Blog 8

Wen Gao

ASA 2 Section A03

11/8/2015

Response to “I am a man with a heart”

Thi is an Asian American emigrated from Cambodia to San Francisco when he was six. He describes that he fitted the new life well with different groups of people, not only in school, getting good grades and even in honor roll in high school, but also in social life. At the same time, his family also gave him positive influence, especially his father. It is a shock to me that such a smart and popular teenager could not stop from stealing cars, gambling, and finally commit a crime. His case made me wonder, how could he have become involved in such crimes when he had a happy life? Since family got public assistance until all children found a job and he was raised in a good family. I would rather think that his sad childhood experience in Thai refugee camp more or less lead him to have an addiction to crimes. He knew from his heart that what he did was wrong, but he could not stop himself. At the end, he got rehabilitation, received education and his family supported him as before. Therefore, the things that affect people’s lives are not money or their contribution, but their positive attitude.

Question: Why he could get satisfaction when he broke laws?