Facing Poverty With A Rich Girl's Habits Summary
Suki Kim the author of the story “Facing Poverty with a Rich Girl’s Habits”, discusses the challenges and hardships she encounters on her journey to America. Suki Kim, who was born into living this luxurious millionaire lifestyle in South Korea, until her whole world gets converted upside down. Suki Kim along with her family was forced to emigrate to Queens, New York. Thirteen year old Suki Kim goes from riches to rags in her story. It begins, when Suki Kim witnessed her father go under bankruptcy. In Korea bankruptcy was punishable by a jail term at the time. This triggered the effect of Suki Kim and her dad coming to America. The realization in major culture differences between America and Korea came to the attention of Suki Kim. In Korean
schools, the classrooms are more strict. An example of this is, the expectation of students were to bow every time they encountered a teacher. Unlike in American schools, that were credited to be more liberal and lenient. For example, in America Suki Kim noticed a teacher completely ignore a couple French kissing during class time. Furthermore, Suki Kim noted that there were differences within her own Korean ethnicity. Also, she became informed that the wealthier Korean students in America attended private schools and resided in Manhattan or Westchester. In addition, that her fellow E.S.L. Korean students in America would be classified as the lower class in Korea. It seems to me that, the lesson learned from Suki Kim is that money provides stability. However, in order to escalate to higher places we must reach unity. People, who aspire to become adaptive plays a tremendous role in succeeding. People should aspire to learn how to accommodate and be adaptive. Take Suki Kim for example, who was obligated to abandon her princess-like mentality and form in order to survive in a foreign country. In conclusion, all humans, regardless of the category they were subjected to on the socioeconomic scale should learn to live multiple lives.
schools, the classrooms are more strict. An example of this is, the expectation of students were to bow every time they encountered a teacher. Unlike in American schools, that were credited to be more liberal and lenient. For example, in America Suki Kim noticed a teacher completely ignore a couple French kissing during class time. Furthermore, Suki Kim noted that there were differences within her own Korean ethnicity. Also, she became informed that the wealthier Korean students in America attended private schools and resided in Manhattan or Westchester. In addition, that her fellow E.S.L. Korean students in America would be classified as the lower class in Korea. It seems to me that, the lesson learned from Suki Kim is that money provides stability. However, in order to escalate to higher places we must reach unity. People, who aspire to become adaptive plays a tremendous role in succeeding. People should aspire to learn how to accommodate and be adaptive. Take Suki Kim for example, who was obligated to abandon her princess-like mentality and form in order to survive in a foreign country. In conclusion, all humans, regardless of the category they were subjected to on the socioeconomic scale should learn to live multiple lives.