Kelly Au
Kelly Au is 我的同学们也我的朋友。她 中国-美国人。她的家从香港，可是现在她的家住美国。她十六岁。 她的家有四个人。爸爸，妈妈，妹妹，和她。她去 Walter Payton College Prep 学校。
Kelly Au is the person I chose to interview. She is my dear friend, and classmate at Walter Payton College Prep. Kelly is 16 years old and resides in Chicago’s south side near White Sox Park. Her family consists of herself, her father, mother, and younger sister named Lydia. Kelly’s family first came to America in the summer of 1975 when her father chose to attend college here. Her family was originally from Hong Kong, China. Most of her knowledge and perspective is based on family views. She says that when her family first came people mostly stayed in groups based on ethnicity, also that her parents hung out mostly in the Chinatown area. Though the discrimination was not as apparent to them, it was still present. Though Kelly is Chinese-American, she still stays in touch with her Chinese cultural roots. She speaks Cantonese to her parents while at home, watches Chinese television, celebrates traditional Chinese holidays, participates in ancestral worship, eats Chinese food, used Chinese medicine, and is currently enrolled in a Mandarin Chinese class at school. (Wow! That’s a lot!). Kelly’s family, like others, has put an extremely large emphasis on her education, especially in the math and science areas. She states “In grade school, when I got more than two B’s on my report card, I would get yelled at so much that I would cry”. Kelly has a high value of her education, which is mostly due to her family’s encouragement, emphasis on grades, and her strong will to succeed. Kelly’s parent’s main goal for her is to get into a good college, get a good job, and they want her to be more than “smarts” which is why she is enrolled in Judo. When asked about inter-racial dating, Kelly states that her parents would not have issues with it, however her grandparents would be highly skeptical. The skepticism, she acknowledges, is due to them being part of the “older” generation. Through Kelly participates in a high amount of Chinese and American activities, she sometimes feels lost in the American culture due to the emphasis on pop culture. She states that she is not as knowledgeable about certain T.V. shows because the Chinese station was turned on almost 24/7. Though is may be a bit rough growing up in an area surround by a different culture than your parents, Kelly handles it very well and states, “I rarely feel unaccepted. I have awesome friends!”
Critical Thinking
Based on the high number of immigrants I think that it is hard to preserve an individual identity. Having so many people present causes others to group people into categories based on race, ethnicity, and social-economical background.
Being American today emphasizes a certain freedom. It represents the idea of possibilities outside of the general “in-the-box” thinking. People, when thinking of America and what it represents, often think of a melting pot where many different people come to succeed in what they chose to do.
I learned so much through this interview. Not only did I learn more about a close friend and her family, I learned about another culture more in-depth. Comparing my situation to Kelly’s is somewhat difficult because we grew up in different situations. Such as education, education is so very important in my household, however there is more leeway. Also, something similar is dealing with what some would call a culture class, even just the differences of growing up on the Northside or the Southside creates a difference in ideas. People should remember that there are all types of people in this world and that to be prejudice and discriminatory towards them is their loss, because they will not come to know so many things.
Kelly Au is 我的同学们也我的朋友。她 中国-美国人。她的家从香港，可是现在她的家住美国。她十六岁。 她的家有四个人。爸爸，妈妈，妹妹，和她。她去 Walter Payton College Prep 学校。
Kelly Au is the person I chose to interview. She is my dear friend, and classmate at Walter Payton College Prep. Kelly is 16 years old and resides in Chicago’s south side near White Sox Park. Her family consists of herself, her father, mother, and younger sister named Lydia. Kelly’s family first came to America in the summer of 1975 when her father chose to attend college here. Her family was originally from Hong Kong, China. Most of her knowledge and perspective is based on family views. She says that when her family first came people mostly stayed in groups based on ethnicity, also that her parents hung out mostly in the Chinatown area. Though the discrimination was not as apparent to them, it was still present. Though Kelly is Chinese-American, she still stays in touch with her Chinese cultural roots. She speaks Cantonese to her parents while at home, watches Chinese television, celebrates traditional Chinese holidays, participates in ancestral worship, eats Chinese food, used Chinese medicine, and is currently enrolled in a Mandarin Chinese class at school. (Wow! That’s a lot!). Kelly’s family, like others, has put an extremely large emphasis on her education, especially in the math and science areas. She states “In grade school, when I got more than two B’s on my report card, I would get yelled at so much that I would cry”. Kelly has a high value of her education, which is mostly due to her family’s encouragement, emphasis on grades, and her strong will to succeed. Kelly’s parent’s main goal for her is to get into a good college, get a good job, and they want her to be more than “smarts” which is why she is enrolled in Judo. When asked about inter-racial dating, Kelly states that her parents would not have issues with it, however her grandparents would be highly skeptical. The skepticism, she acknowledges, is due to them being part of the “older” generation. Through Kelly participates in a high amount of Chinese and American activities, she sometimes feels lost in the American culture due to the emphasis on pop culture. She states that she is not as knowledgeable about certain T.V. shows because the Chinese station was turned on almost 24/7. Though is may be a bit rough growing up in an area surround by a different culture than your parents, Kelly handles it very well and states, “I rarely feel unaccepted. I have awesome friends!”
Critical Thinking
Based on the high number of immigrants I think that it is hard to preserve an individual identity. Having so many people present causes others to group people into categories based on race, ethnicity, and social-economical background.
Being American today emphasizes a certain freedom. It represents the idea of possibilities outside of the general “in-the-box” thinking. People, when thinking of America and what it represents, often think of a melting pot where many different people come to succeed in what they chose to do.
I learned so much through this interview. Not only did I learn more about a close friend and her family, I learned about another culture more in-depth. Comparing my situation to Kelly’s is somewhat difficult because we grew up in different situations. Such as education, education is so very important in my household, however there is more leeway. Also, something similar is dealing with what some would call a culture class, even just the differences of growing up on the Northside or the Southside creates a difference in ideas. People should remember that there are all types of people in this world and that to be prejudice and discriminatory towards them is their loss, because they will not come to know so many things.
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