“When my brother and my mom came here, they didn’t know anything. That my brother could go to school, That my brother could get insurance until a certain age….” (Goodman, p75)

This passage saddens me. However, the worse thing is that those families do not want to connect to schools or other information to know better about their rights. I totally understand them and I exactly know their feeling. As an international student in America and an Immigrant in Canada, I spend so many years to adapt to the culture that people need to stand out for themselves to get their rights. This is not only a matter of language barrier. As educators, I don’t think it is a perfect idea to call families to the school and tell their rights. From my experience, I believe sending newsletters or brochures in their native language that tell what can they do might be a better way.

I also noticed that in Fabienne’s article, she mentioned that while Mexican families may send their children back to their Country as long as they are very unsatisfied about their school, Hetian families usually decide to stay where they are in the States. I am thinking whether or not it is because of the physical distance between the States and Haiti is more far away. Because it is the case of Asian families. It is hard to get here from Asia, and once they arrive, they may never go back. I found it is interesting that what Haitian families worried about is exactly the same as what Chinses families worried about. What a dilemma of those parents! I am willing to know more about how to help with those families.