Adoption

I think the class on adoption was very interesting. 2 of my best friends are adopted, so I am very interested in learning about it. I know it takes a lot for people to adopt and I think it is a very selfless act. Any one who has adopted I have the most respect for because I know it isn't that easy. Not only is the process hard, but there is that part that children think about their biological parents, which would be very hard for the adopted parents. One of my friends was adopted from Korea and the other from Omaha. I know my friend from Korea doesn't really have a want to meet her biological parents. From what she knows her mother was a prostitute and she doesn't know who her dad is. She knows that if she wouldnt have been adopted she probably would have ended up on the streets, just like her mom. I feel like at times she is ashamed of being Asian, especially when she is around other Asians. She doesn't know much about their culture and I think she wishes she did at times. I feel like she thinks she is judged by other asians because she doesn't speak her native language and is totally americanized. My other friend from Omaha does have a want to meet her parents, but not until the time is right. Her mother was 14 when she had her, and she was not with the father. She thinks its wierd to think that any time she is in Omaha, she could be walking past her parents or have a sibling. I think she wants to meet them just to learn more about her medical history and as discussed in class, to see which parent she looks like. Over all I think the facts about adopted children were suprising. Esp that 94 percent of children would like to see which parent they look like. That is a huge percent, and goes to show adopted children do want to see where they came from.