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"Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny."

Frank Outlaw

October 27, 2010

My Informal letter to US new comer

Dear the new comer 

Welcome to United States of America. There is a well known slogan :  The America  is the land of milk and honey. With time you will realize this expression is out of date.
Many challenges are waiting in front of you. Adjustment is the key to success in the States.
Generally Americans are friendly and helpful . Americans are a very mixed, diverse population that places high priority on individualism. With time you will discover everything is  possible and can happen in the United States.

          This is a country of opportunity and with lots of opportunists. This is one  reason to educate yourself to be a " well rounded  educate consumer". It is the best way of protecting your self against schemes and scams in the everyday living. You will  find that bureaucratic administration is  very heavy. Be patient,  polite, determined and follow up will ease lots in your way. Remember the art of asking the right question to the right person or authority are very important, otherwise you will get lost in the systems jungle. US citizens are very keen on using disposables, as individual convenience is a more importan  issues than environmental. Event through America is a country with freedom of speech, be careful with expressing  your frustration,  particularly in front of "the new American", as you don't want to be in a confrontation. Many of these individual are more patriotic than the "American-born American". You will also meet "reverse discrimination" , don’t get discouraged, just learn a way to kill it with kindness and remember later on help others without bias whenever you can. Americans have very good habits especially with waiting in line culture, people are used to helping each other to fit in line. America is the fast food heaven and a convenience meal is avaible on every corner.You will experience lots of familys with a cooking skills  limited to "unable to cook without a microwave".At last a car is a necessity in your everyday life. You will observer there are more car on the street than people.
Welcome again to a land with unlimited opportunity on individual hard effort for success. Keep on smiling, and adjusting and improvement in all aspects will ease your American's life in the longterm.

Best wish to you and me.
Victoria

1 comment:

  1. Excellent observations. I like your concept of "killing it with kindness." Yes, milk and honey...very out of date!
    You will be reading this out loud in class, so practice reading it aloud slowly beforehand. I will give you the grammar edits in class. See you then!

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