An old high school friend of mine, Diana, is from Croatia, which is an sovereign state between Central and the Southeastern parts Europe. We first meet in middle school, and I thought it was great having a friend from a different country. However, I was not aware of the difficulties her family has to endure to remain in America. While in high school, she informed me that her parents were instructed that they needed to take the citizenship test and that if they failed again they were to leave America. I was not aware the stress inflicted on her until one day in orchestra I took he time to ask her. Diana has been able to adapt to the America standards and she can speak fluent English, yet still holds true her Croatian roots. Compared to her parents,
