Wang is 15 years old and has lived in Portugal since he was two, so he practically grew up in Portugal, but he is originally from China. He is in 10th grade and studies Portuguese as his mother tongue.
As he did not study in China, but his parents did, according to what they tell him, schools in China are more difficult than here in Portugal, more demanding and there is much more discipline.
The teenager finds Portuguese difficult, as Chinese is spoken at home, which makes it hard for him to use words correctly and write them properly, further complicating his study of other subjects. But despite everything, he likes the people at this school because they are friendly.
What differs between the two countries is school education, language and mentality, that is, the way people think and act in their daily lives. He misses the food, the parties and the selebrations, and his rerlatives that live in China, but he thinks that foreigners can integrate in Portugal:
‘I think people in Portugal are good and treat others well.’
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