Immigration day was a great experience for me because learning about other peoples lives is very interesting to me. The first person that I talked to was Silvia and she was from Spain. She is studying at Hope Collage. She didn’t have much to say but her journey went very smooth. It didn’t take her very long to get her visa. She told us that in her country they are kind of quiet. They also eat at different times then us and she likes that better here. I also talked to Natalie and she was from the Dominican Republic. I loved her because she was really good at explaining what her culture was like. Natalie explained that she Is also studying at Hope. Her process of coming was not hard ether but of course it was hard for her to leave her family. She said that in the Dominican Republic they never wear sweatpants or a sweatshirt because they always try to dress nice. You could say that they don’t dress comfy. When she came here she got a pair of yoga pants and a sweat shirt and she was funny because she said that they were the best thing ever and that she didn’t understand why not everyone has one. She was really funny. I learned that some of the culture there is fading away because there are some of our American restaurants and shops and she is sad because of how her culture is changing. Natalie absolutely loves Michigan and hopes to come back after collage and do work. She enjoys walking down the streets of downtown Holland and loves lake Michigan and she says that the dunes are very beautiful. I think that my group got off topic every one and a while because she was just a awesome person to talk to and she was very interesting to listen to. When we were talking to her I wasn’t thinking “o this chic immigrated” it just felt like I was talking to a friend. I learned a lot for these to girls especially Natalie. It was a blessing able to talk with these girls about there life, even though they didn’t have very many struggles it was just great to hear about there perspective on culture and our country. What was funny is that they both thought that all Americans were fat before they left but now they realized that thats not true for everyone and thats just a stereotype. I am very thankful for this opportunity and this was for sure my favorite part about social studies this year.