Minuteman Frank George, whose goal is to stop illegal immigration into the United States, goes to live with a family of illegal Mexican immigrants in a tiny apartment in the heart of Los Angeles. What did Frank learn from the family(What Precious Knowledge did he gain)? What actions(Will to Act) was Frank open to taking in order to learn more from the family? Describe his transformation? How was he transformed? What do you think really caused him
frank learned a lot from this family he stayed with for 30 days. he learned their past, got to meet him and got to see a perspective that the media never shows. he went to mexico to see how their home used to be before they came to the united states and meet mario in central mexico. from there, he started to transform. now that he had this certain perspective about why people go to the border to cross illegally, he seem to be more and more compassionate towards them. but he still thinks that if they want to cross, they should get in legally. what really transformed him was seeing the ruins that once used to be a home to that family. how they got water by using a hose on the infected well. if frank wouldn't have go to mexico, his views would have been the same and perhaps maybe even get stronger feelings about illegal imigrants
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Marcos
3/21/2013 02:51:18 pm
Frank the minute man was sent their for 30 days. He had to live has a immigrant. He met this family and began to act like family with them. As he went on through these 30 days he realized that these people are trying to live the American dream. I think when he went to Mexico and see the poverty and seen there old home that made him think twice about how they are illegal.
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Cameron
3/20/2013 03:34:08 am
What Frank learned was that everyone is equal, we all may be different colors but all have the same blood. He finally realizes that Mexican immigrants are not less than Americans and they can have equal opportunities just as us. When he goes and visits Mario in mexico he finally sees that no human can stand to live in such a place. In his eyes they have to escape and flee to America. At first he strongly disagreed about illegal immigrants, but after his visit he sees that there is no other choice but to leave Mexico.
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Sandyballs
3/20/2013 03:34:57 am
When frank stayed on a apartment with a poor family that came illegally to the US, he kind of felt bad for them. One of the daughters was waiting for one of her favorite colleges to earn money and help her family. During those days Frank went to TJ to find the parents family and to see their house before they came to the US. When he saw the house it wasn't an ordinary house, it was like a dump. He started to feel bad about how the family lived before and he imagined how they suffered. Then at the last day the daughter was accepted to her favorite college and Frank was already packed up to leave. Frank had a good time golfing with the daughter, with the dad working on the apartment, and with the rest. He also noticed that everyone that came to the US came with a purpose.
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Butter
3/20/2013 10:40:05 am
Hahhahahaah Sandyballs
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Yesenia
3/20/2013 03:37:39 am
I think Frank learned alot from the Gonzalez family, he learned about their past of living in Mexico where they only lived in a brick little room and that place was most meant for homeless people and it was not a good home to stay in. He started to have these feelings for them as close friends and he started to like the Gonzalez family, he got to know about each one of them and the hard work they put into their family to try to save money and for the girl to get an good education. Now he knows why illegal immigrants cross the boarder and got an idea of it. Frank still works as a minuteman and still believes that illegal immigrant should be deported back to Mexico or shouldn't cross without their papers, but his thoughts got stronger about illegal immigrants.
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Samantha
3/20/2013 03:37:40 am
Frank learned a lot about the family, he learned about there background. Frank got to see how they used to live in Mexico, how they were going through poverty. The actions he took in order to learn more about the family was that he went to Central Mexico to meet Rigo's (i think that's his name) brother, Mario, and there parents. Mario explained what they were going through. I think what transformed him was getting to know more about the family, that the family was putting effort in life so they won't have to go back into poverty. Even though the family was illegal, they wanted the "American Dream."
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Alexa
3/20/2013 03:49:36 am
Frank learned a lot with the family he lived with. He learned about the family's past, their perspective on everyhing, and even went to Mexico to see their old home. At that point, he began to change his perspective on how immigrants cross illegally. He knows that they want to be free, but they still have to cross the border legally. If Frank didn't go to Mexico, his point of view would still be the same and his feelings for illegal immigrants would've grown stronger.
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Harissa
3/20/2013 05:13:38 am
I believe that Frank learned many thing by living with the Gonzalez family and how it is to be in there shoes. He learned how they lived and why they chose to become here.Many people that live across the boarder. How many people across live in poverty and how they have family across the boarder that they cant see because they are immigrants living in the U.S.A. without papers. While rank was living with them for 30 days a smart teenager was telling him that they are living the same way they are. Frank as a boy lived across and immigrated with his family to the U.S.A Frank went to go see the fathers brother and how they lived and how there not able to see each other like they used to with his dad, mom, and there children. And the brother showed them the house they lived in and how they had to be grateful for what they had because both of there parents were unemployed. In the end Frank transformed into something better then how he came and acted like. He started to feel bad for them and the daughter got accepted into Santa Clara University. She wasn't able to pay for it so she ended up going to a community college. And Frank continued to be in the Minutemen but wasn't in charge like he used to be. But the Gonzalez family still wanted the "AMERICAN DREAM."
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Enrique
3/20/2013 08:34:35 am
During the 30 days Frank stated to see how the family lived, and their struggles. He also saw that they were nice and they got along very well. they learned things from each other and he saw that they had very difficult jobs that normally he would not do himself. He had to not have any papers showing he was a legal citizen, just like the family. He learned that they worked so hard so so they coan support each other.
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Brenda
3/20/2013 08:45:47 am
Minutemen Frank, learned many precious things about the Gonzalez family. He learned, saw, and lived with them 30 days to encounter the situation they are living in, the situation they escaped from and their daily problems. He was then open-eyed to those things he had ignored about immigrants, he then found out that all the work that immigrants come to "steal" from them was actually the work no one wanted to do, and he saw how they got exploded by getting payed a few bucks. he spent time with different individuals from the family which let him see each of their usual day and most of the problems each individual faced. this changed the way of perception from frank, he became more humane into seeing how immigrants have to live through and what are the circumstances they face that will pressure them into crossing illegally the border.
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Little Red (Sarah S)
3/20/2013 08:59:11 am
I think that minute-man Frank had a lot of sensitivity to the topic of illegal immigration on the Mexican border. In his 30 day stay, he learned that everyone is human, and to respect everybody regardless of their race or immigration status. He was open to and had to live with a family of seven in a one room apartment for 30 days. He also went to Mexico, to the house that the family used to live at before they immigrated to America. He was transformed in the fact that he wasn't as strong with his past beliefs as he had been in the past. He saw that even though they didn't cross the way intended, they should still be there due to their bright futures that may be ahead of them.
I agree with you SHAWA (Little Red) xD I think the same thing about Frank.
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Nicole
3/20/2013 09:05:29 am
Frank learned many things while living 30 days with the family. He learned that they fleed Mexico for the best. Frank saw that left for the best, their family wasn't living as good as here. Paty,the mom, saved money so she could but proper gifts for her children for Christmas. He had also learned that the family is har-working, the parents try their best to feed and raise their family. The parents bust their butts to raise their children right and they want them to succeed in life. Also, the children try so hard in school. Amilda the eldest, had a 3.8 GPA she had also applyed to many colleges. She said she wanted to be the first in her family to go to college. Frank was open to go to Central Mexico to see how the family lived before. Their old house seemed so run-down and old, and it barely looked like a home. Frank saw that they had left not only for a "better life", but because it was their only option. That trip reallly opened his eyes, and he had actually saw why people would immigrate illegally in the first place. I believe that Frank transformed alot his perspective about illegals changed quite a bit, since he lived with the family and saw how life was from their eyes. He saw that they were no different from us, they are also human beings. They have feelings and needs just like us. And their need was to live the "American Dream", and they weren't going to let someone stop them. Frank really had become more clear to how life really was through their eyes. I think this opportunity really impacted him, and it gave the perfect message on equality.
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sayra
3/20/2013 09:18:36 am
frank learned that mexicans just didn't came to mexico just because they wanted to because they needed . when frank went to the see the house of the family he stayed with in los angeles in mexico he saw something really that made him even change his mind and that they crossed the border illegally for a better life and not suffer in poverty an then he understand.
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serina
3/20/2013 09:27:25 am
in the video we watched in class today i saw that frank went into a home to illegal immagrants, these people didnt know who he was and he didnt know who they were. he was going to live there to see and experience how it was to be an illegal immagrant. throughout these 30 days frank really began to really get to know these people and begin to grow a relationship with them.i believe that frank learned many thing on his experience with these people. but most importantly, i feel that frank saw that whatever chance the two parents can get to work or earn money they would do it.he saw the very little money they had and still the mom wanted to buy her kids things so that they can still be happy. i feel that what frank did for this family really impacted his life and he feels good about what he is doing in these families lifes.
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Eric M.
3/20/2013 09:46:13 am
I believe that Frank was persuaded by the Gonzalez family and their living style. I say this because he saw how they were living when they were in Mexico. This family suffered and was pretty much forced into the U.S. for a better living style. Before, in Mexico, this family had a small area surrounded by bricks with no roof and plants growing everywhere. I believe that this was one of the main things that changed Frank's perspective of illegal immigrants. Also, when he'd first walked in to the house. there was 5 kids and 2 adults living in a small apartment that was "about 500 square feet". This probably shocked him to see this. And the girl. She did her best in school to support and make her family proud. This to me is the biggest part of the video. Knowing that she first lived in that small place in Mexico and called it "home" and now she's going to a university is amazing.
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Sharon Rocha
3/20/2013 10:02:38 am
in the video i watched today i think that the man name Frank learned that no matter if people have papers or not and if they are ur family you need to help them. Frank stayed in their house for 30 days to learn about them and know what ilegal immegrants work on and do when they are at home The transformation he had was almost at the end of the movie because he said he felt bad for them when he went and saw were the husband of the woman lived before in Mexico and were his brother lives. I think that something that really caused him to change his mind was when he went to Mexico.
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Tapia
3/20/2013 10:03:21 am
During 30 days with the family Frank learned more about the perspective of being an illegal immigrant. How many live in such small houses with a big family, with almost not space to move. He learned that they come here to change their lifestyle. That they don't come and "steal" jobs they come and do jobs that other people wouldn't do. Frank worked with the dad, where he discovered how immigrants worked jobs that would only pay a few dollars. He went recycling with the mom that showed him how they did what they could to make ends meet. He also went to visit the dad's brother and he saw how worse over there was. At first he thought that the illegals were criminals, and that they had to be send back. By the end his mind changes a little bit; he realizes why they immigrate over here and how they still struggle yet not as bad as back at Mexico. Although he says that if they wanted to cross they should do it legally. What do you think really caused him? I believe what made this change was when he went to see the house the family used to live in. He saw how that wasn't even a house and he said no one would last there and they were sure to escape/leave.
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Leslie~
3/20/2013 10:24:31 am
I think Frank learned many things about the Gonzalez and how it is to be living here with no papers. When he first got there he said that if he could deport that family he would. He didn't like Mexicans that are illegal, because they are breaking the law by coming to this country undocumented. He said that they are just here to take the jobs away. The Gonzalez family was relly nice to him. One day the mom showed him a jar with money and she told him that that's where she keeps the money for Christmas, that's when he kind of started to change his opinion about them. He went to Mexico to see how Rigo's (the father) brother was living. When he got to his house he saw that it was pretty small and it was in a bad condition. He then went to see where the Gonzalez family where living before they went to live in LA. When he saw the tiny house and how bad it was he started to transform more. He understood why they went to live in LA, they wanted a better life. He went back with the Gonzalez family. Rigo told him that he would like to bring his brother over here because the condition where he's living is relly bad, Frank agreed with him but he didn't like the idea of bringing him illegally because that is against the law. He learned alot living with the Gonzalez because he was living just the way the live.During the 30 days that he stayed there one of the daughters was trying to change his mind about illegal people, at the end she was able to change his opinion. He said that he was tired of going to the border and that it would be wierd for him to go there. He also said that it was wierd that he liked someone so much but just didn't like the way the got here.
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Neyda
3/20/2013 10:27:17 am
In those thirty days in which Frank had to stay with a family of illegal immigrants, he learned a lot of things about the family themselves, and he also learned to not be so rude and to actually have a heart. He actually took the liberty of spending time with them, and seeing how their everyday life truly is. He saw that they deal with a whole lot each day. Both parents do whatever they can to survive, and to provide for their children. He was pretty stubborn and rude in the first couple of days, but once he started to get to know each and everyone of them, he started to feel more comfortable around them and their lifestyle. The eldest daughter was being smart about his whole opinion on immigrants. She did whatever she could to try and convince him that they are not criminals. Towards the end of the film, she saw that he started to change for the better. Not only did Frank stay with the Gonzalez family, but also with Rigo's brother in Mexico. Frank finally opened his eyes and realized that there is a reason on why so many people go to the United States to live the life they have dreamed of. He returned with only a few days left of his little experiment. Frank just went about his life while living with the Gonzalez's. When it was time for him to leave, everyone said they were going to miss him. Even Frank himself stated that he will try to help out, if it's legal. Hopefully, his hatred for immigrants is no more.
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Rebecca
3/20/2013 10:39:59 am
Minute man Frank George, was very against illegal immigrants in living in the US, and for him to go and experiment and live with 7 illegal immigrants was very crazy. Frank was very blunt about his perceptions of illegal immigrants. His opinion was that they don't belong there and they're just their to take away their jobs, and he told them his opinion like a million times. But, as he got closer to the family, and he got to know each and every one of them his opinion slowly started to change. He got to know. that they're very hard workers, like the daughter who is going to college(but I don't remember her name). He also learned that they came here for a better life not to take away anything from the US. What Frank did was go to work with the dad to see how hard he works to support his family, he went to the recycling center with the mom to see what she does just so her kids have a good Christmas, and he went to their original home in Mexico. He saw that that family needed to come over here, they were in a bad place in their life , in that old house, and they needed a better life. Frank transformed a lot like he doesn't think they're there to take over the US but he still believes in having papers, so he told the girl he would help them if they ever get deported.
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Andrea
3/20/2013 11:06:20 am
I think Frank changed a lot in a way because he know now how much these people have to work to be all the way over here like really he changed his way of thinking and was really racist in one way but then after he lived with these people for a month he figures out that he could be someone that could help change this in so many ways & what he did to help well it was actually more of a things he had to do was work like Rigoverto to know how ti feels which is good because know he now knows what these people go through and suffer everyday.
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Marianna
3/20/2013 11:20:15 am
In the 30 days that Frank George stayed with the family he learned many valuable things. He learned what they went through and why they had to come to the U.S. He also learned that Rigo didn't want to immigrate but he had to because there was no other option. Another thing that Frank learned was that the oldest girl wanted to be the first of her family to graduate from college. Frank took actions such as going to Mexico. He went to visit their family and then he saw the little place they called home. The place was very small and wasn't a proper building, so they were prone to many diseases. This experience seemed to change Frank significantly. For example he's not so strict about illegal immigrants being in the U.S and he doesn't stay on the border waiting to call the police on the people attempting to cross to achieve "The American Dream."
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Lucero ^-^
3/20/2013 11:29:10 am
Frank learned many things during the 30 days he spend with the Gonzales family. He learned how life was for illegals and how much they had to struggle to help their families.He also learn the family's perspective on everything and how it is to be in their position. Frank also made some actions in order to learn more from the family. He went to see where the family worked and what they did to survive. He also went to Mexico to visit more of the Gonzales' family. Rigo's brother took him to the small room where they used to live. It was a horrible place that no one deserved to live in, Frank felt really bad for them. He also video taped the kids' grandparents, their uncle and other people to show the family when he went back. Amilda, the first person that was going to college in her family, had never seen them and the Gonzales couldn't go back to mexico to visit the because they'll get deported. Frank believed there should be no illegal immigrants in the US, but after this, he changed. They became friends and he said that if the family ever got deported, he will help them out
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Brian N
3/20/2013 11:34:45 am
frank canged because now he got a diffrent image on how mexicans are. So these are the three reasons that i came up with that i thought that frank had a new image of the illegal immigrants. the first reason that i thought that frank changed was that when he saw the kids mom had 40 dollars earned and she was planning to earn alot of money so her kids can have a good chrismas. the second reasons is tat when he when to Mexico City and saw where they used to eat sleep and drink water all of that was filthy. the last reason is that it really hit him when he was about to leave ther house.
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Ailine
3/20/2013 11:37:09 am
Frank learned a lot of things during those 30 days with the Gonzalez family at Los Angles. He learned to never give up and that not matter what happens family's should always stay together. Most importantly he changed his mind. At first Frank didn't want Mexican's to cross the boarder because he thought that they stole their jobs, but then he realized that they only came for a better future and not to steal their jobs. His Will to Act was to work with Rigoberto at their apartments.He changed the most when he meet the family, he became good friend with the woman of the house and with her daughter the oldest one that was trying to go to collage.
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Mary
3/20/2013 11:37:45 am
Frank the Minuteman learn a lot from the family he stayed with. He learned that an illegal family faces a lot of problems and challenges. He learned how illegal people miss there families members and how they don't have a chance to will a member if they die. He also learned, that people cross the boarded for better opportunities in California. Also he learned that families who don't have papers work every hard to get money and to survive and to feed there family. I think Frank was opened to the family and he even went to visit the Gonzalez family family in Mexico. I think he learned why people want to come to the Unites States and it's because they don't live like they should in Mexico. The family in Mexico didn't have a clean floor and it was every easy for them to get some sort of diseases. In C.A you can have something small but you have a clean floor or at least a bathroom to go to, but they dint have nothing they had to go some where fall and do there business. I think he was transformed in various ways like learning why people did cross the boarder illegally or how sad is it to leave everything behind even family to go chase the big dream everyone wants, AMERICAN DREAM. He was transformed by knowing that kids try there hardest to study and study to do there best in school and go to college and be the first one of there family to go to college like Amilda. I was really happy that Frank at least changed was he though about immigrants and there perspective of being in the U.S.A and realized that they work hard to get to were they are know. :)
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Briana Nevarez
3/20/2013 11:40:33 am
Frank really learn a lot of things during those thirty days with the Gonzalez's Family. Frank was a guy who thought that illegal immigrants should not be in the United States. He learned that all the people are equal, and we should not discriminate. He lived with them thirty days and he learned how does it feel to being living like them. He also learned why Gonzalez's Family decided to pass illegally to the United States. Gonzalez's family struggle a lot to get money. One of the actions he took to get know more Gonzalez's family was going with them, doing the activities they do. He still was thinking that illegal people shouldn't be in the United States. He thought that the people who come illegal were taking away Americans job, but they weren't. One of the trips that really changed Frank's mind was going to Mexico. He went to see Rigoberto's parents. He started to feel that they shouldn't live here. Then, Rigoberto's dad told him that Rigoberto's house were worst than their house. He was so sad. He couldn’t believe it and then he realize why they choose to go to the United States. He changed his mind after watching Gonzalez's family old house and with all what they told him. Everything what Gonzalez's family was saying to him caused him to change his mind but mostly when he went to Mexico. Being with Gonzalez's family really change his way of thought. He learned a lot of things of the people who don't have papers.
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Abel Murillo
3/20/2013 11:47:35 am
Frank stayed with a illegal immigrant family and he learned that they face a lot of problems. He found out that they missed their family that lived in Mexico. He went to go see their family in Central Mexico and he found that they are more in depth in poverty than the family they are staying at because the fathers mom and dad live in a little house with their grandsons and daughters . He went to the dads old house and were he lived really wasn't a real house it was just a little shack in the fields. I think it did transform him because he adapted feelings for the family and he felt bad because they had a hard life. Also the girl got accepted to one of the best private colleges in California. He also learned that their education is taken really seriously.
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Geena
3/20/2013 11:50:37 am
He was able to see that immigrants aren't criminals. He was able to see that they're are real human beings with hopes and dreams in life. He was able to see that some of the illegal immigrants could become someone important to the community, like the girl in the video. I think that may6be now, he will not be so strictly racist, and think that all illegal immigrants trying to cross, are trying to cause problems. And since he was able to see that through this family, it caused him to open his mind a little.
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emma
3/20/2013 12:06:00 pm
on the 30 days frank stayed at log angeles with an immigrant family the gonzalez family, frank learned that being an immigrant at los angles is not that easy frank imagined it would be. when frank went to visit the family of rigoberto's family at mexico and he saw the house the gonzalez family used to live in he felt sad because how could they live in that poor house so he change his mind and felt sad. he started to fell that everyone are the same. when he spend with the family at los angeles he saw that is not that easy to be immigrant like the daughter she wanted to go to a collage she didnt got accepted.
Frank the Minutemen after staying 30 days with the Gonzales family he learned a lot of things. He learned that the oldest sister wanted to be the first in the family to get into college; she succeeded. He learned that the mom really cares about her kids because she has been saving all her money from selling cans so that she can buy her kids a Christmas gift, even though it is going to be small. From her Frank also learned that her parents died and she was sad because she didn't go to their funeral in Mexico because she didn't want to get caught. Another thing he learned is the dad's family is living in bad conditions in Mexico and that he want s to bring then to the US. After Frank went to Mexico to visit the dad's family he realized how poorly they were living; he saw where they live and where the dad used to live. Frank started changing he wanted to help them live better. He still was appose immigration, but this time he was going to be less pushy. He was against it but still wanted to help them. Living with the Gonzales family really made Frank change his thoughts about immigration.
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Lydia.V
3/20/2013 12:31:33 pm
During the 30 days Frank got a different perspective of immigrants & especially the family. They send him to live in a house filled with 7 illegal immigrants. He learned how the Gonzales family used to live in the past in the little brick house. And i think thats what made him change, he noticed that the Gonzales family has struggled a lot through out their lives. Also by learning how other illegal immigarnts lived by visiting Roberto's brother in Mexico. And the oldest daughter, Armida, also tried changing Frank as well by taking him to there riots. His opinions was illegal immmigarnst shouldnt be crossing illegally, to him it was wrong and agiast the law so he tries to prevent it from happening. While he was there he got know the family & noticed that they are very hard workers, like Armida who tries her best to do good in school so she can be the first one in her family to go to college.Frank went working with the dad to see how hard he works to support his family, he also went to the recycling center with the mom to see what she does just so her kids could have a good Christmas.
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ashley
3/20/2013 12:34:55 pm
Frank the minutemen learned a lot about the illegal fasmily in 30 days he spent with them. Frank wanted to see how the illegal family they sleept, lived, and worked. On the first day frank went to see the family he saw how everyone slept in a small room together. He also talked with the oldest daugther and spent time with everyone. As days past frank learned more and more. One day he talked to the mother and she said that she couldn't go to her mothers funeral because she didn't have papers. Frank decided to go to Mexico to see her family and how they lived. When he arrived in mexico he went to where her family lived and saw how the floor were just dirt and the ceiling were only pieces of metal.He realized that nobody could live in dose conditions.He later arrived back to the Gonzales family and told them and showed them a video of how their family in mexico where. Later that day the oldest daugther got a letter from Prenston but she did not get accepted luckly she gets accepted to the Santa Clara University. Frank realizes how we are all the same and we have the same goals and want the same things.
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Danna
3/20/2013 12:37:45 pm
Minutemen Frank had to stay with a family of 7 people and 5 of them were undocumented.Frank didn't like people who weren't in the US legally.He was very against illegal people living in the US.He volunteered in the border to call in and tell the border patrol if they saw anything unusual.He didn't care about who was crossing or why they were crossing.All he cared about was to keep illegal people out of his country.He eventually learned to not judge someone just because of their immigration status.The family he lived with was very dedicated.The husband had to work a minimum wage job and the wife got money from recycling.One of their kids wanted to go to princeton and ended up going to a community college because her family didn't have the money.They lived in very poor conditions in Mexico and it was a huge help when they crossed the border.He went to where they used to live and he realized one of the many reasons why people want to cross the border.He got transformed in a good way because he realized the fact that people move here to have a better life but especially to give their kids a better life.
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Jerry
3/20/2013 12:40:17 pm
I think what Frank learned from the family was that even if you don't have any papers or documents dosent mean that you wont find a job or that you shouldnt give up on fullfilling your dreams. Some actions Frank did to learn from the family was that he went to live with them for thirty days. I think that living with the family transformed Frank by making him love poeple by who they are not by their race, or country.
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Lesley Rodriguez
3/20/2013 12:52:53 pm
There was a man named Frank was a borde to stop Immagate from coming to the U.S.A. He was sent to live with a family that was inllege imigrants, he had to live with them for 30 days. He told one of their daughter that no matter what that she was a ailen. She told her parent that he need to change and see not all of them crimels. He went to work with the father. Gonzalez's Family told Frank about the struggles of their family in Mexico. The father told Frank to go to Mexico and see his family. He did and he saw the horrible. In the end Frank relized that not all Mexican people were bad. It change the way that Frank thought of the people.
Frank learn that the Gonzalez family came to Los Angles to get a better life because where they lived was a horrible and even Frank went to the old house in Mexico even he thought it was a bad place to live. So Frank would ask them question like why did they come here and thing like that . So they told him why they came here and also that the kids just wanted to go to school to get to college and have a better life so they won't live like they live right now also the mom kids wanted to go to Mexico so that she could go to here mother furaual and wanted to go like before that could of happen she wanted to go to talk to her but she could and also she at least go where she was baued she said. Frank was transform because now he know that some of the people that don't have paper just come here to get a better life more money so they can feed the famiy and the kids could go to school and have an eduatcation .So now he know how the peop0le that dont have paper suffer with all of this and now that he got like transform he really doesn't want to go back to his job because he know that the people that coress with out paper just want a better life than the one they have in Mexico.
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Amor<3
3/20/2013 01:00:52 pm
Frank had stayed with the Gonzalez family for 30 days he was against immigrants from Mexico. He believed that they should be in the US, they should stay in Mexico. They first thing that started to change Frank was when mrs. Gonzalez was telling him about her savings, for her kids so they have presidents during Christmas. He had went to Mexico to stay with mr. Gonzalez's brother for a day or two. Frank saw the way they lived and they saw the Gonzalez's old house that they used to lived in. He couldn't believe it, he said that it looked like something that a homeless would live in. Little by little frank started to change his mind about undocumented immigrants,he was still against it but after seeing their life style he wasn't against it as much as he first was
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shamis mcinglebarry
3/20/2013 01:20:59 pm
i think that frank really learned a life lesson living with the family in L.A. before he went to live with the family he hated iligale immigrants. but after he lived with the family for 30 days he finally knew why the iligale s want to come to america. i hope that the people that watch this, and they dont like iligale s change their mind be cause its not easy.
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Adriann (:
3/20/2013 01:29:14 pm
I Honestly Think it was a heart touching film because first of all frank was all aginst illegal immagraints and he hated them he would do anything just so that they could leav this country. I think that he made a lot of transformation because he realized that they are just normal people and they arent here to do anything bad like the daughter is in a very good collage and she is smart and she doesnt have papers but yet she is still doing the best she can. He realized that he felt bad for them he said that he was not all against them but he wouldnt support them he said to the daughter that he would support her if she was going to get in the u.s leagally but he said he wouldnt support her if she didnt do it legally i think he learned so much from just thirty days with the family. He realized they are just human beings.
Frank learned that living how they used to live is impossible, i think now he knows why the family left from mexico. I think that what Frank learned also is that the hard work for the family becomes hard work for him too. It was sad at first how he wouldn't accept any igal aliens even though we are all just people. What i think transformed it is that he had a wider view of peoples lives, (immigrants). How the family saw frank react at the resaurant to now i think they would say he change his perspective of the illegal immigrants.
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Alexia
3/20/2013 01:31:47 pm
During the 30 days Frank spent with the Gonzales family I believe that his perspective about immigration didn't change, but now he understands to be living in fear that someone can make a call and that one call can change your life. He argued with I believe it was Amrida and her teacher. He argued and argued, but then he actually relived some childhood memories. After the mother shared the stories about how she couldn't attend to her parents funerals broke his heart. It wold suck if you couldn't at least see your families . grave. He transformed in a way. He wasn't to harsh on immigrants anymore because he actually learned how it felt to be living with them and how their situation made them cross over to the U.S illegally.
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Lindsey
3/20/2013 01:33:03 pm
Frank learned a lot while spending 30 days with the Gonzalez family. Frank was a mintueman and this means he is against illegal immigrants and patrols the border to deport immigrants trying to cross. At first Frank shut off everything the Gonzalez family said to persuade him into allowing immigrants to stay in the U.S. However when he started working with the dad , he started to open up and realized the harsh conditions the Gonzalez family had to do in order to survive and not get deported. He was able to see that illegal immigrants aren't criminals and that they are real human beings with hopes and dreams . I think he changed his perspective on illegal immigrants and that he not commited on stopping immigrants from crossing . The experience he had with the Gonzalez family really changed him .
He learn that even though some dont belong in such spots, its not like they dont want to be there . Frank was very tense with illegal Mexicans , but the illegal family didn't exactly choose to leave they were pretty muched force and thats what Frank didn't know , he didn't realize that not all illegal people want actually be in America , they came because they knew it would keep the family alive its "survival." The actions that Frank took was that he went to Mexico to see the dad's brother . They lived in such horrible conditions , he then saw all old box that the family used to live in . He thought that it wasn't even considered a home . When he got back to the united states he showed the videos he took on his trip to Mexico , the family got very emotional while watching it , some of the family members have never seen their grandparents so it was a very special moment. In the end he felt differently about the family he felt bad that they had to go through so much just to get where they are and yet they dont have that much , He actually thought of quitting his job of being a minute man , this is very strong and because of the daughter persuading him to think different it worked , everyone thought it would be impossible because he felt highly about NO "illegal aliens"but in the end it worked and they got him to think the impossible .
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JoEy
3/20/2013 01:45:20 pm
Fank believed that he had expirenced what the Gonzalez family had expirenced because he himself is an immagrant. However his he is hard headed to the point that he isn't even willing to listen to the opinions of the poeple who were living there. The situations they went through were informed to him but he still believed in his STUPID belife. This had been going on unti he had went to Mexico to visit the family of the Gonzalezes and found out why immagrants truly came to America. Even though he had been informed about all of this, he still decided to be a political minute man and stayed away from the work field. He was finally able to see the humanity within illigal migrants
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BrianRM
3/20/2013 02:07:00 pm
Frank lived the lives of these illegal immigrants. He learns how their life is and what they have to do in order to live their daily lives. In the beginning, he has his own perspective on illegal immigrants which is that, they shouldn't be in the United States and need to be sent back to Mexico. Over time, he spends time with some of the family members to learn about them more. He spends time with the father, one of the daughters and the family in general. Throughout the show, Frank and the family goes back and forth debating on the subject of illegal immigration. To learn more, he helps the father at his job. This is when Frank starts to understand the family more, but he still has the same view on illegal immigrants. Towards the end of the show, Frank goes to where the family used to live back in Mexico. While there, he speaks to Grandparents and the father's brother. When he gets back to LA, he shows the family a film of his trip including their relatives. He sees the family cry over the sight of them and realizes that they miss each other, that they would do anything to see their family. Eventually, his perspective changes, and he feels sorry for the family. By the end of the show, he sees their true story.
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Jorge R.
3/20/2013 02:07:28 pm
Minute man Frank George was against immigration and it must have been tough for him to go and live with 7 illegal immigrants. He was very stubborn and rude the first few days but as he spent more time with the family and how their everyday life is, he started to develop feelings for them. Frank went with the dad to see how he worked. He found out that it was really tough and then he went with the mom. The mom had went to go recycle the cans that she had to get money and store it for Christmas. He realized that both parents did whatever they can to provide for their family. Their family were hard workers like their daughter who wanted to go to college and exceed in her education. Frank had also gone to their old house in Mexico and realize that the condition that they lived in was terrible and he understood why they came to the US. Frank was still against immigration but he realized that immigrants arent really bad people.
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Jordan
3/20/2013 02:27:24 pm
Frank the minute man learns a lot from the family that he visited. He learns to see people as people, and not as a sort of inferior species. Before his experience, he viewed illegal immigrants as a virus that would soon destroy America. He learned how hard working these people were. He agreed to go to Mexico to see the family's family. They saw how poor their family was in Mexico, and how things had gotten only worse for the people there. He also got to see their old home and how horrible it was. It had no electricity, no water, no plumbing, no floor, horrible roofing and was extremely small. He was shown how horrible the conditions were in Mexico, and how even the worst here could be an improvement compared to there. He was transformed at this point.
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Mariana R.
3/20/2013 02:33:50 pm
I believe that Frank learned from the family that they had to come to the United States for a better future unlike how they were living before. He went to Mexico to see how they used to live. He went with the daughter to a protest so he can see how others feel about it. Frank also took the time to go work with the father of the family and see how he works and what he has to do in order to provide his family. He also took much of his time to try to understand their situation. I believe that Frank did change because you can't ignore what is happening in the world and if there is something very tragic then you will feel bad. He probably did feel bad but in his mind he didn't want to admit it. Since the family told him stories about their old lives and what they missed he understood a bit of why they came over here. Frank just needed evidence and an untold story for him to realize that a family would do anything to keep and help your family.
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Anthony S.
3/20/2013 02:50:23 pm
I think this was a really life changing story. It changed the life of Frank and changed the lives of the Gonzalez family. During his stay of 30 days, Frank learns a lot of things. Good things and Bad things. He also starts to change his opinion on some issues going on. Some of these things he learned from the family was sacrifice. Mr and Mrs. Gonzalez had to sacrifice leaving their family to go to the US. Mrs. Gonzalez wasn't even able to attend her parents funeral because she had no papers. Another lesson he learned from them was perseverance, the eldest daughter persevered and did her best in school to get to the college she wanted although in the end she just went to a community college due to the fact that she had no papers. Frank also learned that life in Mexico was very hard, that's why immigrants come to the US. They just wanted a better life compared to the one they left behind. Frank learned this when he went to visit Mr. Gonzalez's brother in Mexico. Frank visited their old house and said that it wasn't fit for any human being. Being with them really changed his views a lot from when he first started. He started to understand them and like them. He also was their friend. This made him change or at least tilt his views to see both sides of the story. In the end he promised the eldest daughter that he would sponsor her as long as it's legal. In the end he really felt like they were human, had feelings and a life. So this experience changed him a lot.
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paola:)
3/20/2013 02:56:05 pm
This film was very touching for me .Frank who was a brat in the begging that seemed like he didnt have a heart for illegal people then started to feel something little for them. He had to stay 30 days with the family which he seemed not very happy at first and even wanted to call the border potroll on them when he was there .once he started to get along with the faimly he started feeling close to them and even went to mexico to see how they used to live and how there other family members live. he even wanted to cry he said how can they live in such a place?!when he came back it just changed his whole thinking of illegal people and he said that going back to working in border potroll would be wrong after going after all this.he saw all the strugles that they had to go through everyday from school,money and living and how they try to have a better life then they used to have.
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David Aceves
3/20/2013 03:32:08 pm
Though Frank was strongly against immigrants entering into the U.S illegally many of us can see that not all are criminals but hard workers. I think what made him see that this is a special family to him is the golf with the girl and just the bits of conversation and interacts with everyone around the house. Especially the conversations and interactions with the oldest sister applying to the university. It shows Frank that she used the opportunity to be in America for her education. And really who would get in the way of that. Overall he learned that the Gonzales family takes advantage of being here and Frank see's it and so really it would be such bad thing if he deported them in my opinion.
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Karen .Y.
3/20/2013 03:34:40 pm
Frank George, learned a lot while living with a family in East Los Angeles. He learned how much this family struggles to live and that not having papers ( being illegal ) can affect your life in many ways. For example, the parents did not have a very good job because they are un-documented. Frank George also learned that they have to be very careful because if people found out they were illegal , they would have to be sent back to Mexico. The acts Frank was open to so that he would learn more about the family is that he would start visiting them constantly, he would eat dinner with the family and talk about their lives, and he would sleep there too. He would always learn something new about them. After time, Frank began to transform when he began feeling bad for this family. They were so poor and they couldn't afford college , and when it was Christmas time they wouldn't have that much money. At the end , one of the daughters got accepted to a community college and Frank was proud and he had a different thought about that family , he was actually happy.
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Sidney Partida
3/20/2013 04:09:22 pm
Frank learned alot from the Gonzales family. He learned that Mexican immigrants don't just come to take others people's jobs. They come to have a better life. I think that when frank visited where the family used to live in Mexico that transformed him cause he realized that its bad were they lived. Frank also got attached to one of the daughters he was very proud when she got accepted to one of the best colleges. From that day frank learned that they just came to live better , have a education, work . And while he was there he experienced what they were going through so that changed his thought about Mexican immagrents.
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Karina Tec
3/20/2013 04:21:30 pm
What Frank learned was that Mexican immigrants are not less than Americans and were all equal. He went to the house and said that he already wanted to call Border Patroal on them before he had even gotten to meet them. & he left changed but as time went by he started changing back a little because he said he wouldnt be a Minute Man again & he Returned. The point is that in the end he believed that evreyone was equal.
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jose haro
3/20/2013 04:53:24 pm
frank is a minute man but when he goes to live with a family of Mexican immigrants he learns that we are all the same but he learns lots of stuff with that family, and he was going to call the boarder patrol on them. after he made a great change he quit being a minute man.
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ViKtoria with a "K"...Swaagg d03~
3/20/2013 04:58:01 pm
Frank learned a lot of things. He went into that home believing that all illegal “aliens” should be sent back to their own country bu slowly he started seeing a different perspective on the subject. When the mom of the family explained how she was saving money to give her children good presents for Christmas, he learned that even though people are illegal, they still have a heart and they find any way possible to get that “American Dream”. He would spend time with the family members. He went from thinking that illegals did not belong in the United States and that they had no right to be in our country, to thinking that people should be given the opportunity to become a citizen, doing it the legal way. I think he really started seeing a different way when he went to visit the family's old house hold. He realized why they went to the United States. He knew that having that life style is simply, not right.
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Elena
3/21/2013 01:51:27 am
Frank George had learned to understand different points of views of why immigrants cross the border. To the end of the clip he starts liking the Gonzalez family. He was also surprised that the daughter wanted to go to college, but didn't have the money. When he goes to their old house, this shocks him the most. The living conditions of the home was unbelievable. This all made him realize that people are struggling, and he has been ignoring them. All he was worried about was "his country", and how it would be soon taken over by immigrants. He also changed by seeing immigrants as equal people. They just try to do better things, and all he did was taking and wishing their dreams of a better live in America away.
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alina
3/21/2013 01:54:26 am
He learned where they come from and can get why they came here to the US. He was open to go out with them and to go see the dad's brother back in Mexico and where they used to live. He went from living in a house to a one bedroom apartment. The transition he had went from hating Illegal immigrants to understanding why they came to the united states in the first place. What really caused him to change was how he could understand and love the family.
Frank is a minute man, but he learned a lot of things. He went to a house that had a bunch of people in It. There were 7 but 5 of them didn't have paper the two yougest had papers. He believed That they should go back to the US, and they should go back the there country. The first thing they changed is when frank told Mrs. Gonzalez to start saving money so her kids could have Presents for Christmas day . Frank had stayed with the Gonzalez family for 30 days he was against immigrants from Mexico. He believed that they should be in the US, they should stay in Mexico. He had went to Mexico to stay with mr. Gonzalez's brother for a day or two. Frank saw the way they lived and they saw the Gonzalez's old house that they used to lived in. He couldn't believe it, he said that it looked like something that a homeless would live in. Little by little frank started to change his mind about undocumented immigrants,he was still against it but after seeing their life style he wasn't against it as much as was at first
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Giselle.
3/21/2013 01:59:12 am
Frank used to be very racist and believed that Mexicans shouldn't be able to cross the border. But then he moved in with the Gonzalez family. He talked to them; heard their stories. Their stories touched him and he went to live with the other side of the family in Mexico. Frank got to see the old house that Rigo used to live in and he stayed in Mario's house. He said that was no way for a family to live. He video taped them and went back to L.A to show Rigo and the family how the family was doing. After living with both sides of the family he realized that he shouldn't be racist towards them because we are all human. The experience for Frank got him to open his eyes.
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Gloria
3/21/2013 02:00:20 am
i think frank learned a lot from the family he saw how illegal immigrants live and how they struggle each day just to make ends meet. he saw that they actually have to try to live, it isn't easy for them. he went to their house first believing they were bad people who were making things worse for us by coming to California... he then started realizing that they are just people trying to survivor with the little things they got. he ended up becoming a little more understandable but he still does the same thing he used to do. he changed though and he became a little different. this family changed his perspective on illegal immigrants.
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jesus
3/21/2013 02:01:02 am
Frank did not care about the illegals and how the suffered at the biggining. When he was living with the family he started to change his thoughts slowly. He thought that every undocumented had to go back to Mexico. He thought that Mexicans were taking away jobs that Americans needed. Rigoo told him that they are not taking away jobs they are just doing jobs that Americans don't want to do. He said that Americans only want to earn a lot of money so they dont want to do the jobs that they get payed a little. The women works hard to give the kids presents on Christmas. The girl works hard because she does not want to live were she used to live because it was really ugly and she had no chance for a future there. At the end Frank reliced that they tried hard to live and he changed his mined about undocumented people.
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Vivian~
3/21/2013 02:06:16 am
Frank saw things in a whole different perspective when we went to go live with the Gonzales family for 30 days. He saw how many people live in a small apartment.He learned that the family came here to the U.S. to change their lifestyles. That they didn't come here to "steal" their jobs, they are just taking the jobs that no one wants. Frank worked with the dad, he saw want illegal people jobs were like. He went to the recycling center with the mom she showed what a hard thing it was to earn a little bit of money. Then he went to the dad's hometown to see his brother Mario. Mario told Frank about the hard life his brother had to go through. They barley had a what so called house. At first Frank wanted to send all the illegal people back to Mexico. By the end of the film he saw that they were not bad after all they just wanted to fit in. A thing that made him change was when he went to Mexico to see the dad's house. He saw the house and he said "If someone was going to live here they would try or escape."
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Memo
3/21/2013 02:27:08 am
At the beginning Frank was Racist and didn't believe that Mexicans (Immigrants) should be allowed to cross the Border. Frank wanted to send the family back to Mexico, but the Gonzalez Family was living there because they wanted a better life. Frank went to Mexico to visit Rigoverto's Brother (Mario). Mario explained to Frank how hard his brothers life was in Mexico and how they had to live in a little "house". At the end of the film something made Frank change, He saw the small house they were living in Mexico so i guess that made him change his mind about illegal people.
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Jenny B
3/21/2013 02:31:45 am
At first, Frank like the family and hated a lot immigrants that were coming to the united states. The family always tried to convince him, but he wouldn't agree or listen to anything. He thought that he was right and that he was doing a good job by catching immigrants from the boarder. He talks to all of them of how they feel no seeing their families in mexico,how much money they get,how they can't go back, and how they suffer and struggle. he understood and felt sorry for them, but even though he saw and went threw all that, he still was against it.
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Eric Herrera
3/21/2013 08:27:28 am
In my personal opinion i think that Frank learned a lot from this family when he stayed with them for 30 days. He learned about when they lived in Mexico and how they lived in a little brick house that had nothing to cover there heads and also how they drank water from a stream and it was not clean. After seeing the house and how they lived his perspective changed about them. Know after that he knows how bad people want to get to the U.S illegal. I strongly agree what Alexa that if he did not go to Mexico he would still have the same perspective about illegal immigrants.
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erica
3/21/2013 09:31:19 am
I believe that Frank learned many things while living with that family. He learned that when something means so much to you, you cant just take that away. he also learned that the parents and kids were living like homless and now they cross and barley have enough to pay for food and rent. He went to live with a family for thirty days he got to learn about there life style and got to meet gradparent and brother of the gonzalez family. After Frank was there for about 17 days he realized that he was learning alot from this family and the teenage Duaghter. That family wanted to live the Amrican Dream but frank never really thought they deserved it until he went to see the old place they were living in. he realized that they were living like homless and felt for them. He somewhat changed and grew bigger with the famkily and he hoped that they would be okay
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Jennifer M
3/21/2013 10:05:35 am
I think that you can see a change in Frank by the end of the video. In the beginning, Frank was very racist and very anti-immigrant. But once he spent time with the Gonzalez's, his views changed. He saw the reality they would of have to came back to if they really were to be deported. The father is the only one that works in the family, which means they live on low income and below the poverty line in the United States. The older daughter was also accepted into a prestigious university but has no money to pay for it, and can't sign up for financial aid because she is illegally in the country. Also, he met the farther family of the Gonzalez family, and he realized that not everybody gets to see their family across the border because of deportation issues, or having to worry about how they are going to sneak over the border once again. Frank also was very politically angry at people illegally in the country. He even stated that everyone was human beings in the end, which made him come to his senses. Overall, there is a great change in his racist beliefs/thoughts and his cold, hard personality. It teaches everyone a lesson to walk a mile in someone's shoes before judging them, and it shows it here greatly.
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Arian Ortiz
3/21/2013 01:50:11 pm
Frank had learned many thing of the illegal familly but in the beggining all he wanted to do was just get over it and leave. One big thing he learned was that even if you are illegal you can make it to just anywhere you can but just for very little income. Frank had to leave his home and then work with no paper as if he was illegal. At first he did talk but he talked like he was being forced to do it. Then he just let himself go and talk but he had felt very dad for them. What he did to see the whole side of their family was by going to mexico where they used to live and he just couldn't imagine what he saw. He just felt like even a homeless would be able to live in there. At the end he did transform alot by being really sad because he just could not feel what they went throught. This man took a very different perspctive of imigrants and he couldn't even leave at the end because of so much sorrow for the family that he had. This guy was very close minded and didn't want to change it untill the end when he meet the family.
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Josh
3/21/2013 01:55:47 pm
Frank was enlightened by the Gonzales family. Though, he still supported the boarder protection group he once worked for; but didn't commit to going out and doing it anymore. The family showed him that personalities and character traits make a person, not their legal status. Also, he learned that most "illegal aliens" weren't their to steal jobs, but they do the jobs no one else wants too. The change of heart was hard though; they went through many differences, arguments, disputes and a lot of communicating. But at the end Frank's mind was open to a new belief. He could have been a little more thoughtful to the situation a little more, but in all he was transformed. Frank was hit with the strong emotion of sympathy and caring heart as a more humane person. His views of the situation of immigrants was changed.
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Potate
3/21/2013 02:15:54 pm
When frank first moved in with the family no one could change his mind about what he thought of illegal immigrants.The family wanted him to change and make him understand what they go through. He thought they werent supposed to live here without papers. He started to meet the oldest daughter of the family. She wanted to go to college.Frank went to the Gonzalez''s house back in mexico. he was surprised and seeing barely a house i think impacted him most.
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Gilbert~
3/22/2013 02:14:20 am
I believe that Frank learned alot from living with the Gonzalez family. At first he was a very stubborn person because he thought that immagrants live who should go back to Mexico. he thinks that this isn't a good idea to cross the border illegaly. Later on, once he got to know the family better he knew that it was good that they came because they were just trying to make a living. People from mexico that came to America illegaly , because their was no hope for them over there. They are happy to be here and make like 5 dollars today.
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Karla
3/22/2013 02:28:48 am
I think Frank did learn many things about the Gonzalez family. At first he didn’t like Mexicans and he said if he can deport the family he would. He said that he didn’t like illegal Mexicans because they were breaking the law by coming to this country. I think when the lady told him about about the money she is saving up for Christmas he change a little and felt bad for them. Some actions that he did to learn more about their family, was that he went to see the fathers brother. When he went to Mexico Rigo's brother He saw the house that the Gonzales used to live in. When he saw their house he thought that it was in really bad condition and he couldn’t believed how someone lived there. Then he went back to the Gonzales family to tell them how their family was. Rigo told frank that he wanted to bring his brother to L.A because the condition where he is living is really bad. Frank didn’t think it was a good idea because it was against the law for him to come illegally. When he was there for thirty days one of the daughters was trying to change his mind. And she was able to change his opinion at the end. When it was his last day he said that he learned a lot from the daughter and from the whole family. He also said that he was going to miss them.
Frank learned a lot of daily issues that the Gonzales family was dealing with. At first he didn't like Mexicans, but then after he learned a lot of about the Gonzales family. Because at his own perspective he didn't like Mexicans and he disliked the most were the ones without papers. But then he knew that the older daughter was applying to go to college. That's when he started to have the changes.
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i'm_a_turtle
4/3/2013 11:59:46 am
I think that living with that family for 30 days was the best thing that couldve happened to him. I mean, before he visited the family all he thought about Mexicans were that they needed to be kiclked out of America. And I think that he gained the most knowledge when he visited the family's old house in Mexico. Because that is when he realized that Mexicans want to live here because media and society make it seem like being here is the "American Dream." and all they want to do is be apart of that. I dont think anybody wants to have to live in such a small place like that with no roof. And in Mexico there is no midle class. You're either rich or poor. And most of the people there are poor. So I think he changed his opinions a lot and is more open-minded about letting people live in the U.S.