A visitor from India

India presentation

By: Student Blogger Akash

On Monday, April 1st, Vinitha Muraleedharan (my mom), came into our classroom to talk about the process that she had to go through to enter United States and to become an American citizen. She also told us the things that she misses about her home country India. Vinitha made a slideshow for the presentation.  She started off by speaking about her early life.Vinitha grew up in Mangalore and moved to Bangalore when she was eighteen. She started kindergarten when she was THREE! Can you believe that! She speaks Malayalam and she is from Kharala. She misses many Indian holidays such as, Vishu and Onam. Of course, those aren’t all Indian holidays, but those are the traditional holidays for people in Kharala.

In school Vinitha had to wear uniforms every day from kindergarten to high school. Only on your birthday there is an exception. On your birthday you can wear what you want. But, it has to be formal.

She also taught us how she applied for her United States citizenship and about having a student visa, then work visa, and then green card. The slideshow brought up many spectacular conversations and questions.

Thank you for visiting our classroom and teaching us!