Aliens in America

This week we watched a movie about the Lost Boys of Sudan. Soon after arriving in America, the boys start to believe that life in America is no easier than life in Sudan. I think that the boys got an unfair view of America. Although they were working hard and living like most Americans, I feel that they would have appreciated the differences in America if they had been more comfortable here. Also, they didn't realize how unusual it is for a kid to have to go to highschool, pay his own rent, work five hours a day as well as do homework and have time to hang out with friends and play sports. Most kids could never even imagine being in that posistion. Also, I think that they don't see life in America as exponentially better than the Sudan because they were used to life there. Even if they lived like the richest person in America, the boys would probably still see a lot of advantages to life in the Sudan and miss it.