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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Back to the article.  I liked all but the second one. Her point was not particularly well articulated, and her argument was very convoluted.  As far as I can tell, her point is that sometimes people are mean to service workers but I want to work in government.

The first one is a phenomenal writer, though...especially when you consider he's only in high school.[/quote]

Agree, the first was tremendous. I would be so proud to be his mother. [/quote]

i can see why americans love this, but it's kind of offensive toward immigrants. not all immigrants are in awe of a few open books and a new york times. our parents are not necessarily maids and cleaners.[/quote]

But he was and his mother is a house cleaner.  [b]He isn't telling anyone else's story except his own. [/b]Your comments seems a sad attempt at respectability that seeks to deny the existence and hardships of the vast majority of new immigrants. [/quote]

+1.  PP incorrectly assumes the student is talking about all immigrants, when he's just describing his own story.[/quote]

no, i am not assuming he is talking about all immigrants.[b] i know way too many (unlike you - just a guess) to think this is representative.[/b]

it is YOU who think he is talking about immigrant experience. and you want it to be so because... who can't love the poor little kid admiring your book collection? there is no threat here at all... just a gratitude, and this immense feeling of inferiority. awwww! such a nice, little kid, aspiring to be like us...[/quote]

PP here.  You'd guess wrong.  I'm a child of immigrants, and married to an immigrant.

And your post is pretty incoherent, as is your reasoning.  The student said nowhere in his essay that he was referring to all immigrants--just reflecting his own experience.[/quote]

as already explained, the problem is not so much the guy who wrote the essay (though the essay is really really kitschy) but the out of proportion appreciate of it that comes solely from confirming one's own prejudices and a sense of superiority.[/quote]

If you read the prior posts, you will see that two of them (one written by me) state explicitly that we appreciate the essay because it calls out to a shared experience.

I don't think "awww" - not for one second. But I do know what it is like to be from a humble background and be intrigued about ideas and experiences outsides one's own world. And wanting to gain access.

Perhaps someone is going "awwww." Perhaps it is the kid of the jurist, which you offer as an example. Or perhaps the jurist child just hates to be confused with anyone who started off working class?

We, the working class and the working class's offspring, do not bite. It's OK. I promise! Rumors of our uncouth ways are overblown. :)[/quote]

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