Interviewing a migrant(s) was an amazing experience for me. I interviewed my family members and added a few of my own experiences, when I was creating my questions I asked them all the questions in regards to why we as a family migrate/move to a new country (Toronto, Ontario Canada). Likewise, being an immigrant myself and listening to their experiences I feel it’s really difficult to leave all your friends and relatives behind and living in a completely different society. However, there was a lot of interesting information that I learned from doing this assignment. There were a lot of things that I learn and understand why it was beneficial for my family to migrate to new country like Canada. Also, when doing the interview there were a couple problems that did arise, one problem was getting my mom to talk about leaving me when I was just 2-3 years of age.
Many people don't want to talk about their past especially if something has happened to them or something needs to be done by sacrificing one’s happiness or in this case time and love, but she still managed to tell me that there was not a lot for her to talk about, but what she did end up talking about was she has to leave us behind to work as a PSW in Hong Kong (the very first country she migrated to) to support my sister and I. In a view, not only I that learned a lot from doing this interview, but I am sure that everyone in my class (who actually completed the assignment) has learned a lot about the people that they interviewed, whether it was their mother, father, neighbor, or even a friend. By having a session or talking to them about their past and their journeys to Canada, which help one’s to understand some of the hardships and struggles that people do face to come to this country. Therefore, this interview not only was a good thing for the person that did the interview, but also by sharing the interviews with my classmates and helped all of us to gain valuable knowledge for this course and our lives.
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