One of the deeper meanings of the word alien is someone from a different family, race, or nation. Why must people attach such a harsh word to a person from another race as if he did something wrong? The word alien is a harsh word to explain someone that comes from another race or nation. As I was growing up, I had the pleasure of being raised in an environment of two cultures. I grew up in Southern California, but at home, I was learning the traditions and culture of my Armenian ethnicity. When I began to go to school, I started to notice that the life that I had been living was not the same as all of the other children’s. I went to school in an area that did not have much cultural and racial diversity. I remember being the kid that stuck out for being different from all of the other children. I was the one that had the unique name first and last. I was the kid that looked different from all of he other children. I was the child that had the accent and knew how to speak another language. I was considered weird as I was growing up. I was taunted for being different and I hated it. The older kids called my names such as armo (Armenian person slang) and even E.T. (hence the word alien). My life, from this point on, will be different from everyone else’s. When I was a child, I did not understand why some people looked at me different, treated me different, and separated me from themselves and others. I remember one night I asked my dad why the kids in my class were doing this, and he explained to me what it means to have a different culture and background from other people. He

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