Aliens Among Us

When we started to think about immigration, we realized that we knew people from other countries. In fact, we counted at least six who work right here on campus. We wrote to invite them to class. We've been listening to their stories for the past few weeks. They've talked about their motivations for coming to America, what they felt as they left home, confusing situations they found themselves in and what tokens they brought to remember home.

Meanwhile, we have also been considering under what circumstances we would be willing to leave our home forever. So far we have about 22 reasons that are compelling enough to the children. Interestingly enough, many of them are the situations our ancestors faced when deciding to immigrate.