Kian Raheem
English 1109 Mon/Wed 10:30-12:20
Mr. Lohre
November 29, 2016
Journal 9
A
story that connected with in the book Callings
was the story of Austin Chen. He was an immigrant from Taiwan and spent a part
of his life in South America. The
special thing about his story is that the amount of work and effort he gave to
become a doctor. Having no green card, he was unable to continue on to medical
school. He was forced to work low end jobs that did not require a lot of experience.
Chen got a job with a cleaning company, and he quotes “And most of the people
that I worked with there were immigrants” (Chen 143). Due to him cleaning
places he has a lot of respect to the people who clean the hospital after he is
done. Chen worked hard to get to where he is today, but learned many lesson in
doing so, that he applies and appreciates now.
I
can relate to this because my family being immigrants a lot of things are hard.
My dad couldn’t find a good enough job to support my mom and I, and even at one
point we spent a night in our car that we had because we had no place to stay. The
efforts my father has put in for my family to be the way it is was hard and difficult.
Yet, all the lesson he’s learned since then allows him to respect the people
who are not so fortunate and are struggling similar to how Chen does.
Something
I found interesting is that Chen says “and most of the people that I worked
with there were immigrants” which made me wonder how many immigrants are in the
house keeping business. According to the Omega Janitorial Service Blog, that
company hire undocumented works so they have a leg up against their competitors
who are following the rules and regulations. Just reading that, you almost feel
sorry for those workers because they have no choice, so they just do it.
I liked how you related this profile back to your own life. Very similar and interesting to read about.
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