The First Day of School in America

Overview

This 40-minute drama is the story of Kou Yang's first experience in an American high school. He doesn't understand English or the teachers, yet his parents expect him to do well. He also finds his accent and very self to be a source of amusement and disdain to his classmates. Yet in the midst of all this discomfort, Kou Yang finds he has a crush on an unattainable American girl. Watch Kou develop the courage to communicate with this girl. Watch how he, for himself, breaks down the wall of social isolation. The First Day of School In America was made by Magic Video Productions, a JTPA-sponsored video company employing Southeast Asian high school students in Green Bay, Wisconsin.