While some people are of different ethnic groups, they are still born in the United States. Do these people practice both cultures or just one? Elizabeth Wong had was forced to practice both cultures. Wong explained to whoever read the article, how hard and complicated it was to practice both cultures: the United States and China. The article was first publicized in the Los Angeles Times, where she lived. Wong lived a very impressive life, even if she had no choice to.
I believe that Wong is a very good role model to young children. This article shows how mature she is with her life. When other children would be playing, Wong and her brother would be going to school. It was like they had to live in two different lives. It kind of surprised me when the article says the mother would drag the children to school herself. The parents must have really wanted Wong and her brother to learn part of the Chinese culture.
Wong had a lot of memories from the Chinese school she attended. She explains the scenery that she would see every day on the way to school: the high wire fence and the hilly landscape. She also explained that the gym smelled like "Chinese medicine." She explained that smell as if it were a dirty closet. She remembered what the class, as a whole, would say when the teacher entered the classroom, "'Sing san ho.'" When she was allowed to quit Chinese school, she was happy at first. She still thought of herself as an American. I think she got a little upset though, as the years went on.
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