Pedro, a 26-year-old male immigrant from Brazil, came to the United States when he was 13 years old.  This is what he replied when asked how people in Brazil perceived him when he came back to visit his home country:

Brazilians really love their culture and their country.  […]  And actually, culture-wise, Brazilians have a very negative look upon the United States.  They don’t like the capitalist culture.  They think that Americans are arrogant.  They don’t like the politics here, they think that Americans want to take over the world.  […]  But in order to improve their lives money-wise, they would come to the United States just for that.”

Pedro, a 26-year-old male immigrant from Brazil, immigrated to the United States when he was 13.  Here, he is talking about his first impressions of the American educational system:

The material that I had in my native country seemed to be much more sophisticated.  And here, education was, one: very disorganized …it just seemed that the students had no discipline at all.  Their behavior was completely awkward in class.  And in school, it was very easy for me to catch on.  I graduated very high in my class.  One of the top students in my class, above ninety-five average.  And it was easy.  I didn’t even have to try that hard, when in my school I had to try very hard to be a good student.  And […] I felt that […] the material was very weak.”

Pedro, a 26-year-old male immigrant from Brazil, immigrated to the United States when he was 13.  He commented that he does not consider himself an American despite the fact that he has been living here for over a decade:

Well […] culturally-wise, I feel that Brazil is much…richer.  I feel that people have a way of dealing with people there that is much healthier.  I also feel that […] when you like your culture, you kinda choose to be more in sync with it and […] living in a culture that’s not yours […] might not be what you would really like to have.  Even though there are good things here, you might prefer your culture.  And I feel the way of life, the quality of life […] is much better in Brazil.”