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ETHNIC GIFTS!

"Career choices." "What did you call that? Two pairs of uncles chose that for me - way before I was born!"

Turn to our "Interviews" page for conversations on various topics concerning the life of an immigrant (first generation or otherwise), including career / work. Click here.

If you want to contribute to the conversation and send us your personal opinion, stories or experiences click here.

In many parts of the world it is an unusual concept that people actually DO have the liberty to pick their career. For most human beings, if they are lucky enough to go to school, their path is indeed chosen even before they are born. Many parents decide what their youngsters will become, based on what profession makes more money usually.

Did you have to go through that? Are you still struggling with choosing a career because of duty, or choosing your way in life because you like it? Are you overwhelmed with guilt at the thought of doing something that you truly like? How do you deal with all of it?

And how about adjusting to a new work environment, with different social codes of behavior?

Send stories and feedback:
editor@sentimentalrefugee.com

QUOTES:
"This above all: to thine own self be true. And it must follow as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man." William Shakespeare, Hamlet

FEATURED BOOK:

Disappearance of the Outside: A Manifesto for Escape

by Andrei Codrescu
Taking into account his own exile from Stalinist Romania, as well as the plights of such greats as Garcia Marquez, Breton, Dada, Kundera, and Milosz, Codrescu issues a call for those living in a free society to reach beyond a benign reality founded in technology and commercialism by tapping into their imaginations and striving for a better, evolutionary existence.

Check out our Sentimental Refugee Arts and Fun Store featuring cartoons, illustrated stories and traditions from world cultures!

"Job Interview" Cartoon: what happens when Mr. Naheed applies for a job in the United States

"A life without love is like a year without summer." Illustrated Swedish proverb.

From Russia: Vodka and Caviar. It's Party Time! Click here.

From Japan: An illustrated love story about a beautiful wife. Click here.

FEATURED INTERVIEW:

Sonia Choquette. (first generation born in the USA)
"The first thing to say about the experience of an immigrant is that people are like a tree whose roots have been cut off. Fortunately the human spirit is regenerative but only if you acknowledge that you have suffered a major psychic wound, even if you move under the best of conditions. So you can build new roots." Read more...