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    That's all I want to say. To be honest, I love the way how American express their feeling and emotion. For the most basic thing, to say "I love you" to your Mom or Dad is also a big difference. For American children, if I wasn't wrong, I have observed that it was just very familiar and easy to say that to their parents. For me, I would be a challenge. Frankly, I have had never said "I love you" to my Mom. It always made me feel nervous and feel totally abnormal. Yet for the kids in the U.S, they just live with it. I think maybe it because of the way we were educated. In Vietnam, we were taught to keep our feeling and emotion. Even parents don't use to express their love to their children. That's how it works for the whole generation.
       For the couple, the way they kiss each other in the public somehow make me really impress and admire them. When I first came to the U.S, I already prepared for those kinds of things but the first time when I saw a couple kissing on the Guadalupe streets, I was blushing. In Vietnam, if a couple express their love to each other in the public, it would be seemed as a rude and impolite attitude.
     For friends, they express how they feel, say what they think and somehow, I have a feeling that American talk a lot. I had a chance to hang out with 2 native speakers, one guy and one girl. They kept their conversation going on and on, even they jump into the speech to show their opinion about the topics. At that time, I didn't know how to interrupt them to show my point of view, I thought that it would be a rude attitude.
     To conclude, I love the way how American utter their feeling, emotion and mind. It's more easier to survive with this life.

Comment on a colleague’s work #1

Hi Amy,

Today, I read your blog about “School-choice”. You helped me to know more about school system in the US. I agree with you that the future of American is our children. And also “the key to making our Nation great, is giving our children a great education”. It‘s not only in the US, but also in the other countries. Thus, the only thing is school system, which helps our children to have a great education. I am surprised when the citizens of the US have to pay high property taxes, but they have no choice the public schools their children can attend. It’s so different from my country. Children can choose the high school with good qualities, but they have to get good grades in the middle school. However, you can choose the elementary and middle school only in the district where you are living. In another hand, in the US, the location of their houses determines where their children have to attend school, unless they decided to put them in private school. Therefore, people who are living in the US, shouldn’t looking for the dream house, they should pick where their children attend school. In my country, it’s same here. If some houses in the districts, which have great schools, their price is usually more expensive.

This article is a good resource for me. It gave me more knowledge about the school system. I think the government should give the citizens some choices to pick the school for their children. Thus, people don’t have to do two jobs to earn more money for the private schools. People will have enough time to take care their family.

I love The US !!

I have just come to the US for two years, so I don’t know the political American too much. Therefore, I decided to take the US government class this semester, for improving more knowledge about it. When I came to the US, I was surprised for the independence of the US. Because I come from the socialist country, Vietnam, it is so different here. I love the independent of the US

First of all, people can be freedom to choose the religion. The US has many religions, such as Buddhist, catholic, Hindu… because people at the US come from many countries. However, people can choose whatever they like; it makes them so pleasant for being kept their religion.

Second, people are freedom on the communications, such as newspaper, internet, at school…It’s so different from my country, and also it’s the best thing, I love when I live here. The citizens can say their opinion about the politic, the economy, and share information together on the communications. They don’t care the government. In my country, we cannot say our thought, or discuss about the politic on commutation. I think it’s the best way to help the US to grow as now.

Although I come from the different country, when I go to school, or everywhere, people are kind and nice to help me. There is Africa, Asian… who are working the government of the US. All citizens are equal in the eye of the law.

In my brief, I love the life in the US. It’s independent, so I can go to school, and make many friends from many countries. Also we are freedom to talk and discuss on the communications. Although we are different from religions, countries..; we have the same live in the US. Thus, we worship the government of the US.