Americans manners

There is one thing that I really dislike about American, especially guys. They like to spit on the floor a lot... In Hong Kong, you will get a $300 fine for doing that, so I have never seen people spit wherever they want before I came. I have talked about this with my friends and they told me it is because they are used to be on the football field. Well, I understand the need of spitting on football field but I am really annoyed when I see them spitting around.

I like how Americans would greet people nicely even though they are not that closed. This shows their friendliness ,and it helps to avoid those awkward moments when you see someone that you dont know what to talk about.

Costume

Have you ever dressed up in costume? Write a paragraph telling why, and describe what you wore. Did you wear makeup or a mask? Could your friends recognize you, or were you disguised?

I was never in any drama or acts, so I didnt get lots of chances to wear costume or makeup. Last year in Halloween was the first time I tried a taste of this. I dressed up as Super Mario while my little brother was Dracula. We did trick or treat together and that was a new experience for me. We do have Halloween in Hong Kong but it was never a big thing like it is in America.

What have you observed about our Easter Holiday?

This is my second year in the states and yet, I dont see any different between the Easter in US and the one in Hong Kong. Both of them were full of Easter bunny and chocolate. Easter is the day to celebrate Jesus rebirth brom death, since the majority of people in Hong Kong are also Christian, there shouldnt be a big difference from here. The only thing that I would do here but not in Hong Kong, would be the Easter Egg hunting. Grown-ups like to put chocolate or money in the "Easter Eggs" amd hide them around the house. Kids would be busy all day and tried to find out where they were. It was fun, but other than that, Easter was just....Easter.

Do you believe in some sort of life after death? If so, describe it.

People have been wondered why form of life after death would be for thousands of years. To me, the idea of heaven and hell makes the most sense. Even though I am not religious, I can still foresee once you are dead, your invisible soul would go to either of these places according to what you did in your past life.

Heaven, a wonderful place where there is no segregation and prejudice. Everything is calm and peaceful. Of course, all the laws would be abolished because everyone is not sinful. It is a place where only beautiful things would happen.

On the other hand, hell is a place full of despair. Your soul would be tortured days after days in order to pay back the sin you made. It is a place where poverty of love.

Separate but equal NOT

What observation did you make in the movie "separate but equal" that depict the unequal treatment of African Americans?

After about half hour of the movie, I could see the evidences that African Americans were treated unfairly. The first scene showed the school that the African Americans went to. It was small and shabby; the toilet was just a little hut with a hole in the ground. They didnt have much facilities, no school bus or not even an electric bell. Those kids had to walk for 5 to 6 miles to go to school every morning.

On the other hand, the school that the white kids went to is fancy and much bigger. They had like 30 school bus that went to every single corner of the town.

However, when the principle of the black school asked to borrow a school bus from the white, he got rejected, and the whites even teased him. This shows that the white thinks the black were not important and did not even care about the black kids. 

Being a minority, I understand how that feels. I would say racism is the stupidest thing ever. You cannot dislike someone only because of their race, because they have no choice on being an asian or black. Besides, racism will only show how shallow of a person you are, there are hundreds of different race in the world, how dare you think you are the best?  

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Self-reliance

I grow up under the influence of chinese society, therefore I cannot agree to this philosophy. Maybe it is because we are really family-oriented. Unlike the americans, Chinese people always put their family on the first priority. It is common to see people in hong kong live with their family till they get married. Not saying that we are not capable to take care of ourself, but you know Hong Kong is a much much smaller place than the US ,and so it is remarkably expensive to rent an apartment (see we only lives in apartment) which is not a 18 yrs old or a college student can afford. Moreover, your parents are the closest people to you on Earth, would you really want to leave them alone and never come back?

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Should states provide free services- such as education and healthe care- to illegal aliens and their children?

A BIG FAT NO! As you said they are illegal, which means they do not contribute anything to the country at all! Providing free services to them is like spending taxpayer's money to nowhere, in fact they would take away the potential development of the society which is the last thing government wants to do. Moreover, if they want to get the benefit from government, they should follow the regular procedure because breaking the rules are definitely not acceptable. There is a similar situation happened in hong kong a couple years ago. Lots of pregnant women from Mainland China came to hong kong and gave birth to babies. The only reason they were doing that was to let the baby become a resident of hong kong, since the benefit in hong kong for babies are way better than China. This action irritated lots of expected mothers in hong kong and turned out there was a huge protest against those mainland illegal children. I think this shows a great example that we should NOT provide free services to those illegal alliens.