Older Americans' life

According to my survey, the older Americans want to live alone after they retire. They do not want to rely on their grown children. They want to spend their life independently and happily on their own. I also asked my roommate her grandparents. She told me that her grandfather still working three days a week for a couple of hours in the museum. He feels bored and lonely if he does not do anything with his free time. He also enjoys travelling and walking. In my point of view, all the Americans are hardworking whatever their age will be. Americans do not want to spend their time without doing anything. For my country, the grandparents live with thier son or daughter's family. If one has a lot of childern, his/her children take turn to take care of them.

Observations of Children and adult

The interaction between children and adult in American is different compared to my country. I go to my host family for dinner almost every Friday. I found out that, sometimes, my host sister yell back to her mother and father. As my country's culture, the childeren should not shout back to the elders, especially the parents. If the elders or the parents misunderstand the young, the children should talk in an appropriate way politely. We considered shouting back to the elders as a rude manner. Also, it will be the big sin if you are a Buddhist.

American Family

I have my roommate who is American. Her name is Brittany Malin. She has a five family members. She is the eldest and she has one younger sister and one younger brother. Her grandmother lives with them, too. She is now a junior student in UWEC. She live on campus. Her family has a farm. She goes back home twice a month during the weekend. Whenever she is ill or she has a serious personal problem, her mother takes care of her. She would like to ask her sister for advice. As one of the children in the family, she has to be a well educated student. Since she is the eldest one in the family, she needs to take care of her sister and brother. Her family and relatives gather around every Thanksgiving holiday. Also, they gather for her grandmother's birthday. Apart form those days, she rarely see and talk to her relatives. For the Christmas, she celebrates only with the family, not the relatives. She has a close family because each family members love each other and she also always wants to visit home as much as she can. Her parents, especially her mother calls her almost every night to make sure she is doing well.