Private Label answers the question by having our two main characters be immigrants but with very different treatment. One is rich and popular, and the other is medium class and unknown. It was hard for the kids at school to accept that just because Lian, the unknown kid, is, well, unknown, it doesn't mean he's any different than the other kids. "I tell myself that's why they don't like me, because of my sad, gate-less neighborhood. Because the other reason is too hard to swallow. Which is that I'm different. And even though Serene is too, she's assimilated and I haven't." (Yang 26). This quote shows how because he's not accepted, he doesn't want to believe it's simply because of his race, but maybe because of his living situation. 3 days ago By ddarl... In my book, The Only Road, by Alexandra Diaz, relates to the question, “When thinking about your book, when your character is assimilating to a different culture, why might it be easy or difficult for other people in the book to accept them?” This book relates to the question because the first part of the novel talks about how a boy named Jamie is forced to leave the country and go live with his brother for safety reasons because of the situation he was in. Jamie is forced to assimilate in another country, to fit in and adapt to his new life style. It might be difficult for not only the community in a different country but also his brother to accept the fact that he’s being forced to live with him. Just because they are family, doesn’t mean his brother would want him to show up with no apparent warning or purpose. Not only that, but Jamie didn’t know barely any english yet Tomas did. It would be hard for people to understand him along his journey and accept him when he gets there, “Tomas was lucky, everyone said. Because of Tomas’s love for Hollywood movies, he’d learned English perfectly, which had allowed him to move there legally through a sponsorship the rancher offered.” (Diaz 23). This quote shows how it might be difficult for other people to accept him because of the way he talks, looks, how he got to this country, and why he was forced to be there. 2 weeks ago By iwhit... view all posts
	1. Group C--lgreenwood26 By cstubbs10 3 weeks ago \| Last Post: 15 hours ago Forum Perspective Discussions
	I wish you would have gone into a little more detail about how your character was attacked and what happened before she immigrated to America. 15 hours ago By lgree... I agree with everything you said. But I expecially agree with you when you said that Kim would later feel responsible for getting her mother out of that factory that turned out to be not as beneficial as Aunt Paula made it out to be. 15 hours ago By lgree... do you think the family would have acclimated to the culture and the environment if the aunt who promised to help had been there more often instead of working? how do you think it would have been different if it would have been at all? 7 days ago By jbech... view all posts
	Post Mortem #1 By jennifer.chick@rsu4.org 1 week ago \| Last Post: 3 days ago Forum Perspective Discussions
	for my book, 'we are not from here' by T.J. Sanchez, it wasn't really about easing them into the culture of the United states. it was more about getting them to the U.S. in the first place, and out of harms way. The Main characters start off in their home town of Puerto Barrios. where they come into conflict with the local gang;lead by Rey who has made Pequenia have his baby, and wants to force her into marrying him. This leads to piquenia, and her siblings fleeing their home to find a better life in the U.S. away from the threat of gang violence. Unfortunately the youngest of them, Chico, did not make it to the end of the journey. What are some things that Americans can do better to help ease immigrants into our culture? it would be beneficial to immigrants if the legal system wasn't too dense to get through. Though it wasn't directly covered in the story, the reason Pulga, the second youngest, spent so much time in the immigration camp was because his sister Piquenia had to go through all kinds of red tape just to find a way for Pulga to enter the U.S. as a minor. In the end this ending conflict was resolved when they found an adult who could support them while living in the U.S. 3 days ago By sbail... If you missed class when Discussion #1 was taking place or were not prepared to respond to your lead on time, you need to respond to the following question. Remember that leads are only responsible for responding to you within the timeframe that was initially assigned. Check in with your teacher when you've made your initial post, so they can respond. Leads, remember that you must also still complete a Lead Proposal in addition to replying here, if you were not prepared on time. Please then mark this as complete on Google Classroom when you're finished all the steps that go into the Post Mortem instructions: A brief summary of your selected Ted Talk (that was not the one used in this post) One quote and citation from one of the Ted Talks (that was not used in this post) A summary of your book One quote and citation from your book A clear answer to the question with a connection to your information You can complete these in any order that creates a well-written response In Maeve Higgins’ Ted Talk called “Why a ‘Good Immigrant’ is a Bad Narrative,” she discusses how obtaining a visa into the U.S. can be divided based on who is perceived as exceptional. In her discussion, this is a dangerous system to get into because it divides how people look at immigrants. In her speech she makes the case that all immigrants are valuable, regardless of what they accomplish prior to immigrating. She says, “Why should immigrants have to prove themselves extraordinary to deserve a place at the table, to deserve a fighting chance? Constantly having to prove yourself worthy of basic human dignity is exhausting, and it's unfair. People should not be considered valuable just because they do something of value to us, like pick our fruit or perform our life-saving surgery or win our soccer game. People are valuable because they are people.” (Higgins). In Phuc Tran’s memoir, Sigh, Gone, he also speaks about some of the difficulties of migration from a systemic sense. While he and his family received much support from the sponsors upon moving to the United States, there are some things that no amount of explanation can prepare them for. In one situation, he describes the struggle they had with not being able to look up words his father needed for basic things, like paying bills, “A secondhand scarlet dictionary lay on the table next to him, thudding open as he consulted it for vocabulary that he didn’t understand in the rustling white of bills and checks. Amount Due. Gross Pay. Net Pay. (Helpful hint for future English learners: you can’t just look up the definitions of net and pay and put them together.)” (Tran 11). Both of these scenarios bring to light how, despite best intentions, Americans are struggling to provide the right things for the tasks immigrants have to face at times. Based on this, your novel, and one additional TedTalk, discuss: what are some things that Americans can do better to help ease immigrants into our culture? 1 week ago By jenni...
	1. Group I---t.hyde26 (Replacement A) By jennifer.chick@rsu4.org 3 weeks ago \| Last Post: 3 days ago Forum Perspective Discussions
	In my book, Private Label, by Kelly Yang, to answer the question: "How quickly are immigrants pressured to assimilate? What aspects of culture do they need to assimilate to early, and what aspects can be avoided or pushed until later?" is by assimiliting very fast. "Finally there's the Dunes, where I live, which is are not gated at all, and therefore the equivalent of charcoaled turd in my classmates minds." (Yang 26). He isn't rich like everyone else in the area is, therefore already setting a bad example for himself. 3 days ago By ddarl... In your quote it says that he was "recruited," recruited for what? Where does he move; which country to which country? What are some specific things he has to do to assimilate? Did he have to learn a new language, follow different social expectations, or just be more involved with his surroundings than he was where he previously lived? 2 weeks ago By jenni... In my book, The Only Road, by Alexandra Diaz, relates to the question, “how quickly are immigrants pressured to assimilate?”. This book relates to the question because the first part of the novel talks about how a boy named Jamie is forced to leave the country and go live with his brother for safety reasons because of the situation he was in. Jamie is forced to assimilate in another country, to fit in and adapt to his new life style. Although moving to a new life is extremely dangerous, staying where he is right now is more life threatening than leaving. He’s quickly forced to leave his home and start a new life, “His life of being in the shadows was officially over. He had been recruited.” (Diaz 18). This quote shows how quickly immigrants are pressured to assimilate because it states how his life was immediately changed and he didn’t have any other choice but to assimilate his life completely. 2 weeks ago By iwhit...
	1. Group B--sbailey26 (Replacement B) By emilysue.barker 3 weeks ago \| Last Post: 3 days ago Forum Perspective Discussions
	The move to America is worth it for Ashoke and Ashima because even though it separates them from their family it provides them with a better life, even though it may be difficult. When it comes to Ashoke and Ashima overcoming barriers, especially the language barriers that they have. They overcome this barrier by still staying strong in their culture but also with her husband understanding english better that her he is able to translate for her. And by doing this together they are able to almost for a team between the two of them. 3 days ago By Hboul... in my book there was a struggle to feel like they belonged in the U.S. but it wasn't really due to language barriers it was more so a legal battle to have the right to even enter the U.S. legally. 3 days ago By sbail... I did get to read a bit of a similar sinaro when the two surviving children arrived at the U.S. border and were moved to immigration camps their language became a thing of defiance and strength amongst their fellow immigrants. 3 days ago By sbail... view all posts
	1. Group H--igalvez26 (Replacement C) By emilysue.barker 3 weeks ago \| Last Post: 3 days ago Forum Perspective Discussions
	Yes, there were a couple instances were the two groups got upset with each other but there was one instance that escalated to the point were a fight broke out between two white teens and two Somali teens. The two white guys were both senior starters on the soccer team and one of the Somali guys was a Jv player on the team. 3 days ago By jlane... Sounds like the creditor straight up took advantage of Albert's language barrier to rip him off. How can we as American citizens help other immigrants so that this kind of thing doesn't happen to them? 3 days ago By emily... What is Tom doing to close that communication gap? Is he making good relationships with the refugees? 3 days ago By emily... view all posts
	1. Group B---emarsella26 By jennifer.chick@rsu4.org 3 weeks ago \| Last Post: 3 days ago Forum Perspective Discussions
	this reminds me a bit of how piquenia, the only girl in the group, has to hide her identity as a female in order to safely make the journey to the U.S. even then when she is found out as a female the journey becomes increasingly more troublesome. she had to continuously hide who she was and effectively turn herself into a boy in order to make it to the U.S. without being trafficked. 3 days ago By sbail... In my book The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, two characters are introduced and their names are Ashoke and Ashima. Ashoke and Ashima are Indian immigrants that moved to America. Ashoke had been in a fatal train wreck. Because of this accident this, he made his desicison to move to the America. Ashima and Ashoke had a son when they moved to Massachusetts, and named him Gogol. In the beginning of the book when Ashima is going into labor and she needs her husband, when she calls out for him she doesn’t think of his name, “She has adopted his surname but refuses, for propriety’s sake, to utter his first. It’s not the type of thing Bengail wives do.”(Lahiri pg. 2) This quote shows how this it a tradition in her culture and how even though she was going into labor, its still so forced into her brain to not call her husbands name. Even though she doesn’t call his she still finds a way to get his attention. 4 days ago By Hboul... In “American Street” by Ibi Zoboi, the main character is a young haitian illegal immigrant named Fabiola. Upon entering the U.S. , her mother and grandmother were both caught, with her grandma being deported and Fabiola last seeing her mother being detained. They were trying to get to Detroit to live with her Aunt Jo and her three daughters, Chantal, Pri, and Donna. Fabiola is hit by a massive culture shock in Detroit, and her imagined reality of the “American Dream” begins to break apart. She struggles to continue life in this new place without her mother for guidance, torn between a new place, new people, a boy she likes, and her cousins, she tries to persist in the streets of detroit. What types of family expectation or traditions are your characters facing? Fabiola comes into Detroit with old Haitian habits, like speaking Creole and praying. Her Aunt is immediately against these, determined to turn her into a typical Michigan kid. “ ‘Wi, Matant.’ ‘English!’ she yells, and I jump. ‘Yes, Aunt.’ “ (Zoboi 17) While Aunt Jo doesn’t know about Fabiola’s praying yet, she immediately jumps onto her attempts to speak her first language, Haitian Creole, insisting she use proper English from the start. Her family also insists on her schooling right after she arrives, going to school in a uniform and with other American children. How does your character respond to these expectations? Fabiola submits to these rules, eager to fit in and earn respect from her Aunt, her cousins, and her classmates. She speaks only English and dresses appropriately, letting her Haitian background show very rarely and only with select people. 4 days ago By grack... view all posts

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