Circle and Rectangular Tables
I grew up eating at circle tables. In both restaurants and in my home. The best part about circle tables was the fact that you can talk to anyone. Unlike rectangular tables, which limited the amount of people you could talk to to only those sitting right next to you or across from you, circle […]
Read MoreLanguage Barriers and Asian Immigrants
The only words I knew in English were “hello” and “oops,” when I first immigrated to the US. My parents, on the other hand, were rather proficient in English. It wasn’t the fact that we couldn’t understand English that made navigating this new world difficult, however. Language barriers extend beyond simple knowledge of language. Cultural […]
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