My Life In Vietnam

My father fought in the Vietnam War against the communist country in the armed forces. After the War in 1975, he wounded around his shoulder and he put into prison. Life in re-education camp has fulfilled with harsh, strictness, and overprotective. He spent eight years in re-education camp to sacrifice with all of the hardship. He was a boat refugee and was taken to Pulau Bidong, Thailand and Malaysia to resettle in the refugee camp. My dad came to the United States in 1984. My mother was a boat refugee and traveled to Southeast Asian countries to resettle into the refugee camp. My uncle sponsored my mother to do the Orderly Departure Pass (O.D.P.) to enter to the United States in 1988. When my parents first enter to the United States, they
I never wanted to talk to my mom about how was my day in school because I fear that I would not talk about my friends about in school. I did not feel comfortable talking about Vietnamese culture to my American friends because I would feel clash between the Western and Eastern culture. My parents would be able to speak Vietnamese to me, but I would respond to them in English. It was until the start of high school when I went to my aunt’s house, and I saw my older cousin spoke Vietnamese with their parents. One day I would follow their footstep to my parents that I can communicate with my parents in Vietnamese. Every time when I felt bad for myself, I would my mom very repetitively that “Mom love me so much?”, and my mom always love me so much. I was the only child in my family, and my parents raised me in an unconditional love. Being an autistic child made my parents realized of how much hardship that they had to raise me financially, emotionally, and mentally. At times, I did not think about my parents because I want to be surrounded with my friends. I would think that my parents are very weak and not being a good parent due to my negative attitude. In addition, My mother did not want me to tell other people that I have autism, and she may feel ashamed. My parents taught me how to hide things by not telling to other people that I have autism. They think that I would get bullied from my friends. When
I was enrolled in Special Education, and I was the only Asian student in the classroom. I was struggling with English in grade school due to my autism and learning disabilities. Growing up, the biggest challenge for me was not doing well in school and not having social life. I was struggling with English in grade school because I Despite all of the life hardship with autism, I spent three years in community college focusing on my education in order to provide my better future. In order for me to become rich, education is the building block to open up our knowledge and bringing in the social mobility. I push myself to earn good grades and I transferred to a four-year university to UCLA and majored in Sociology. I had to overcome my challenges to help me pursue a stable