Antonio, a 43 year-old man who immigrated from Mexico, has been living in America for 28 years. When he first arrived to this country, he struggled with the English language:
Oh it was terrible. [laughing] Terrible! Can you imagine being in a foreign place and barely understanding what people are saying? I remember I had a little pocket dictionary with me most of the time or else I would be lost. New York is a big and scary place compared to Tlaxcala… Yeah, luckily I had my friend or else I wouldn’t what to do. His English was alittle better than mine and he knew more about here than I did. So I just followed him and did what he did. [chuckle] Man I would have been so dead without him.”
