Based on the House on the Mango Street, there are many aspects of the story that identify me such as her social norm, her insecure feeling, how people look at her when she is alone. Back in Vietnam, since i went to school, i haved studied independently by myself because in my school's social norm suppose to be independent work, seperate goals. One day, when i came to U.S., eveything to me was strange, students required to study in a group, discussing and solving the problem with each other. I couldn't adapt to this social norm in a while because i was stuck with my old social norm. However, something even worster than everything that i had imagined about my life when i come to U.S. English is a popular language for every country, but unfortunately, i counldn't get to learn English when i came to U.S. Just as Esperanza, I was so alone in the first year of new school because i came here without English, i cound't communicate with other students, therefore i couldn't make friend with others. The solitary feeling also made me insecure about me, i was scared to talk to other people and eat luch with them in the lunchtime, i just sat alone in a corner of a building to eat my luch.

Thankful to my wonderful mom!!!

I'm happy because i have a mom! Since i was born, my mom had carried me in her womb for nine months and three days long until i started my first voice. I had covered in the womb by her fully love. In addition, when i was a little kid, she has prevented me out of worst problems, struggles, sadness or desperation in life. I'm glad that i have been her son. a wonderful mom of the world, a place that i can lean on whenever i need; a place that i can get precious advices. can anyone in the world imagine how hard to be a mom? is it a easy job? For me, i say "no." To be a mom is not easy, my mom have to work fifteen hours per day to deal with the needs of life and to take care of me. Growing a baby is not easy. To be able to raise me since i was born to now. She has had to overcome many things that she would no done it without me. Fully with tears, vast of desperation, she had striven to live to take care of me. I think if she doesn't have me, she would not have to do all the hard things in her life; don't have to cry because of me sometime which i had made her feel sad. I'm so happy and thankful that God have gave me a wonderful mom in the world. Mom is invaluable and no one on the world can compare with. My mom is foundation of my life. If i had to choose between mom and the whole world. I'll have only one answer; i will choose mom! I'm so thankful to her in every way.

scocial norm

In my community, the social norm affect human fashion such as people getting tattoo for a indivial purpose. Several year ago, tattoo became a popular fashion for people. Many people thought that tattoo is a tool which decorate their body to be more attractive in the real society. Especally, even though the color tattoo is really expensive but people still do that and it influenced our economic growth. Furthermore, Nike is also a social norm that i observe in the community. When Nike appear on the store, many people come and get in to the line for several hours or several they to buy a pair of shoe. Fashion is a huge social norm that influence the economic grow rapidly. Otherwise, Iphone is also a part of social norm. It makes people disire want to have the new techonologies and new smart phones. It spread out from a small area to the whole world only in one or two years and it changed the way that people usually live before with technologies. Since, Nike and iphone came out, it make me curioully about what new fashion and new technology are. It also make me buy their product immediately because i desire to have new fashion and have new smart phone into my hand. I believe that social norm have influenced me on my ambitions. Moreover, I used to live in a community that everyone around me go to college and get a PHD in medical field, so it convinced me to become a doctor. Another, back in Vietnam, student usually work independently with out a group of people. I don't know since ever in become a park of me and when i come to US. People do group work more but i get use to working independent more than in a group; so it make me hard to adapt with the culture in new country. I also believe that social norm had affect me in the way i'm living.