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OVERCOMING CHALLENGES: HISPANICS IN THE UNITED STATES
Sveta Chintakayala
Ms. Padilla Garay
6th Grade
P.3B

When I say Hispanics, what do you think? Do you think last names of Rodriguez, Diaz, and Martinez? Do you think about how there are so many Hispanics in this country that proudly carry those last names into their very own victory? It seems as though the number of Hispanics we see today, would not have equaled the number we saw back then. In fact, it wasn’t at all easy for the Hispanics to overcome challenges when they came to the United States.

From some modern day research I did, I have found that an estimated number of 1.2 million people, of the 35 million Americans living in the U.S., who identify themselves as ”Hispanic”, changed …show more content…

This proves that there are so many Mexicans in the American population, and it was/is hard for them to adjust to a different, new, weird, unfamiliar, and totally scary system, that is very, very different from how they would have taught the same lesson in Mexico, Spain, etc. I would have felt the same way if my family grabbed me out of America, pushed me on a plane, and dropped me off at some random country and expected me to just learn their teaching ways as if it was easy as pie. It would take time to number one, adjust. Number two; find out how I could help myself to learn and fit in, and three, just being comfortable with all of it. This is another reason Hispanics had challenges, because they had to adjust to very brand new and unfamiliar things in a very fast period. They did not have much time to settle down because they were so busy with everything. That probably made things 10x WORSE because they were not able to settle, familiarize themselves, and on top of that, they had to adjust to so many new things so fast. I also found out that countless immigrants continue to struggle to make a successful life for themselves in this country. This adds onto the fact that they are struggling everyday, just to make a living for themselves, when

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