Hope and Saul Bellow :: Biography Biographies Essays

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Recounts Of The Birth Of Singapore Essay

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Fled the ensuing Thai forces set to avenge for the dead ruler Accounts on the birth of Singapura Sejarah Melayu Portuguese accounts â€Å"Singapura as an auspicious location, a new city to be established† 1299: Seri Teri Buana leaves Palembang, arrives, discovered and renamed the place as Singapura Ends his reign after 48 years when he died, succeeded by his son Reign ended after 5 generations, in 1396 Singapura was powerful and able to challenge Majapahit, the major hegemon in the archipelago Why singapura had power? Second ruler of Singapura, son of Seri Teri Buana, married to daughter of Tamil ruler of Kalinga Singapura had standings among the indian kingdoms Reason for its end: 1396, Last king, Sultan Iskandar Shah was betrayed by one of his officials , to the invading Majapahit Iskandar Shah fled singapura, went to Melaka to set up a port-city â€Å"Singapura as a refuge† 1392: Parameswara arrives after fleeing an unsuccessful uprising against Majapahit in Palembang; he then kills his host, and takes over Singapura Reason for its end: 1396, Parameswara forced to flee from an invading Thai force sent to avenge the murder of its vassal Great civilizations of Asia: China, India and Middle East ïÆ'  Affected economic, social and political history of the coastal port-states of Melaka Straits region How did the port settlements along the Melaka Straits region function? (dependent on trade context) 1. Asian maritime trade involving exchange of goods between states in south china sea and indian ocean One main port in the Melaka straits emerges as the entrepot , the centrifugal point between the markets in these two major Asian economic regions The other ports in the Melaka straits subsumes themselves under this chief entrepot, acting as feeder ports, servicing the chief port’s economic needs, benefitting from the Asian trade directly 2. Trade context differed, no need for chief entrepot port -ports orientate their economic outlook towards key markets that were closest to them -ports on northern end of MS focused on India and Middle East -ports on southern end (incl sg) focused on the malay archipelago, mainland SEA and china Temasek: -collection centre -export gateway for products obtainable from immediate area (for South Johor and Riau Arcipelago) ïÆ'  Chinese ceramic and glassware imported by Temasek were similar, glass ware had similar compositions (Shows that Riau Archipelago was intimately linked to Temasek!) Singapura Region 1402 Singapura comes under Melaka Sultanate. Acts as the home base of the Orang Laut, warriors of the Melaka sultans Parameswara establishes Kingdom of Melaka 1511 Melaka falls to the Portuguese 1528 Last sultan of Melaka establishes Johor Sultanate up the Johor River 1530 Orang Laut chief defends Singapura against Portuguese attacks Series of Portuguese attacks on Johor Sultanate Year 14th Temasek Region China Before 990 Chinese ships banned from venturing abroad to trade 990 Ã¥ ®â€¹lifted ban though trade, however, still highly controlled: -ships had to register at the Guangzhou port before they could embark on a journey to SEA maritime market did not expand significantly trade continued to be facilitated by foreign ships (arab origin) ïÆ'  types of goods brought and volume of maritime trade could not be dictated by Chinese market 1079 Malayu at Jambi became premier emporium in the Melaka Straits 1087- 1090 From small volume, high value exotic goods to large volume, low value mundane goods SEA: important source of low value goods (rich in natural resources, geographical proximity) Chinese vessels permitted to go on overseas voyages as long as they have permits and their departure was officially registered by local administration 1127 Temasek one of many ports in the region that emerged to serve Chinese traders Srivijaya loses chief enterpot port position Expansion of maritime trade and growth of coastal cities under Soong Dynasty 1275 According to Daoyi Zhilue, Temasek specialised in hornbill, lakawood and cotton. (competitive advantage) Temasek served as a trading hub for a regional hinterland Jambi, capital of Srivijaya, sacked by invasion forces. Port-settlements mushroomed along Melaka Straits 1279 Yuan Dynasty encourages maritime trade 1299 Seri Teri Buana arrives -commanded a large retinue of boat people (Orang Laut) 1330s Wang Dayuan arrives in Temasek and records a Thai invasion that was thwarted by a Chinese mission 1368 Temasek ceded to Melaka in return for annual fixed payment of gold. Temasek’s existence as autonomous port-settlement came to an end Prince from Palembang secured sole rights to conduct trade with Ming court, Melaka became the key port of call Zhu Yuanzhang overthrows Yuan Dynasty and reinstates trade ban Fort Canning Hill Main settlement Area Where North Bank of the Singapore River Who inhabited Royal family, ruling family What is it used for Centre of ritual and political activities in Temasek Location of main settlements and economic activities of Temasek (e.g. trading) How did it looked like Artisan Quarters Lower east slope of hill is the artisan and servants quarters; high concentration of glass fragments, beads, ceramic moulds suggest glass- and jewellery-making Religious site Higher up east slope, lies remains of a building foundation of religious significance; non-perishable materials were used for the construction Royal abode On the northern slope near the summit of the hill was an impressive terrace site likely used to house the ruling family Restricted Space Royal garden and palace on the hill’s eastern and northern slope were inaccessible to commoners due to salt marches to the west and forest up north Boundaries / Defence The royal residency is likely to have a perimeter defence and there is likely to have spatial demarcation to mark out the functions of the spaces Archaeological findings in new Parliament House, Empress Place, Colombo Court Site, Singapore Cricket Club and St. Andrew’s Cathedral revealed: Earthenware Water containers and cooking pots were mostly made in Singapore. Coarse Stoneware Ceramics Storage jars and bottles were entirely imported from aboard. Most likely used to store foodstuff or other smaller ceramic pieces to be carried around Fine Stoneware and Porcelain Ceramics were product of kilns in Guangdong and Fujian. Yuan period blue and white porcelain were also recovered Metal Finds Copper coins minted during Song period with several minted in Yuan. No coins post-date Yuan. Yuan used paper currency extensively and in Ming, Singapore no longer autonomous port Evidence This form of religious architecture was fairly common throughout island Southeast Asia in the classical period Archaeologists unearthed rare and valuable Chinese ceramics; flexible gold armlets of Javanese-inspired designs near Fort Canning site Occurrence of iron and copper finds only at New Parliament House site suggests metal smelting and working concentrated there Large quantities of storage jar shards from Empress Place and Old Parliament House suggest unloading of trade goods off ships and location of storage facilities Higher concentration of copper coins at New Parliament House, Singapore Cricket club and St. Andrew’s Cathedral suggests trade conducted further inland, away from the harbour and warehouses Context: Straits of Melaka and Sunda Straits the only two channels connecting the South China Sea to the Indian Ocean. Control of the waters around Singapore would have accorded control, security & economic benefits to the power that was able to project that strategic capability. Build-up: As early as 1620s, Ming had the detailed recorded navigational know-how through the Keppel Straits Portuguese also had the knowledge by early 16th Century Event Britain took over Dutch territories in Java & Melaka after Dutch loss to France in the war in Europe 1818 Raffles assigned to Sumartra as Lieutenant-Governor 28 Jan 1819 Raffles anchored off St John’s Island 6 Feb 1819 Treaty that gave British rights to set up a factory in exchange for money to Tengku Husain and Temenggong was signed June 1819 Raffles signed further agreements with Husain and Temenggong that regularise the administration of the settlement, limiting their influence on Singapore Oct 1822 1 June 1824 Crawfurd stopped all payments to Husain by alleging that agreements to pay Husain was not legitimate and Husain in return owed the East India Company money. In order to repay the debts, Crawfurd wanted Husain to sign a new treaty that gave up Husain’s power in the island 2 Aug 1824 New treaty signed Players leading to the establishment of colonial Singapore Maritime Network Up till 1923, Singapore was a trading port without a clearly defined hinterland that could only be reached by sea. The economic networks that sustained Singapore operated on an extended sea-lined foreland covering much of Indian Ocean and South China Sea. As a colonial port, Singapore’s trade was predominantly Asian. SEA accounted for a quarter, China 12%. Overland trade with SEA was insignificant, hence Singapore’s position between two oceans was more important than being on the southernmost tip of Asia. Late nineteenth century: Singapore gradually became a staple port from which Malayan commodities such as tin and rubber were processed and exported to the rest of the world Tin Demand for tin exploded in 1810 with the introduction of tin cans (also used in American Civil War for preserved food for troops) Tin mining mostly done by Malays prior to nineteenth century Chinese labourers began coming to Malaya after the founding of Pinang to work in tin mines since Malays were reluctant to increase production to meet the rising demand for tin In 1874, British signed the Pangkor Engagement with the Malay sultans to keep law and order through the establishment of a British resident (to protect their investments in the tin industry) Brought abt peace and stability, thus bringing more investments and more Chinese migration 1890, western tin-smelter built by Straits Trading company as a European investment Rubber Development of motor car industry in United States ïÆ'  led to establishing of rubber plantations in Malaya Ridley persistently promoted rubber as a cash crop Discovered how to tap rubber sap without damaging the tree in 1897 1908, despite protests by London agents, british firms in sg banded tgt to start rubber market in singapore 3 years later, Rubber Association handled sale of rubber; Singapore developed into an important international rubber market 1905 Shipping industry developed to serve the new port-city , Colonial government assumed control and development of the port to meet the increasing demand  Tanjong Pagar Dock Ordinance began converting into Singapore Harbour Board 1924 Road link between Malaya and Singapore opened, serving the tin, rubber and oil from the Northern hinterland Colonial Singapore experienced early industrialisation as a result of the raw materials that was coming from the North Proposed Defence / Motivations Results 1819 – 1827 Series of artillery batteries over the island with a major artillery fort on Pearl’s Hill Singapore was worth defending in view of Dutch threat – Britain in debt from administering expanding Indian empire, unable to fund the defences – Britain did not perceive the Dutch threat grave enough to improve defences 1843 Protect the entrance to Kallang River, New Harbour at Tanjong Pagar with series of artillery batteries and forts. In view of the opening up of China after the Opium War, Captain Best proposed to beef up defences in Singapore as part of a greater sea lane from Singapore to China. Series of Artillery batteries & forts VS Naval squadron from Bengal Local merchants wanted batteries but were not willing to pay for it / Bengal argued that naval squadron was more effective 1878 Advent of steam ships, Suez Canal and telegraph brought the Empire â€Å"closer†. Small conflicts no longer local and could escalate into wider conflicts Major McCullum propose strong naval fleet with secure chain of ports and coaling station as combat support Fortification of Singapore carried out among together with Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, etc. 1921 Far East Fleet to counter an emerging and hostile Japan, and also to protect interest in SEA and Australia Imperial Conference reviewed and decided with only the construction of a naval base and not a Far East Fleet Construction and fortification of Singapore started in 1923 and completed only in 1938 1945 – Britain came out of WWII severely weakened but still had an empire to govern. She wanted to de-colonize and bring colonies under the â€Å"Commonwealth† umbrella, maintaining a certain influence over them Saw Singapore as an important pivot to combat communism in the region Britain increased defence in Singapore to maintain her military presence in the region PAP’s English educated members and Indian politicians appealed to workers and unions while Lee Chin Siong’s Chinese roots appealed to the China-born voters who had yet to shed their Chinese chauvinism. As such, PAP won the election against Lim Yew Hock’s Labour Front Britain was unaware of LKY’s agenda behind LKY’s seemingly enigmatic choice of working with the communist despite PAP’s anti-communist ideology Reasons for Merger Worries of Merger PAP Economic: Create jobs for an increasing population In order to sustain declining economy, needed Malaya as a hinterland and Malaya’s consumer market to aid her weakening entrepot Without merger, Singapore unable to rival neighbouring countries’ low production cost and bigger market Politics: Have to fulfil their electoral promise of delivering independence to Singapore Independence could only be achieved through merger Financial  Singapore wanted to collect all tax revenue within the island and pay an agreed amount to the central government Malaya wanted all tax revenue to be  collected centrally and give Singapore what they needed Citizenship Singapore was not comfortable with the possibility of relegating to second class citizens in Malaysia; 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argued for a Malaysian Malaysia where race does not play a part Direct challenge to UMNO-led alliance that was split between racial lines Jun 1965 Goh Keng Swee and Tun Razak held secret talks on separation without Britain knowing Aug 1965 Separation After 1965 Resumed industrialisation, welcoming FDI in Singapore that was not possible under Malaysia Resumed Indonesian barter trade that was not possible due to Malaysia-Indonesian relations Trade in traditional produce – tin, rubber and rice – gave way to trade in petroleum, petroleum products, shipbuilding and services Bank of China kept institutions in existence 1967 Sing dollars came into existence Longue Duree Problems Respond / Results Lack of Sense of Belonging Singapore has been an immigration haven, population comprised of immigrants, descendants of immigrants who had been living and working within their respective ethnic groups Different groups of people with diverse language, historical and cultural background meant that they did not have a sense of belonging in Singapore People had no stake it Singapore Create a common identity, shared experience in WWII Espoused principles of Equality, Meritocracy, multiracialism and multiculturalism 1967, introduced NS, fostering sense of Nationhood Resettlement program offers cheap housing raising standard of living of Singaporeans tremendously, it also provided Singaporeans with a stake in the country Small town Defence Was very vulnerable fresh out of separation, threats from Indonesian Konfrontation, Malaysia, etc ïÆ' ¨ intended to rely on British military presence but they withdrew in 1971 Chinese country in a Malay region Deterrence is Singapore’s best form of defence ïÆ' ¨ poison shrimp – porcupine – dolphin 1971, ASEAN was established to serve the need for regional corporation in matters to foreign affairs Singapore befriended global powers like the US Powerful friends + Local defences Entrepot trade susceptible to global swings Singapore’s economy is one of a staple port that supported the primary economy of a large rural hinterland ïÆ' ¨ In 14th, served Riau and Borneo ïÆ' ¨ Early 20th, served Malaysia In 1965, Malaysia’s trade barriers, Indonesia’s Sukarno administration and China’s Cultural Revolution made it impossible for Singapore to rely on their traditional economic pillars Enterpot trade was VERY susceptible to global trends Manufacturing Embraced colonial past and opened up to West Import-substitution manufacturing for domestic market to manufacturing for Western market Education and training realigned to upgrade economic productivity Business-friendly labour laws passed Financial Sector Insurance, international banking corporations encouraged to establish Asian base in Singapore Shipping Improved port and shipping capabilities Results By 1975, Singapore was the world’s 3rd busiest port GDP increased tremendously in early independence

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One Flew Over The Cuckooss Nest Essay Example For Students

One Flew Over The Cuckooss Nest Essay One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest is a novel, which depicts the lives of theclassified, mentally insane in a struggle against the authority of a hospitalward. Over the course of the novel, the hospital ward turns into a place ofrebellion while the wise-guy hero, tries to reform the institution whiledignifying the people within. The story is told in the first person point ofview by Chief Bromden a huge patient who is sharing his mental hospitalexperience. He is a disturbed man who has fooled all of the other patients andthe staff into believing that he is deaf and cant speak. He thinks of thehospital as a place of fear, rather than of a place of healing. This partly hasto due with the head of the hospital ward, Nurse Ratched; a woman who believesin order at all times. She is viewed as the hospitals most powerful person, inturn, the least liked by the patients. In order to escape the Nurse, ChiefBromden thinks back to his childhood in an Indian village, but this also evokesthe Combine for ce, which sends his mind into a deep fog. Early on in the storyKesey, introduces the character Randolph McMurphy, a newly admitted patient. Heis a boisterous man with much self-confidence and a very friendly personality. He claims that hes only at the hospital to enjoy an easier life compared tothe life he was living at a state farm. McMurphy quickly familiarizes himselfwith the people surrounding him and tells stories to all of the patients. Hishumorous personality enlightens the patients and the ward in general. However,Nurse Ratched doesnt like this change because she feels McMurphy is amanipulator. Her controlling personality clashes with his easy going personalityand as expected she tries to enforce rules, while he is ready to rebel againstthem. Nurse Ratched has dealt with people similar to McMurphy by punishing themwith electro-shock therapy or with lobotomies. Both are to degrade theoffender, the latter of the two makes the patients feel inferior tosociety on account of their sexuality. McMurphy is greatly disturbed by theNurses antics. He is dissatisfied by the way she treats the patients at thedaily Group Meetings. She decrees the patients self esteem so greatly that shefurthers them all in to a state of depression. McMurphy decides that hes goingto take a stand and he bets Harding, a patient who is intelligent, but isashamed of his effeminacy, that he can make the Nurse loose control of the wardwithout getting in trouble. During his fight against the ward, McMurphyentertains the patients with his skirmishes with the Nurse. They all appear tobe on his side, until an issue concerning watching the World Series on thetelevision arises. McMurphy takes a stand, but only one man stands by his side,Cheswick. In order for the patients to watch the baseball game they would voteon it at the next Group Meeting. McMurphy needed one more vote to secure thegame, so he turned to Chief Bromden, who was in a deep fog. McMurphyspersonality forced the Chief back to reality. However, McMurphy still wasntallowed to watch the game. Yet, he raised the spirits of the patients and hebecame somewhat of a hero to them. Soon, McMurphy comes to the realization thatthe only way he was going to get out of the ward is if Nurse Ratched releaseshim. Thus, he begins to obey the rules set forth by the Nurse. He also learnsthat the majority of the patients were sent voluntarily to the ward. Thisinspires him to destroy the fear that has entrapped the patients. McMurphybegins by planning a fishing trip that was successful and proved to the Nursethat these insane people were really capable of more than she gave them creditfor. McMurphy is suspicious of Chief Bromdens deaf and dumb act and finallybreaks through to him. The Chief describes to him the Combine, which consists ofpeople like the Nurse, the government, and his mother. Generally anybody thatdestroyed tradition, nature, and freedom. After this talk that ended the yearsof silence, McMurphy makes a deal with Chief Bromden. If he grows strong enoughto break the Nurses control panel; McMurphy will let him go on the fishingtrip for free. McMurphy at this point has helped nearly all of the patients bybringing them back to a more natu ral state of being. However, he has wornhimself down and seems as though he is worst off than when he originally cameinto the ward. After getting in trouble with Chief Bromden for sticking up for aman who was mistreated, they both had to undergo shock treatments. Once theyreturned, the patients were attempting to plan an escape for McMurphy, but hewouldnt leave until Billy Bibbit had a date. By the time, that this happens,McMurphy is too worn down to escape from the Nurse. The Nurse has continued herrelentless attack on the unstable and makes Billy feel extremely guilty and thisleads to Billys suicide. McMurphy is now completely disgusted with NurseRatched and attacks her. She is so completely humiliated that she could neverregain control of the ward. Thus, she orders a lobotomy on McMurphy and hereturns a ruined man. The setting of the hospital ward in Oregon is a microcosmof the world outside. The mental ward follows the expected cruelty, which hasalways existed in mental hospital s. This is seen through Nurse Hatcheds useof mental and physical abuse used to punish those who misbehaved. This ward isseen as a microcosm because outside Indian villages were being burned andconformity of homes and families were being formed. Like the hospital ward, anyaction against this conformity or abuse on the less fortunate is simply regardedas insane and never occurs. This is known as the workings of the Combine. Thesecomparisons of both worlds provokes a feeling of helplessness because the readerrelates to the outside society, yet it is so closely paralleled to the victimsof the ward that it becomes a common and relatable issue. Throughout the novelthere are many themes presented that put great closure to the book. 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McMurphy is a man who isoften portrayed as the frontier hero. He is his own man and is a truenon-conformist. While Nurse Ratched represents order and obsessive controlduring all circumstances. Sexuality is a prominent issue among the characters ofthe ward as well. Nurse Hatched uses this issue to manipulate the patients, mostnotably Harding and Billy. They are both partly in the hospital because of theirsexual shortcomings. Nurse Hatched denies the sexuality of her patients and evenherself. This inferiority to the rest of society does not help in the bettermentof the patients. The characte rs have already been reduced to such incompetentpeople by the Combine, Nurse Hatched, and especially society that the fear andvulnerability that lies within these characters is what makes them victims ofsociety. One of the most powerful themes which runs through this novel is thatof laughter. McMurphy is such a strong man partly because of the way he canlaugh off mistakes, the world, and most importantly himself. In the opening ofthe novel, McMurphy walked into a world where nobody could laugh, but with hishelp and example he broke through the patients insanity barriers and got themall back to laughing. The level of a characters ability of laughter can berelated to their level of insanity. McMurphys personality was a shiningbeacon on the faces of the patients. His attitude inspired other patients andgave them the strength that they needed to face the reality of their lives. InConclusion, Ken Keseys One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest is an incrediblyinspiring novel that at face value tel ls the story of a hospital ward, but inthematic terms portrays societys way of dealing with the undesirable things.

Vietnamese Immigration free essay sample

Supposedly, the history of Vietnamese immigration to the United States is â€Å"relatively recent. † (Povell) Prior to 1975, most Vietnamese residing in the US were wives and children to American servicemen in Vietnam. In 1975, the ‘Fall of the Saigon’ marked the end of the Vietnam War, which prompted the first of two main waves of Vietnamese emigration towards the US. The first wave included Vietnamese who had helped the US in the war and â€Å"feared reprisals by the Communist party. According to Povell, the US airlifted or otherwise transported 125,000 Vietnamese during the Spring of 1975, as part of â€Å"Operation New Life. † The Vietnamese immigrants were brought to US government bases in Guam, Thailand, Wake Island, Hawaii and the Philippines. Subsequently, they were transferred to 4 refugee centers: Camp Pendleton in California Fort Chaffee in Arkansas Eglin Air Force Base in Florida Fort Indiantown Gap in Pennsylvania. As might be expected when immediately following the Vietnam war, the American populous did not welcome Vietnamese immigrants with open arms. We will write a custom essay sample on Vietnamese Immigration or any similar topic specifically for you Do Not WasteYour Time HIRE WRITER Only 13.90 / page â€Å"A poll in 1975 showed a mere 36% of Americans were in favor of Vietnamese immigration. † (Povell) However, the Ford Administration supported the Vietnamese immigration movement and passed the â€Å"Indochina Migration and Refugee Act† in 1975. As a result, a program of domestic resettlement assistance for Cambodian and Vietnamese immigrants was established. In 1977, as a result of the new Communist government’s implementation of economic, agricultural and political policies, the second wave of Vietnamese refugees, which would last 3 years, began. ? What was so wrong with these policies that caused so many Vietnamese to flee their country of birth? These policies included: ‘Reeducation’ and torture of former South Vietnamese military personnel and those â€Å"presumed friendly to the South Vietnamese cause. † (Povell) Closing of businesses owned by ethnic Chinese Vietnamese Seizing of farmland and subsequent redistribution Forced-mass-relocation of citizens from urban to uncultivated or ‘ruined’ rural areas During the second wave, 2 million Vietnamese fled Vietnam in small, overcrowded boats; the US were not longer ‘shipping’ them over in cargo boats or airlifts. That is why this group of Vietnamese immigrants became known as the â€Å"boat people. † Supposedly, most of the â€Å"boat people† fled to asylum camps in â€Å"Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines or Hong Kong and awaited acceptance by foreign countries. † (Povell) To further assist Vietnamese refugees, Congress passed an act in 1980 called the Refugee Act. It reduced restrictions on entry to the US and provided an official definition of a refugee. It also set the number of refugee admissions at 50,000 per year and allowed a refugee that stayed in the US for 1 year to become a permanent resident. Finally, after four years, the Act allowed refugees to become a United States citizen. On a side note, addition laws were passed that allowed children of American servicemen to enter the United States. In total, the United States accepted â€Å"531,310 refugees and asylum seekers from Vietnam between 1981 and 2000. In the US, the Vietnamese immigrants were ‘accommodated’ in the following ways: 9 voluntary agencies existed whose job was to â€Å"coordinate the refugee’s eventual resettlement with local sponsors into communities throughout the United States. † (Povell) Voluntary churches and families sponsored Vietnamese families with food, clothing and shelter until they became self-sufficient. Sponsors were also responsible to help the new family adjust in any way possible, including helping them find employment, registering their kids for school and adjustment to the American way of life. By the 1990s, â€Å"large numbers of Vietnamese migrated from their initial resettlement locations to join family and friends in metropolitan areas† (Povell) where ethnic Vietnamese communities were being established. Currently: 40% of Vietnamese-Americans live in Orange County, California. Other smaller established communities exist in San Jose, Houston and the greater Washington, DC area. One million Americans speak Vietnamese at home, making it the 7th most spoken language in the US. â€Å"Vietnamese-Americans have one of the highest rates of naturalization among all immigrant groups. Vietnamese-Americans have kept their traditions and religious values intact, without alienating themselves from the American society altogether. According to Povell, their value system includes: â€Å"high educational expectations and strong commitment to family ties. † Furthermore, â€Å"because of the emphasis placed on education, a rapidly growing proportion of established Vietnamese Americans are now moving into professional, managerial, and entrepreneurial positions, especially in the high-tech sector and in locations such as Silicon Valley†. Finally, it is expected that Vietnamese immigration to the United States will continue at a high rate. According to the 2000 census, there are currently over 1. 2M Vietnamese Americans, making them the fifth largest Asian immigrant group and recent studies have shown that Vietnamese-Americans will soon become the second largest Asian-American population in the United States.