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The New High School Outsiders Analysis

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In “The New High School Outsiders”, published in New York Times in 2016, Sara Mosle and Hanne Steen discuss the story of teenage refugees that have similar backgrounds and they explain the struggles that each refugee went through before coming to the United States, such as living in refugee camps, and losing family members. Coming to America was a huge change for them, the place they once called home wasn’t home anymore. Many had felt out of place when they arrived in Idaho. They felt as if they did not belong because they were different from everyone else and spoke little to no english. As a result of speaking little english they did not interact with their classmates. Eventually the teenagers learned english and became more

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