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	2. Group E--amackenzie26 By jennifer.chick@rsu4.org 1 month ago \| Last Post: 3 weeks ago Forum Perspective Discussions
	What if the immigration process was similar to how it is today? How would Alberts family be different? Do you think his son would think differently about leaving the farm again? 3 weeks ago By amack... I think they have very similar stories when you put it that way. Especially when you mention how Jende’s reason behind staying is largely family based just like the characters in your book and how they want their father to immigrate because he needs to be with his family. 3 weeks ago By amack... Saeed only lives with his Uncle as you quoted here, “Well not quite alone; he was with his uncle. But the rest of his family? Gone. With an ocean between him and them.”( Padian 174) so does his sister mention how his uncle is dealing with it? Maybe Saeed has talked about how he feels about the whole situation? 3 weeks ago By amack... view all posts
	2. Group F--nobolton25 By emilysue.barker 1 month ago \| Last Post: 3 weeks ago Forum Perspective Discussions
	I think she will find her way through the judgement and the comments mentioned by being herself but also being aware of what is around her and just being mindful 3 weeks ago By p.liz... since we're reading the same book, after seeing the struggles, both physical, mental, and some even socially. how do you think she will finally get over these hurdles that she's now getting more and more often. and do you think she'll finally find a way to fit in, or eventually break off from it entirely, and do something new. 3 weeks ago By Nobol... In my novel “Girl In Translation” - Jean Kwok it is about an 11 year old girl who moved from Hong-Kong to New York with her mom which was a big cultural change for them as they spoke a different language, did their own things differently than others etc. Kimberly and her mom, who is called Ma in this novel, were looking around for apartments but the only ones they could find were described as no heat, no furniture, and kind of in a sketchy area. Kimberly often struggles with judgement even after what nobolton25 said about the fight Kimberly got in with Luke. After that fight Kimberly was pulled into a room with LaGguardia and mentioned how she is worried for Kimberly about being put into a school without the things that she needs to learn and that she can handle with her abilities but the way that she mentioned it made Kimberly think that she was making mean remarks and comments about her life "somehow Ms. LaGuardia had mistaken me for one of the white kids the ones who had house keepers waiting at home, ready with an afternoon snack."(kwok 97) 4 weeks ago By p.liz... view all posts
	2. Group H--jlane26 By emilysue.barker 1 month ago \| Last Post: 3 weeks ago Forum Perspective Discussions
	In my book The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,by Junot Diaz, Oscar’s family helps by downsizing and making massive compromises so that their family can get by and still be together. It was made obvious that Oscars mom would do just about anything to make sure that she would stay with her kids, “And though she’d had nothing, no money, no family, nothing but her blood and her fury, she’d made it to america. She had survived. For them, for her kids.”(Diaz 41). 3 weeks ago By thyde... " In Nairobi coaches form teams during Ramadan and if you win you earn money or dinner out at night"(Padian 6) 4 weeks ago By Bnew2... Wow that was a GREAT point! I have the same book and I also agree that Immigrant families are very important in Out Of Nowhere especially when it comes to Saeed. 4 weeks ago By jlane... view all posts
	2. Group H---imadoz-ontanon26 By jennifer.chick@rsu4.org 1 month ago \| Last Post: 3 weeks ago Forum Perspective Discussions
	I agree with your opinion, however wouldn't it make more sense if the immigrants learned the common language of where they migrated to? 3 weeks ago By thyde... In my book The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, non-immigrant support is shown by friendships. I my book it is expressed that friendship is one of the most important ways to support immigrants, as non immigrants. Oscar Wao makes friends throughout the book, but the one that sticks out the most is his friendship with his new roommate Yunior, who is not an immigrant, however he doesn't discriminate against Oscar for being an immigrant. Yunior makes it known that he is actually friends with Oscar as well, “Oscar was my friend, and I loved him.”(Diaz 73). 3 weeks ago By thyde... What do you think her "American Dream" was like? And how do you think she came up with this? 4 weeks ago By imado... view all posts
	2. Group C--wgoucher26 (Replacement A) By jennifer.chick@rsu4.org 1 month ago \| Last Post: 3 weeks ago Forum Perspective Discussions
	In my book A Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok Kim recently moved to the United States from Hong Kong. Kim is still struggling with the challenges of being an immigrant, balancing her education, work and the struggles that come with being in a new country. Because of these challenges Kim feels like she has to assimilate to American culture quickly. Early on Kim feels like she has to learn the English language quickly in order to succeed academically and socially, “I had to help my mother with the English letters that came from the factory. There were papers that had instructions written in English, and my mother couldn’t understand them. She depended on me.” (kwok) This quote shows that Kim didn't just have to learn english because of school she had to learn english to help her mom. Kim needed to learn English quickly to help support her family. Kim in the beginning of the book solely focused on surviving because that is all you can do in an unfamiliar country. Kim only focused on learning English and her academics in the beginning of the book. But later on in the book she started to make friends and challenge discrimination she faces in the book. 3 weeks ago By lgree... he probably would have been way more confident and possibly would have gotten a girl friend and would have had less people bullying him. as for the second question I dont really understand it that well mostly since idk which girl you were talking about specifically 3 weeks ago By alsmi... how do you think the story would have changed if the male at the start of the story had gone to the gym and bettered him self? Do you think this would have changed the plot/storyline of the book? Do you think that the girls actions could have been different and focused more in school it would have been different or do you belive that life was meant for her and that's her destiny 4 weeks ago By wgouc... view all posts
	2. Group C--jbechard26 By jennifer.chick@rsu4.org 1 month ago \| Last Post: 3 weeks ago Forum Perspective Discussions
	In my book A Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok Kim recently moved to the United States from Hong Kong. Kim is still struggling with the challenges of being an immigrant, balancing her education, work and the struggles that come with being in a new country. Kim still struggles with the language barrier between her and her classmates which often makes her feel isolated.Kims feels isolated at school because of the language barrier and the cultural divide. In my book Kim feels embarrassed because of her working class background because she has to work at a sweatshop while her classmates don't have to worry about that. She often feels isolated from her classmates because of the language barrier and the cultural divide, “ The students who were smiling showed even, white teeth to match their even, white skin. Was I going to be the only white person in the whole school?” ( kwok 105) This quote shows that even when Kim goes to a completely different school she still faces a cultural divide which causes her to feel isolated from her peers. 3 weeks ago By lgree... he probably would have had a gf and may have been way more confident in himself and wouldn't have become much of a nerd. also for the second question I didn't really understand it because the sister did mess around with her classmates father unless you meant to say something else. 3 weeks ago By alsmi... what if the brother never had the issues with his girlfriends, and what would have happened differently if the sister mess around with her classmates father? 3 weeks ago By jbech... view all posts
	2. Group A--mspencer26 By emilysue.barker 1 month ago \| Last Post: 3 weeks ago Forum Perspective Discussions
	I like how in my book the refugee is good at soccer and the refugee in your book Is good at math. they both succsed in something at school and they still get racial comments. 3 weeks ago By Igrah... Becuase he isnt from this country, and he gets bullied and feels like he dosent belong because of that. 3 weeks ago By edesm... In my book, Out of Nowhere, by Maria Padian, is about a high schooler and varsity soccer player named Tom Bouchard and he goes through a lot of changes of perspective when some Somalian refugees come to his school. He starts to understand the Racism around him and how badly they treat them. Tom occasionally witnesses the racism himself and sees how hard down they have it. One of the refugees named Abdi goes through major racism and one of his encountrments of racism is when he walked into the bathroom and found grafity of racism, "Kids spray-paint´Go back to Africa!´ in the bathroom" (Padian 187), he reads that and feels like his community and school and everyone around him doesn't want him and none of them like him. 3 weeks ago By Igrah... view all posts
	2. Group E--sfisher26 (Replacement A) By jennifer.chick@rsu4.org 1 month ago \| Last Post: 3 weeks ago Forum Perspective Discussions
	I personally found it crazy that the school Tom and Saeed attend would ban non-native languages on campus. I probably made a bit of a face when reading that part. Btw, it compares to my book a little bit. In my book, Trevor, a light skin, is born in an area in South Africa where mixed children are illegal. 3 weeks ago By jdyke... " Ill put my mother down as Saeed's second emergency contact and I'll write in my doctor and dentist. When you get your own, you can change it (Padian 19) This shows that as soon as Saeed got there he had to fill out all these papers. 4 weeks ago By Bnew2... In my book Out Nowhere by Maria Padian, Tom Bouchard a senior in high school and also the captain of the soccer team. His season is altered when there a lot of immigrants who join the team, the kids are really good probably the best on the team. One that stands out is named Saeed he is a immigrant from Somalia, and Tom and Saeed become very good friends and Tom even helps him fill out his paper for him to play soccer. But Tom and his friend Donnie did something very bad by going to there rival school Maquoit and painted there special rock. Tom gets sentenced to 100 community service hours and also has to paint the rock to how It was before. His parents, friends, principal and coach are all very dissapointed with him. In school the immigrants are struggling to find there classes and they cannot ask for help because they do not understand English well enough. The other kids start making fun of the immigrants by teasing them and making fun of them. The school also makes a rule that immigrants have to speak English and not there home countries language which makes it even harder for the immigrants. 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? They are pressured into it pretty much right away because the other people don't believe that there religion or beliefs are superior to there's and that they should pick up there beliefs. They want them to understand the language and speak the English language instead of there home language. They can avoid or push later is maybe doing more things that Americans would like eating the food, getting jobs, and maybe going to college. 4 weeks ago By Bnew2... view all posts
	2. Group B--grackliffe26 By jennifer.chick@rsu4.org 1 month ago \| Last Post: 3 weeks ago Forum Perspective Discussions
	Your book sounds a little bit like mine. Both of our characters end up giving birth, along with one of the characters dying too. And with one of your characters Chico dies by falling off of a train, my character Ashoke ends up getting hurt in a train accident in the beginning of my book. 3 weeks ago By Hboul... that kind of separation occurred in my book too. after they had left their home for the border the three kids where very attached to each other as they where all they had left on their journey. after Chicos' death nothing could separate the remaining two. even to a fault when Pulga collapsed in the desert and Piquenia decided to stay behind and protect him while he recovered putting her own life at risk. 4 weeks ago By sbail... that sounds pretty similar to my book in the way the parents stayed behind themselves to assure their children made it to america 4 weeks ago By grack... view all posts
	2. Group D--cmorin26 By jennifer.chick@rsu4.org 1 month ago \| Last Post: 4 weeks ago Forum Perspective Discussions
	in my book out of nowhere by Maria Padian, the immigrants also try to fit in so they don't feel like the werid one who trys to fit in by joining the soccer team and stuggles to learn english 4 weeks ago By cmori... In the book The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Oscar is more of a nerdy kid that really doesn't have anything going for him ever since he's moved. He tries to fit in multiple times in the book. One specific time is during the first semester at rutgers. He gets a roommate who goes by the name of Yunior, who has more social abilities than Oscar. Yunoir encourages him to work out and work on talking to women. Oscar tries to fit in with the people at his college by following this advice, but eventually just figures out he doesn't have the same amount of masculinity that Yunoir has. I think immigrants try to fit in because they want to be just like the people around them and don't want to be judged as being different. Oscar tries many different ways to try and fit in but he ends up failing and realised he didn't want to be changed, “he was resistant. Like he didn't want to be changed.” (Diaz 178) 4 weeks ago By cleac... Based on what you’re seeing in your novel, why do immigrants try to fit in? What are some things your characters do to try to fit in? How successful are they? "What Marrying an Immigrant Taught Me About Cultural Bias," Kyle Quinn shares how marrying an immigrant challenged his own biases and stereotypes. He explains that through his relationship, he learned to recognize and question his assumptions about culture and immigration. Quinn highlights the importance of being open to learning from different cultures and confronting personal biases. A quote from this Ted Talk is, “Isabelle was there on my right and she was cool, calm, collected as if she had been there a million times before” (Quinn 2). This quote is showing that Isabelle thinks this is normal, and she dosent stand up to herself when insulted to fit in. In Out of Nowhere by Maria Padian, the story follows Tom, a high school soccer player, whose life is turned upside down when a Somali refugee named Ahmed joins the team. Tensions rise as cultural differences and misunderstandings create conflict within the team and the town. As Tom gets to know Saeed, he learns more about the struggles refugees face and begins to question his own beliefs. A quote from this book is “Sometimes he surprised me and came up with a string of English that made you think he could speak the language” (Pandian 29), this quote is showing Saeed starting to learn english and fitting in more. The connection between the Ted Talk and the book are that there are two immigrants trying to navigate life and fit in. Isabelle Kyles wife deals with the cultural biases and dosent stand up for herself to fit in. And the Somali Reugee Saeed has a hard time learning English and tries to fit in by learning it. For participants: -Never use a peer’s real name, only use their username -Respond to the question based on your book, not your personal opinion -If the question doesn’t directly apply to something that appears in your book, be clear about what you’re seeing instead -Make sure to include a summary of your book so far -Include a quote with the proper citation to give context to your answer -Reply to one other participant in this group -Acknowledge your lead’s reply to your response with a comment that clarifies information, offer a question to them about their book, or simply give a thumbs up To exceed: Reply to three other people in this group, or two in this group and one in a group you weren’t assigned 1 month ago By jenni...

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