Christine
My Godmother
For Christine, moving to Germany meant abandoning her ethnicity to live in a society she was completely unfamiliar with. It meant being different from the people around her, she was picked on for her distinct appearances and her unfamiliarity with the local language. In immigration, Christine lost year's worth of relationships and the opportunity to grow up in an accepting society.
“It wasn’t easy growing up as an immigrant,” she said, “I couldn’t make friends because nobody wanted to be around an outsider. Life was tough, had we moved to Germany earlier, I would have adapted to the German culture better, I couldn’t communicate with anyone either because my German was so poor. I was looked down upon and bullied during school, which really didn’t make things any better for me”
Together with her parents and two younger siblings, Christine immigrated to Munich from Hong Kong when she was six, they wanted a better life and income, her parents couldn’t tolerate the horrid conditions of working in factories, so they opened their own restaurant in Germany with relatives who had already settled there. Her parents achieved their own objective, but for Christine, life got worse, she became an outsider.
“I had no choice but to learn the language and culture of Germany if I was to survive, everything was forced …show more content…
Wealth and greed had consumed her parents’ thoughts and ideals. Her parents, whom at one point took the responsibility of caring for their children, educating them and supporting them, now returned home late from parties and events, leaving Christine and her siblings to care for themselves. Unlike other immigration stories where the initiative to immigrate was for the benefits of the children, Christine’s move was the opposite, her parents were the ones who took advantage of their migration, leaving Christine and her siblings to
My Godmother
For Christine, moving to Germany meant abandoning her ethnicity to live in a society she was completely unfamiliar with. It meant being different from the people around her, she was picked on for her distinct appearances and her unfamiliarity with the local language. In immigration, Christine lost year's worth of relationships and the opportunity to grow up in an accepting society.
“It wasn’t easy growing up as an immigrant,” she said, “I couldn’t make friends because nobody wanted to be around an outsider. Life was tough, had we moved to Germany earlier, I would have adapted to the German culture better, I couldn’t communicate with anyone either because my German was so poor. I was looked down upon and bullied during school, which really didn’t make things any better for me”
Together with her parents and two younger siblings, Christine immigrated to Munich from Hong Kong when she was six, they wanted a better life and income, her parents couldn’t tolerate the horrid conditions of working in factories, so they opened their own restaurant in Germany with relatives who had already settled there. Her parents achieved their own objective, but for Christine, life got worse, she became an outsider.
“I had no choice but to learn the language and culture of Germany if I was to survive, everything was forced …show more content…
Wealth and greed had consumed her parents’ thoughts and ideals. Her parents, whom at one point took the responsibility of caring for their children, educating them and supporting them, now returned home late from parties and events, leaving Christine and her siblings to care for themselves. Unlike other immigration stories where the initiative to immigrate was for the benefits of the children, Christine’s move was the opposite, her parents were the ones who took advantage of their migration, leaving Christine and her siblings to