¡Ask a Mexican! - assimilation

The first generation of immigrants commit themselves to a lifetime of labor, not assimilation--that the job of the children. Sure, it's dangerous to entrust children with life-and-death responsibilities, and hilarity can ensure when you have an eight-year-old trying to describe a father's diabetes to a doctor, but what better way to teach Mexican kiddies that life in America is brutal but rewarding if you have immigrant parents? (23)