Write an essay on why Andy is great. Ends Nov 15th @ Midnight Pacific

[Jordan]

octo you should start selling the newbs t-shirts to get some money for the site.  :O

[CmptrWz]

He has mentioned that kind of thing in the past.

But doing so with valve's characters on them is likely a no-no, so he needs newbs-specific art to do so. I think.

[NFreak]

He has mentioned that kind of thing in the past.

But doing so with valve's characters on them is likely a no-no, so he needs newbs-specific art to do so. I think.

[DONDI]

Andy speaks little English, works 12 hours a day seven days a week, and has never been happier.

Working as an in-house caregiver, Andy is now the breadwinner for the family that followed her to the United States in 2002, almost five years after she fled his home country for being a Falun Gong adherent.  In 1999, Falun Gong was labeled an evil cult and banned in her home country.

Her fight for asylum was a long one. her first request was denied, and her second application took five years to be approved. But it only took her three days to find the job she has held for the past eight years.

“The United States has lots of opportunities if people go and search them out,” she says through a translator. “Next month I’m moving up to a new job at a convalescent facility.”

Though she struggles daily with the language barrier, Andy, 53, says she finds the standard of living “refreshing” and feels respected in her new surroundings. While the transition to living in the United States was relatively painless for her, her husband and son have not adjusted as easily.

“My son’s first job here was at an American company, and though his English was pretty good, he wasn’t confident enough to speak up and eventually lost his job,” Andy says. “My husband is very stubborn. He would work for a few days at one job, then quit because he said the bosses were mean or unfair…I’m the breadwinner of the family.”

Andy is one of the almost 900,000 Chinese who have legally entered the United States since 1980. In 2006 alone, nearly 90,000 Chinese immigrants entered the United States, and While many come seeking asylum, the reasons for coming are as diverse as the immigrants themselves.

[Andy]

STAY POSITIVE GUYS
I GOTTA GOOD FEELIN' 'BOUT THIS

I'M WAITING FOR STORIES DAMMIT. PEOPLE, GET TO WORK. I'M STARTING TO FEEL INSIGNIFICANT.


Edit: wtf dondi...I lol'ed. However, you referred to me as a male once.

almost five years after she fled his home country