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Macaulay Honors College
at Baruch, Spring 2013Professor Els de Graauw
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The Center of the Universe
James, a German immigrant, talks about why he loves New York City:
It is the center of the universe! It’s so… the variety of people, of languages, of customs, of traditions, of… you have access to so many things. It is a city, although so big, so organized. The subway system and all the planning of the roads and being done by somebody that was very smart. I don’t know if it has something to do with Robert Moses or one of those outstanding New Yorkers. The planning of the city, the way the streets and avenues are, it’s amazing how they planned that. They are now using tunnels that were built a hundred years ago. I think that was extremely clever.
A Traveled Young Man
James, a German immigrant, talks about his travels as a young man:
I was born in Germany, in Frankfurt. My mother—German—and my father was British. He worked for IBM and was in charge of opening new offices. Soon after we were born—I was born—we moved to England and from there to Spain. I’m sorry, to Paris, France first…some years there and then some years in Spain… some years in Venezuela, some years in Mexico. All that in my first 16 years.
Beer Before Milk
James, a German immigrant who has been living in the United States for 45 years, talks about what he finds strange in the United States:
Then it wasn’t a law but they were already trying to push as a law… the drinking. The drinking age should be twenty-one… In Europe we always had beer and wine at home. It was like… I always say that my mother gave me beer before she gave me milk!
Coming to America For Education
James, a German immigrant, talks about why he came to the United States:
I was always in the American school system. I said, well I’m studying all this [including learning English]… it’s something I would like to do. So I said, ‘Let’s begin giving it a try by going to the university there.’ And of course, once I got here… it was like I was finally home!
