Tony Nunez: Adjusting To American Culture

Both of the authors from these essays struggled when they first come to America. Each of them had their own struggles with adjusting to the American culture, but they also had a lot of things in common as well. Tony Nunez really had a difficult time with not only speaking the English language but also understanding her teacher and peers. Tony had to come to school earlier than any of her friends for extra help with English. Often times, she felt embarrassed in front of her peers because she did not understand the American jokes or the assemblies. Tony often said that her struggles were different from Elizabeth's because Tony was an immigrant, and Elizabeth was a native of the U.S. Elizabeth struggled with not wanting to learn the Chinese