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The Evergreen School 2018 Interviews

The Evergreen School 2018 Interviews

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Third graders at The Evergreen School in Shoreline, Washington interview family, friends and community members about their immigration journeys to the United States.

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    Playlist: The Evergreen School 2018 Interviews

    Third graders at The Evergreen School in Shoreline, Washington interview family, friends and community members about their immigration journeys to the United States.

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    Jack Cheever Celine Murphy Evergreen Immigration Project
    07:43
    Ms. B-P's Class
    April 20, 2018
    Jack Cheever Celine Murphy Evergreen Immigration Project

    Jack Cheever interviews Celine Murphy and discusses her move from Quebec to the United States. Recorded on April 15, 2018.

    Americans are very open, they can talk about anything
    07:10
    Ms. B-P's Class
    May 5, 2018
    Americans are very open, they can talk about anything

    Anna interviews her Chinese tutor Grace about her immigration to the United States

    Alexandru's immigration story for Alika's 3rd grade class.
    12:59
    Ms. B-P's Class
    April 20, 2018
    Alexandru’s immigration story for Alika’s 3rd grade class.

    Alexandru's immigration story for Alika's 3rd grade immigration project at Evergreen

    Daniah and Shemsia
    11:20
    Ms. B-P's Class
    April 19, 2018
    Daniah and Shemsia

    Daniah interviews her mom about emigrating to the United States

    Mullan Chinn (Townes Chinn interviews his Yeh-Yeh)
    09:16
    Ms. B-P's Class
    April 7, 2018
    Mullan Chinn (Townes Chinn interviews his Yeh-Yeh)

    Townes Chinn (9 years old) interviews his Yeh-Yeh (80 year old Grandfather)

    Azalea and Haldun
    14:59
    Ms. B-P's Class
    April 20, 2018
    Azalea and Haldun

    Turkey

    I am grateful for all the different people here you can learn from.
    14:12
    Ms. B-P's Class
    April 7, 2018
    I am grateful for all the different people here you can learn from.

    River interviews her father's friend Carlos about emigrating to the United States from Ecuador.

    "If I went to Korea now, it would be hard to adjust. I am more comfortable here now in the United States after all this time."
    13:21
    Ms. B-P's Class
    April 24, 2018
    “If I went to Korea now, it would be hard to adjust. I am more comfortable here now in the United States after all this time.”

    Eddie interviews his grandad Heekyu Rho about coming to the United States from Korea.

    Eloise and baba
    10:45
    Ms. B-P's Class
    April 24, 2018
    Eloise and baba

    Some things we talked about were what she liked about America and what she misses about home .

    "I don't know if I could do it again at this age..."
    06:54
    Ms. B-P's Class
    May 8, 2018
    “I don’t know if I could do it again at this age…”

    Immigrating wasn’t easy but it was an exciting adventure. Arianna interviews her dad Roberto about immigrating to the US from Mexico as a youth.

    Amai and Monica
    19:08
    Ms. B-P's Class
    April 20, 2018
    Amai and Monica

    Later

    Immigrating was hard because the smugglers who are giving you safe passage don't really care about you and can leave you stranded somewhere.
    17:30
    Ms. B-P's Class
    April 21, 2018
    Immigrating was hard because the smugglers who are giving you safe passage don’t really care about you and can leave you stranded somewhere.

    Ewan interviews his cousin Ernesto about immigrating to the United States from Mexico.

    Mia interviewing her mom, Senan
    26:16
    Ms. B-P's Class
    April 16, 2018
    Mia interviewing her mom, Senan

    This is an interview of my mom who immigrated from Korea when she was a little kid

    "One of my roommates exploded the pressure cooker, and there was dal all over the ceiling!"
    13:12
    Ms. B-P's Class
    April 23, 2018
    “One of my roommates exploded the pressure cooker, and there was dal all over the ceiling!”

    Zubi interviews his father about emigrating from India to the United States for graduate school.

    "I have no regrets...regrets are a waste of time."
    16:49
    Ms. B-P's Class
    June 14, 2018
    “I have no regrets…regrets are a waste of time.”

    Mateo, age 9, interviews his Baptista grandparents Alfredo, 83, and Andrea, 79, who immigrated to Hawaii from the Philippines in 1968. Mateo is named after his grandfather’s father!

    In America there is freedom, if you work hard you can be anything.
    04:02
    Ms. B-P's Class
    April 3, 2018
    In America there is freedom, if you work hard you can be anything.

    Second part of Ryan's interview with Chan.

    Sadie and Nai Nai part1 (technical difficulties at the end)
    05:07
    Ms. B-P's Class
    April 20, 2018
    Sadie and Nai Nai part1 (technical difficulties at the end)

    Ellen’s Immigration story

    "The USA is a very clean and organized country..."
    09:28
    Ms. B-P's Class
    April 26, 2018
    “The USA is a very clean and organized country…”

    Coach Yordan immigrates to USA from Bulgaria at age 26 and is interviewed by Jason.

    It happened by accident, but I am glad I am here.
    05:26
    Ms. B-P's Class
    April 15, 2018
    It happened by accident, but I am glad I am here.

    Serena interviews her Aunt Lilay who emigrated to the United States from Ethiopia.

    Sadie and Nai Nai part 2
    05:45
    Ms. B-P's Class
    April 20, 2018
    Sadie and Nai Nai part 2

    Ellen Chou tells her story about how she came to America

    My dad totally fell in love with Americans from that moment on, and he always wanted to come to the United States.
    12:09
    Ms. B-P's Class
    April 19, 2018
    My dad totally fell in love with Americans from that moment on, and he always wanted to come to the United States.

    Dirk arrived in the US from Germany as a baby, but then went back to Germany. He returned again in 1977 as a teenager and had a different experience.

    I want to be remembered as a man who came with $25 in his pocket and became quite well to do.
    24:01
    Ms. B-P's Class
    April 30, 2018
    I want to be remembered as a man who came with $25 in his pocket and became quite well to do.

    Lily interviews her grandfather about his immigration to the United States from Korea

    In America there is freedom, if you work hard you can be anything.
    18:56
    Ms. B-P's Class
    April 3, 2018
    In America there is freedom, if you work hard you can be anything.

    Ryan interviews Chan about her emigration from Vietnam to America.

    I dream in both languages, but mostly in Cantonese in my own dialect...about my hometown."
    12:31
    Ms. B-P's Class
    April 14, 2018
    I dream in both languages, but mostly in Cantonese in my own dialect…about my hometown.”

    Nathan interviews his mother Daphne about her immigration from China to Canada to Australia to the United States.

    "I immigrated because I didn't want my three children growing up in the apartheid system..."
    10:00
    Ms. B-P's Class
    April 23, 2018
    “I immigrated because I didn’t want my three children growing up in the apartheid system…”

    Nathan interviews his friend Derrick Chasan about immigrating to the United States from South Africa

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