Ask Me No Questions #6

"We've always been told to never say a word about our status. We can have friends at school, even hang out after with them. But we were taught to keep to ourselves." (page 68)

I found this few sentences kind of sad, the reason I say that is because I have been taught not to be closed in but to be able to share things with people that are close to me. I think it would be hard to keep everything of my life hidden inside me. I'm always telling my best friends about whats going on in my life and I can't imagine not being able to. Well I guess if you grow up custom to that it's just known not to do that, because you don't want to blow your cover. I wonder if people would still be very secretive if the United States was more casual about letting people from other countries immigrate here?

Ask Me No Questions #5

She slaps the covers. "Come on, Fatso. Let's go."

"Where?"

"Just get dressed. I'll tell you later."

Here I was, feeling a little sorry for Aisha, and then she calls me names and bosses me around. Still I hike myself out of bed and stumble into the bathroom," (page 59)

This has to stop with Aisha, I have mixed feelings towards her one minute she's pissing me off the next moment she is being a really nice sweetie pie. She's on and off like a flickering light. I have faith and her of only she would try to do something nice for her sister i mean at least give her some respect. It's really going to encourage her to get better if you call her a fatso. I'm sure you just wanted her attention and that would help but can't you turn to other solutions like spraying water on her face. I heard that always works. When Nadira asks the question about where they were going it really bothered me how come she couldn't just answer instead of leaving her wondering. When my mom does it to me, she always responds just ride and you'll find out when you get there. I mean sometimes you just want to know. I think sometimes people just get tired of hearing where?

Border Comparasin

Watching the documentary Wetback I found it a little sad yet engaging and interesting. I learned about the different ways to immigrate to the United States, I also saw how much anxiety people had to come to the United States and Canada because their are many more opportunities then they’re is in Latin America. The way the people were immigrating was by foot, that’s a lot of walking, going through many countries. By immigrating to a country so far away is saying these people have strong determination.

It is very discriminative to call these people wetbak’s. Just because they are coming from a different place in the world they discriminate. They are only coming for a better life. If you were in their position of poverty I’m sure you would want to come to North America for a better life too. What they do is just what Nadira and her family did to come to a new place for a fresh start. I think they should treat everyone equally.

Ask Me No Questions #4

"You think you can just start again? I see you there! Sitting around, fat and lazy! What are you going to do?' " (page 44)

When uncle said that I was surprised and shocked. My opinions on uncle was that he was this sweet gentlemen who cared for others dearly. Maybe he is, but definitely don't get him started about crossing the border. It was very extreme! He said strong and crude words to Nadira that she could take the wrong way. But that was his whole plan to get her down so that she could feel bad about trying to start over. He wanted her to grasp that it is not an easy task to cross the border. I know what he said to Nadira wasn't nice, but she did have to understand that it's not a piece of cake and that it takes hard work and persevierence. Uncle giving her this lesson was good, because I'm sure it made her think twice about her decision. Let's hope that she's not a rebel and try to do bad things. Hope!

Fairness, Respect & Honor

From reading this book so far I realize that Aisha is always in the spotlight and Nadira always sits in the corner. No recognition at all. She should stand up for what's right. Aisha is always talking crappy to Nadira and shows her no respect and Nadira treats her with respect. Obviously she hasn't heard treat others how you would like to be treated, and if she ha she definitely doesn't do it. And if she does I'm assuming she wants people to talk crappy to her. I wonder? They are both young ladies that should learn to respect one another!

Ask Me No Questions #3

“I don’t like the way the adults have been talking to me since this all began. Either they speak like I’m a little baby who can’t understand the stupidest thing, or they gaze at me with the weight and sadness of the world behind their eyes, making me feel so confused I wished they’d just shut up.” (page 36)

I think that Nadira has been treated differently since they have gone through the process of crossing the border to Canada and then returning again to New York. The reason I feel her parents stopped talking as much is because It was/is extremely stressful going through a complicated situation. Especially having the family being separated in different places can cause some people to be angry and stressed out. That’s how I think Abba and Ma are feeling at the moment, but I’m feeling this the most from Abba.

I don’t understand why they would talk to a young lady that’s definitely no longer a baby nor a toddler with a little baby voice. I feel that’s crossing the line and doing to much. Nadira is not a stupid person at all and her parents should give her the respect she deserves. Nadira should express her feelings towards her family and tell them that she is no longer a baby and should be treated her age. Sometimes I feel like I can’t get a word in when I’m talking in a group of people and I would love for them to shut up, but at least the conversations I’m in the people treat me my age. I hope Nadira opens up and speaks her mind and says that she doesn’t like the way they look at her with the gaze in their eye and the other gestures they show her.

Puja's Great Connection!

Great Connection Puja!!!

I do agree that Aisha and Nadiras Ma might be having a difficult time realting and getting to know such a different place then her native country in India. She will have to learn another way of living, hopping she wont loose her traditions she had in Bangladesh. I believe that Ma will be fine just try and move with the flow.