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By Jason Chen
In the city of Urumqi, China, my grandparents spoiled me with everything my little heart desired. I was sent to a good pre-school, where I played with Legos, happily sang nursery rhymes, and ran around the playground.
Unbeknownst to me, my carefree life in China would soon be uprooted to join my parents who were busy establishing a life in America. One month after my fifth birthday, I would arrive in Elmhurst, New York, just in time to enroll in kindergarten. Intimidated by the new language and atmosphere, I would seek refuge in music, but it would be another decade before I found myself.
During my first two years in the states, my days were limited to going to school and going home. No more games, no more toys, no more fun. I was constantly reminded to study hard and get good grades in school. Unfortunately, school was far from my definition of fun. More often than not, I spent my school day daydreaming about being back with my grandparents in China. Although I was making friends in America, I felt a strong bond to my hometown in China and rejected forging a new life here. At the time, I was unable to understand my mom’s struggles to achieve the American dream and unwilling to accept the adversities of our low-income lifestyle. As a result, I fought learning English and my attitude towards America remained sour.
By my seventh birthday, I was finally speaking and reading English fluently after taking nonstop English as a Second Language classes. Content with this small step towards assimilation, my mom decided to enroll me in violin lessons. Surprisingly, I quickly grew fond of this [...]
