By Neil Sharma
Staff Writer
For some people moving to another town and going to a different school is hard enough. But imagine how hard it would be if someone had to move to a whole other country let alone a whole different school. That is exactly what happened for freshman student Matt Wong.
Wong, a citizen of Hong Kong came here to the U.S. and now lives in Westford and attends Westford Academy. Wong Previously came here two times on a visit. He had to come to the U.S. during the summer, all by himself without his parents and currently resides with his uncle and his aunt.
Even though he doesn’t live with his parents for the time being he still gets to call his parents so they can both keep in touch with each other.
Although Wong comes from Hong Kong he knows a good amount English because they teach a lot of it in Hong Kong. He also has been to the U.S. twice prior to coming here.
“Hong Kong has a good school system. The homework [in Hong Kong] is much more than here. In Hong Kong they give us five or more homework [assignments per night], it can be more than ten. Now it is much better than Hong Kong,” said Wong.
His father approved the move to the US to study in a different environment.
“Studying in Hong Kong is more pressure,” Wong said.
So in addition to all the changes in his life, he said he “would like to try skating. [He’s] never skated before.”
David Ran • Oct 1, 2010 at 8:34 pm
Gee. I had no idea. I’ll talk to him a bit more often then. It must be tough.
Leah Bowness • Sep 30, 2010 at 11:27 am
I liked that you mentioned how academically different our school is, but what about culture? I would have liked to know how he feels about how we do things in comparison to Hong Kong. What type of skating does he want to try? This article leaves me wanting more information but I think it is a good start.