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| In October 2002 Level 3 ESOL students at the Lenox Hill Neighborhood House wrote a list of questions that they wanted to ask Americans. Adult education students at the Fortune Society sent us their responses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Why do a lot of people who live in America, want to live outside of America? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Elizabeth:) Because they want to travel. They want to see the ocean, sands, miles and miles of land, new skies, beaches, rainbows, volcanoes, islands, cultures, animals, etc. We can learn a lot from other cultures. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Why do Americans complain about immigrants when so many of them are descended from immigrants? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| (Elizabeth:) They do it because they are prejudice, jealous, sinful, ignorant, hostile, mean, and use this as a scapegoat. I think that it's not right. I laugh at people when they discriminate. I am one of the fortunate ones. I never talk about other nationalities because we are all one color in God's eyes. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Why does American television keep repeating the footage of September 11th? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| (Elizabeth:) It's a reminder that all is not forgotten. They will always be remembered. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Americans are disheartened that someone is hurting our United States people. We need more reminders to be alert to prevent further attacks. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Why aren't Americans used to cooking at home? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hi my name is Reg and I'm from Harlem. Too many fast food restaurants, working late, school, kids, and people get lazy. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Why are Americans overweight? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| (Reggie:) Well I think it's computers, television, fast food restaurants, gym, and don't have the time and money to spend. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Why are New Yorkers always in a hurry? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| (Giovana:) I'm not a New Yorker I was born in Panama and I don't consider my self to be American. Everything runs on a schedule like the trains and buses. The subways and buses be so crowded during rush hour which is a crowd of people trying to get to work, school, appointments and etc. People in general are rude and do not know how to say excuse me. |
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| What can we do to prevent another terrorist attack? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Reggie:) It's impossible to stop terrorist attacks because they are too many people and we do not know who. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Giovana:) The American government is a terrorist their own self. The only reason why people would want to terrorize America is because they are bullies, they do not mind their own business and they want to own every country. |
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| Why do so many parents in New York City carry their older children in strollers? (Giovana:) When children start to walk they walk slow. When the child falls asleep they put all their weight on you, as a parent I know. |
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