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Macaulay Honors College
at Baruch, Spring 2011Professor Els de Graauw
ITF Emily Sherwood -
Authors
▪ Alyssa Alicino
▪ Brandon Baksh
▪ Ru Xiao Chen
▪ Belinda Chiu
▪ Els de Graauw
▪ Becca Glickman
▪ Elisabeth Greenberg
▪ Doris Hu
▪ Peky Huang
▪ Toby Joseph
▪ Haesol Jun
▪ Nika Kartvelishvili
▪ Farrukh Khan
▪ Holly Kiang
▪ Julian Kipnis
▪ Kar Yi Lim
▪ Yang Lin
▪ Cait McCarthy
▪ Sofya Moshkovich
▪ Mariya Tuchinskaya
▪ Ying Zhang Login
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Getting a Better Education
Casey immigrated from Hong Kong when she was 18 years old, and she has been living in New York City for nine years. Here, she talks about why she moved to the United States:
I think it wasn’t any quality of America that makes me want to come here. […] I know that they have well known school here and at the time I have to go to college and people have […] impression or whatever that Americans has good college. That’s why I come.”
Why Bother with Citizenship?
Casey immigrated from Hong Kong when she was 18 years old and has been living in New York City for nine years. When asked about acquiring citizenship and voting rights, she replied:
I might just be a green card holder forever. I really think that a so-called green card holder shares many benefits already. […] I don’t see many differences except that you can’t vote. […] I don’t understand why we can’t vote. I don’t see what’s the point in not being able to vote. Maybe it’s because they don’t think we understand the customs. But it’s memorizing questions out of a book anyways.”
On Taxes
Casey immigrated from Hong Kong when she was 18 years old and has been living in New York City for nine years. Here, she comments on how she does not think her taxes are being put to good use:
[…] I paid taxes. And I’m not the only one, and it’s not like I say it loud and proud, but I pay taxes, a substantial amount. And it hurts me to pay that much tax and see it do nothing for me. I couldn’t think of one thing the federal government has done for me for the money that they collect every year. Crazy. Literally, they’re just taking my money. Robbed me blind. It’s like crazy.”
Praise for the American Sense of Enterprise
Casey immigrated from Hong Kong when she was 18 years old and has been living in New York City for nine years.
Being here opens a lot of doors for me and I know that. Don’t tell my husband I said that; I hate it when he says that. Uhm…I think there would never be opportunity like that if I’m decided to move back to Hong Kong. Like it would be this. Never in a million years. That’s what me and my parents always said that though. America is a really good place for people like me. There’s a lot of chances, but its also one of those places, uhm, I feel…I feel like if you don’t try to make a difference here, then you would end up being at the bottom. But Hong Kong is one of those places […] it doesn’t matter how hard you try, you will just be. I feel like it’s a lot more luck there, but I feel here, it’s like, well, luck it important no matter where you are, but there’s…there’s something in our culture, in our values, that allow people like me to do what I do. And not having a lot of education about it. I appreciate the education I got here, but I feel like mostly was how open people are just buying things on the street from me. If it weren’t for that one person who thought oh this is so cool. Hong Kong people would never buy things at that price. But in America, especially New York City , they value intellectual property so, so highly they appreciate originality, they appreciate individuality, they so think that being in a common place is dangerous, like they strive to be different. That makes my business possible.”
