Bringing the world to Golden

Answering your questions…

Languages Spoken by Families at Golden High School
English Dutch Italian
Arabic Tagalog
Kurdish
Spanish Indonesian
Sidamo
Swahili Thai
Polish
Korean French
Japanese
Vietnamese
German
Russian IIocano
Hebrew
Pohnpeian Chinese
Immigration

Pull Factors Push Factors

Life Style Life Style

Health Safety - war/crime

Job Opportunities Lack of Job Opportunities

Education Lack of education

Environmental Factors Environmental Disasters

Immigration: The movement of people into a country or
region

Emigration: The movement of people out of a country or

region

Refugee: People who have fled wars, violence, conflict or

persecution and seek safety in another country or region.
 Famous Immigrants to America
Step Migration and Pull Factors
Nikola Tesla, Tesla Electric Light Arnold Schwarzenegger -
and Manufacturing Governor of California, actor, Mr.
Universe
Austrian Empire, Croatia- Hungary - France
- U.S.
Austria- England - America
 Famous Immigrants to America
Pull Factors
Andrew Carnegie - Levi Strauss - Levi Jeans
Railroad Mogul
Germany
Scotland
 Famous Refugees to U.S.
Push Factors
Sergey Brin - co-founder Albert Einstein - Manhattan
GOOGLE, 13th Project, atomic bomb, physist
Wealthiest person in the world.
Left Germany due to persecution
Left Russia due to persecution of of Judaism
Judaism
 Famous Refugees to U.S.
Push Factors
Henry Kissinger, the
56th United States Secretary Madeleine Albright – the First
of State Woman Secretary of State

Left Germany due to Left Prague as a child during war

persecution of Judaism as a
teenager
Actors and Actresses

Cesar Millan, Mexico Penelope Cruz, Spain

Liam Neeson, Ireland

Jackie Chan, China

Charlize Theron, South Africa Mila Kunis, Ukraine
 Musicians and Athletes

Gloria Estefan, Cuba

Carlos Santana, Mexico

Gloria Estefan, Cuba
Sammy Sosa, Dominican Republic

Joel Embiid, Cameroon Nigeria Yao Ming, China

Recent News Headlines - Afghanistan
315,000 Refugees 80% are women/children
Recent News Headlines - Ukraine
3.6 million Refugees 1 million CHILDREN
Central America - 718,000 refugees 30% unaccompanied
minors
 Our Questions Today
1. Why did you leave your homeland?
2. What do you miss most about your homeland?
3. What was the hardest part of the journey?
4. What have been your best experiences or lessons learned?
5. How did you travel?
6. What was the biggest surprise about the culture in Colorado?
7. What has been the hardest part of adjusting to Golden?
8. What has been the best part of being here, so far?
9. How have the students treated you?
10. What can we do to make your transition easier? To welcome you to
Golden?
11. How can we meet you?
12. What are your dreams for the future?
13. If you could help your homeland in one way, what would it be?
Question 5 :How did you travel?
 Question 1 : Why did you leave your homeland?
Mrs. Nguyen: We lost the war against communism. My Dad was a Colonel in the
South Vietnamese army, working with the US. If we stayed, my Dad would have
been sent to prison. He got us out so we could have a better life. A life of freedom.
Mr. Polo: I worked as a human rights lawyer in my country, I filed a case against the
government for violating human rights in my country, it caused trouble but this
meant that I had to leave the country and request political asylum in the United
States.
Student 1: I left my country because there was a lot of poverty and it was difficult
to fight against poverty. I started working in agriculture when I was 5 years old.
I had to help my family and it was difficult because you know that you have a
great responsibility in your life as a girl. Even the bad thing is that they pay you
a pittance that is not even enough to buy an egg. It is very sad because at the
age of 7 years old I started taking drugs to relieve the pain.
Speaking: Mediatrice, Tamkin, Mr. Polo
Question 2 : What do you miss most about your homeland?
Mr. Polo: My Family
Student 1: My family

Student 2: It was a very difficult decision for me because I had my

mother and my sisters younger than me and I felt bad leaving them but
I did it because I want to help them in everything I can.
Mrs. Morales: I miss my culture
 Question 3 : What was the hardest part of the journey?
Mrs. Nguyen: We left with the clothes on our back. We left before my Dad got out. Me, my mom,
and sisters left by one of the last flights out of Vietnam. We didn't know if we could ever my Dad
again. He was able to get out, traveled by boat. We were in the Philippines at a refugee camp. We
were so lucky and was able to reunite with him when he made it to the island by boat.

Student 1: I suffered a lot of violence with my family. My life was not normal like that of
any child who plays with their parents or toys. That's why he decided to change my
life and also give my family a better life.
Student 2: My dad and I started the trip leaving Guatemala to Mexico.. Arriving in Mexico they put us all in
one room there were women, babies, young people, men. And we had to change our money to Mexican money
to be able to buy water. They moved us from house to house every morning we walked to go get a car or a
truck. One day they put us in a big truck where we stayed for almost 24 hours. We had no water or food and we
couldn't talk or make noise so they wouldn't discover us. When we arrived at the last house we waited for 3 to
4 days to be able to go to another place to cross the Rio Grande. We began to walk to the Rio Bravo, when we
crossed the river, we stayed for two days in the desert without any food or water, and really the hardest thing
for me was I have lost my father, he disappeared. It has been 3 years since I know where he is. So this trip took
a loved one from me.

Mediatrice
Question 4 : What have been your best experiences/lessons?
Mr. Polo: When I finished my law degree, I thought that my life would now
consist of dedicating myself to my professional life. But after applying for
asylum in the United States, I realized that I had to start over from scratch,
learn a new language and a new career. I haven't stopped learning .
Student 1: Don't judge a book by its cover alone without knowing its pages.

Speaking answers: David, Tamkin

Question 7: What was the hardest adjustment?
Mrs. Nguyen: In my country, education is a priority and a privilege. The culture is that with
education, you can go far. Everyone goes to school, every day. We don't have attendance issues.
It's hard to see that some students and parents take education for granted. It's hard to see that
some take freedom for granted. I guess it's human nature. We don't appreciate things until we
lose it.

Speaking answers: Mrs. Morales, Mediatrice

Question 6/8: What was the biggest surprise about Golden or
best part of being here??
Mr. Polo:I lived in Florida for 7 years before moving to Colorado, for me it was
a cultural shock, the people here were nicer ( in those times ) and polite.
Mrs. Morales: USA gave me the opportunity to go to university, in Mexico it was impossible,
since my parents didn’t have the money to help me pay for it. I had to work to help my parents
economically.

Speaking answers: David, Tamkin

Question 9: How have students treated you?
Mrs. Morales: Students are getting used to me now, although there are still
some random ones that ask me weird questions, like:” Are Sr. Polo and you are
related because we both speak Spanish?”

Speaking answers: David and Deni

Question 10/11: What can we do to welcome you? How can
we meet you?
Mrs. Morales: As students I believe that it will help if you approach me or other
students from different races with real interest in knowing about our culture.

Mr. Polo: you always can visit me in room 220 or 215 after or
before school

Speaking answers: David and Mediatrice

Question 12: What are your dreams for the future?
Anyone can answer…..
Question 13: How would you help your homeland?
Mr. Polo: I have been in contact with human rights organizations
in my county and always helping in this matter.

Speaking answers:Mr. Polo and everyone can answer