Can money and the lack of supervision equate power for a young teenager or does it make them feel powerful and give them the opportunity to act unruly? In the case of “Parachute Teenagers” Yunyao Zhai, Yuhan Yang, and Xinlei Zhang it does. On March 30th, 2015, a dispute turned Ugly when they disrobed, burned, cut and make their classmate Yiran Liu eat her own hair over an unpaid bill and issues over a boy through social media posts. Having no justification for the actions performed these Chinese “Parachute teenagers” are now facing life sentences in jail. Instead of growing into maturity these parachute kids found themselves looking for connection whenever they could find one, and living in Rowland Heights homestays through a inaccessible
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Having my own opinion, I believe that the defendants got the punishment that they deserved, the only thing I would specifically want to see happen is that the defendants be sent back to their own homelands and no longer have an opportunity to come back to the U.S because there is no justification for the actions they performed in the assault of Yiran Liu. However, I think that this case sets an example for everyone else who comes to live in the U.S for a better living.The article clearly states that , “the number of students attending American high schools on F 1 visas has increased from about 1,700 in 2009 to more than 80,000 in 2014” ( Chang and Shyong). Due to the high production of people coming to America in order to attend school many people were set to believe that, “[The “parachute” teenagers] suffer loneliness… so they bond with other kids in the small Chinese circles with no supervision, [and] no one to turn to for assistance.” (Page 2, Rayford Fountain). Believing that these kids “suffer Loneliness” in my opinion is crap, as a teenager I know when I’m away from my family doing something productive and them allowing me time to express myself I enjoy it. Not all people like being away from their families for a long period of time I understand that, but they have technology, and their parents are only a phone call away. I feel that the “Parachute Teenagers” had an opportunity of a lifetime and that it was like going away to camp, meeting new people and having a “guidance counselor” to watch them for the time
Having my own opinion, I believe that the defendants got the punishment that they deserved, the only thing I would specifically want to see happen is that the defendants be sent back to their own homelands and no longer have an opportunity to come back to the U.S because there is no justification for the actions they performed in the assault of Yiran Liu. However, I think that this case sets an example for everyone else who comes to live in the U.S for a better living.The article clearly states that , “the number of students attending American high schools on F 1 visas has increased from about 1,700 in 2009 to more than 80,000 in 2014” ( Chang and Shyong). Due to the high production of people coming to America in order to attend school many people were set to believe that, “[The “parachute” teenagers] suffer loneliness… so they bond with other kids in the small Chinese circles with no supervision, [and] no one to turn to for assistance.” (Page 2, Rayford Fountain). Believing that these kids “suffer Loneliness” in my opinion is crap, as a teenager I know when I’m away from my family doing something productive and them allowing me time to express myself I enjoy it. Not all people like being away from their families for a long period of time I understand that, but they have technology, and their parents are only a phone call away. I feel that the “Parachute Teenagers” had an opportunity of a lifetime and that it was like going away to camp, meeting new people and having a “guidance counselor” to watch them for the time