With the influx of Chinese in Southern California, Chinese associations have emerged in an endless stream, especially in the WeChat circle of various "groups", which can be described as diverse, making the amateur cultural life of Chinese newcomers colorful. Among these "groups", in the past two years, there has been a "mother group" formed by accompanying mothers, and the reporter will focus on this group today and share their joys, sorrows and life with the majority of readers.
Miao Qing, accompanying the mother, the son is 10 years old
Miao Qing said that he and his son accompanied her husband to apply for "outstanding talents" to immigrate to the United States a year ago, Miao Qing herself is a corporate executive in China, in order not to let the child "lose at the starting line", she resolutely gave up her career to send her children to Los Angeles to study. At the beginning, I was worried that the child could not speak English and could not keep up with the curriculum, but when he came back from school on the 4th day of school, the child wrote a comparison of Chinese and American education in his diary, saying that the American classroom was very free, the teacher was very NICE, the Chinese teacher was very strict, the classroom was very tense, and the schoolwork pressure was high.
Miao Qing and her son take a group photo. Miao Qing provides
Speaking of herself, in addition to transporting her children to and from school, washing and cooking housework, Miao Qing has a lot of free time every day, in order to arrange her life more fully, she uses her artistic expertise to open adult and children's calligraphy classes and ink painting classes. In addition, she participated in free English classes to clear the language barrier for herself to integrate into mainstream society as soon as possible. She also holds a "weekend life experience day" with the "Mother Group" once a week, visiting museums, participating in community activities, climbing mountains, outings...
Liu Xiaoqing, accompanying the mother, the son is 9 years old
Liu Xiaoqing, who hand-painted a picture album of endangered birds in Qinghai-Tibet, immigrated to the United States two years ago through "outstanding talents", and her "outstanding" image was on the big-screen TV in New York's Times Square. After coming to the United States, Liu Xiaoqing washed away the lead and studied with her son full-time, and in just two years, she and her son had different feelings in a foreign country.
First of all, the son, who just began to understand English, can understand the course after half a year of the school's English cram class, the son later made a white classmate, the two filmed a micro-video to put on the YouTube website, and also posted advertisements in the community, so that neighbors can watch their videos online and like, the results did not expect their videos because the number of clicks reached the requirements of YouTube, the two got a reward of 8 yuan respectively, which made the son feel very proud, Mom is also proud that her 9-year-old son has learned to be self-reliant.
Speaking of my mother herself, when she first came to the United States, she had a lot of discomfort, there was no one on the street at 9 o'clock in the evening, needles fell on the ground can be heard, and this time in Beijing is when the nightlife begins. Although the United States looks very deserted, the neighbors see that the lawn in front of her house is yellow and take the initiative to water it, which makes Xiaoqing feel some warmth.
Another experience that made her feel unaccustomed was washing clothes and drying in the yard and being stopped by neighbors, feeling that American neighbors were particularly nosy, and she lowered the drying rod so that Lao Mei could not see and was not bothered.
In order to have a good relationship with the neighbors, she invited everyone to come to the house for the weekend party and cooked a sumptuous Chinese meal, and the foreigners liked her ma po tofu and braised pork very much, except for the fish with thorns. The foreigner told her that they did not have the habit of spitting out (fish bones) when they ate. When talking about Sino-Japanese relations in small talks, Xiaoqing said that China does not need Japanese reparations, but the Japanese are still unwilling to apologize for the Nanjing Massacre, and a white neighbor who heard this was very angry, "How can this be?" Tears are coming down.
Liu Xiaoqing and her son in Los Angeles. Liu Xiaoqing provided
Zhou's mother, accompanying her mother, her son is in his sophomore year
Zhou's mother, who came from Beijing 10 years ago, now lives in Pasadena, and her 19-year-old son, under her hard work, jumped into her sophomore year as soon as she entered college. In addition to taking care of her son's diet and living, Zhou's mother likes photography, planting flowers and grass in her spare time, taking her son to participate in public welfare activities, delivering clothes and food to homeless people, participating in Lions club activities, etc., and cultivating a child's love from an early age.
In order to provide for her children's schooling, Zhou's mother did a lot of work, including intermediaries, consulting, etc. When I first came to the United States, my English was not good, I ran into walls everywhere, I couldn't tell if I was bullied in a car accident, and the salesman couldn't understand what she was saying. In order to overcome the language barrier, in addition to going to the community college to take free English classes, she usually drives the TV to watch English programs at home, listens to English radio when driving, and creates an English environment by herself.
Ms. Zhou (right) and her son (second from right) participate in an activity to donate clothes to a homeless woman (center). Ms. Zhou provided.
Li Yifang, accompanying mother, daughter 14 years old
Ms. Li's daughter from Taiwan, 14, attended high school in Arcadia, and although she attended a bilingual school in Taiwan, her daughter's history class grades still could not go up after coming to the United States. When the mother asked her daughter why, the daughter said that it was difficult for the history class to be in English, although there were history class answers in the student group, but she did not want to simply copy it, thinking that she could not learn the history knowledge, and the mother was very sympathetic to the daughter's approach.
Li Yifang is with her daughter. Li Yifang provided
In order to solve the cost of living in the United States and her daughter's tuition fees, Ms. Zhou, in addition to receiving financial support from her Husband in Taiwan, she also continued her wedding counseling work in Taiwan through the Internet. "American things are more expensive than Taiwan, so I will cook more at home and eat out as little as possible to save money."
Of course, not all of the mom's friends can arrange their lives as full, happy, and organized as the above mothers. According to reports, some mothers rely on "pot drama" to pass the day, some are still worried about their identity, and some are depressed because they are too bored, and they really have a feeling of "good mountains, good water and good loneliness". (End)