Interview

I had my interview with my grandma this weekend and it went really well.  We talked about society back in the 70's and 80's and what it felt like to be a new immigrant from a country that was hated around the country.  I asked her what types of pressures she was feeling since she was a new immigrant in a new setting.  She told me it was hard for her kids, my mom as when they would go to school in new york, they would be made fun of and teased because of the hostages in Iran at the us embassy.  So when they went to Los Angeles, my grandma felt even more pressure to fit and tried too hard to fit in to make sure their would be any issues regarding her kids.  This lead my grandma to make my mom go to piano classes 3 times a week for 3 and a half hours each time she would go.  My mom didn't really like it, but my grandma forced her to go because my grandma thought thats what everyone does and so she was going to make her daughter to it too.  She thought that it was proper to go give jello to the neighbors as well as would be extra kind to the neighbors, because thats what she thought was the only way to fit in.  Also, she would force my mom and her brother and sister to do chores around the house as well as go to school and get gifts for all of their friends, because thats what she thought the american way was.  That is also besides the fact that she would eat all american food and would also change my mom and her brother and sister, appearance clothing and hair to look more american.  Overall, she was trying way to hard to conform.