"Being different as an immigrant in USA, I was vulnerable to teasing, even though it has made me stronger and wiser person. When I first came to USA, I teased for my English accent. English was not my first language, so my accent was not like native speakers. I was not grown up in this culture, and I had teased for that too. “I don’t want to talk with a Broken English guy.” I have heard those words a few times, even though it really lowered my self-esteem. In my first workplace, I was the only one, who is an immigrant. So sometimes, I felt uneasy to talk with co-workers. Sometime they were talking about a baseball match, or even a new released audio album by a famous American singer, in which I was not familiar. I was not able to celebrate their holidays, and it made me uneasy. Sometimes in absence of me, they were making funny stories about me. Some of my activities seemed funny to them. However, I realized we are all different from each other. I learned that there are more to worry "
2007-07-15
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