Mikhail Visser: What Do They Admire About Life In America?

The person I interviewed was Mikhail Visser. I met him at Rutgers playing tennis. He is from Eindhoven, Netherlands.

1. Define your culture in one word.

2. What might they change about life in America? What do they admire about life in America?

3. What about life in America required the most adjustment?

4. What is the object you brought and what is its significance?

5. Why did you come here?

6. Do you want to stay here?

7. How did you grow up?

8. How is your life in that country?

9. Do you regularly practice your religion?

10. Looking at people who grew up in America and those from your native country, what is the major difference in the lifestyle?

11. What do you think of war being the way to achieving peace?

12. Being a college student, do you prefer the way the American education system is run, or the system from your country?

Mikhail grew up what is considered an average life in the Netherlands. He was born on April 23, 1992 in Eindhoven, Netherlands. He is an only child but sometimes wishes that he had a little sister. He has always wanted to have the privilege to be an idol to someone and raise a younger sibling. Although when he sees little sisters of his friends he doubts his wish. As a child he lived a very

He had this ball in glass case covered by plastic and buried in his back which was full of cotton padding. When I looked at it, it barely looked like ball and he refused to take it out of his bag fearing it may fall apart. He said it represented his whole life. To him it represents all the fun and serious situations. The ball also holds a major cultural value as soccer is big in the Netherlands. Soccer has evolved into the culture of the Netherlands. This particular soccer ball is from his first goal in organized soccer. He chose it because of these reasons. It has a lot of personal and cultural value to