Evaluation:
Published: 16.11.2002.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'A Chinese Young Adult in America', 1.
Extract

"China's nice, but America...America's supposed to be better."
That line is one of the first words uttered by my interviewee. When I asked him, why his family moved here, that was his response. The thing that us American's need to understand is each person has a story, his/her family has a story, one which probably includes hardships, and joyous events, but we all have one, maybe that's what makes America so beautiful.
James Tong Chen, that is my full name. I am an eighteen-year old college freshman. My family moved here from Hong Kong twelve years ago. …

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