I was lucky to come to America before the political upheaval in Iran.
Is the author talking about the Vietnamese war or something completely different?
We were also asked about electricity, tents, and the Sahara. Once again, we disappointed, admitting that we had electricity, that we didn't own a tent, and that the Sahara was on another continent.
I seriously would have asked those questions. Knowing the answer now creates a much clearer picture or Iran than what I thought it was like.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Swoosh Swoosh
In Iran, meal preparation took up half of each day.
I could never go a half day having to cook. By the end of the cooking process, almost everything would be gone, because I ate it while it was being cooked. "Oh, just a few onion slices. Oh just a few pieces of chicken." At the end there would be like a portion for a baby.
With his pants halfway around his bottom, he hopped around telling us that these were the same pants he had worn on the airplane two months ago!
Man, that feeling is horrible! I know how bad it feels, and I am very proud of their uncle for wanting to lose weight.
I could never go a half day having to cook. By the end of the cooking process, almost everything would be gone, because I ate it while it was being cooked. "Oh, just a few onion slices. Oh just a few pieces of chicken." At the end there would be like a portion for a baby.
With his pants halfway around his bottom, he hopped around telling us that these were the same pants he had worn on the airplane two months ago!
Man, that feeling is horrible! I know how bad it feels, and I am very proud of their uncle for wanting to lose weight.
In the gutter
My father grew up poor in Ahwaz, Iran. His parents died at an early age, brought down by maladies readily cured today.
This quote made me think of all the short stories we have read. Especially "The Photograph." It also made me realize that most people that lived in Iran or Cambodia, or the middle east lost their parents young.
Now he was able to squeeze onto the sofa with the rest of us and catch up.
I don't really understand what the author was trying to say through this sentence.
This quote made me think of all the short stories we have read. Especially "The Photograph." It also made me realize that most people that lived in Iran or Cambodia, or the middle east lost their parents young.
Now he was able to squeeze onto the sofa with the rest of us and catch up.
I don't really understand what the author was trying to say through this sentence.
Hot dogs and wild geese
"He was the only person who actually read each and every document before he signed it."
This made me realize that just because you can't understand something as well as others or you don't have an excellent education in something doesn't mean you are dumb.
''Thanks to my father's translations, we stayed away from hot dogs, catfish, hush puppies, and no amount of caviar in the sea would have convinced us to try mud pie.
This is extremely funny. Hahahah :) Also, this quote made me predict the book will get even funnier if I keep reading.
This made me realize that just because you can't understand something as well as others or you don't have an excellent education in something doesn't mean you are dumb.
''Thanks to my father's translations, we stayed away from hot dogs, catfish, hush puppies, and no amount of caviar in the sea would have convinced us to try mud pie.
This is extremely funny. Hahahah :) Also, this quote made me predict the book will get even funnier if I keep reading.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Save me, Mickey!
"Because we were new to this country, we were impressed not just by the big attractions, but also by the little things-smiling employees, clean bathrooms, and clear signage. "
Where are you talking about?!? I never see smiling employees or spotless bathrooms. In fact, most people find the bathrooms disgusting!
"There is one attraction that stood appart...Disney Land!"
Man, I have never been to Disney Land :( I really want to go! She is so so lucky!
Where are you talking about?!? I never see smiling employees or spotless bathrooms. In fact, most people find the bathrooms disgusting!
"There is one attraction that stood appart...Disney Land!"
Man, I have never been to Disney Land :( I really want to go! She is so so lucky!
Leffingwell Elementary School
Quote #1
"When I was seven, my parents, my fourteen-year-old brother, Farshid, and I moved from Abadan, Iran to Whittier, California."
This quote is connected not only to Children of the River, but to many others who fleed their home land, because they all moved around the north-west-coast.
Quote #2
"The girl's mother joined us, then gestured for us to follow her inside."
I find this extremely nice and I wish that America was like this today because now-a-days the only people asking women to come in their house is if they are a pervert.
"When I was seven, my parents, my fourteen-year-old brother, Farshid, and I moved from Abadan, Iran to Whittier, California."
This quote is connected not only to Children of the River, but to many others who fleed their home land, because they all moved around the north-west-coast.
Quote #2
"The girl's mother joined us, then gestured for us to follow her inside."
I find this extremely nice and I wish that America was like this today because now-a-days the only people asking women to come in their house is if they are a pervert.
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