Question: Jin Wang was born in the United States and spoke perfect English. When coming into his new class, the teacher introduced him and said that he was from China. All the kids looked at him different and would make fun of him. Jin was just like the other kids, except he had a Chinese background. Why did the other children bully him around if he said he was from San Francisco?
Comment: I really enjoyed this reading because I can see where Jin is coming from. Being a new student in a class isn't easy especially when other kids take an advantage of the fact that you are new and start to bully you around. At the end when the other new Chinese boy was being introduced to the class, the teacher made the same mistake. At first, Jin didn't really want to be his best friend. Later on, he realizes Wei-Chen like the same things he does. This caused them to be best friends. I really enjoyed this part because t was a little funny how the teachers made mistakes with both of the boys names and backgrounds. That was already one thing they had in common.
Critique: Overall I think this was a very good reading. It shows to other kids how it feels to be a new student and maybe some can even relate to a story. It shows you how stereotypical society is and even though Jin was born in America they considered him to be different only because he was Chinese.
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