Oh, those darn refugees, coming to South Dakota, striving to take our scholarships and jobs…
Feven Goitom didn’t speak much English when she started at Whittier Middle School six years ago.
Goitom, who was born in Eritrea, spent six years in a refugee camp in Ethiopia before coming to the United States at age 13.
…The 19-year-old will graduate Sunday with some early college credits, which she’ll take with her to Regis University in Denver where she has a full-ride scholarship for the fall.
She hopes to study biology and go on to medical school, a passion stemming from her time in Ethiopia.
…As she prepares to leave high school, Goitom has nothing but good things to say about Washington and how welcomed she’s been by students in the Sioux Falls community, a community she hopes to return to someday as a physician.
“I love how people are open,” she said. “They want to know us and be our friend” [Megan Raposa, “Tested in 2017: Former Refugee Aspires to Career in Medicine,” that Sioux Falls paper, 2017.05.30].
Dagnabbit! Be nice to refugees, and they get all educated and want to pay us back by becoming doctors and such. We need some more real Americans to stand up to this scourge and scare refugees away so we don’t have to put up with them becoming nice neighbors and serving our communities.
Dagnabbit! Be nice to refugees.
Be careful with sarcasm, Cory. There are enuf people around here that will take you seriously. Scary, but true!
There are at least 2 iowa refugees headed to SDSU with scholarships from Cherokee, Iowa Regional Med Center. One for Pharmacy and another for her nursing degree. Both from around my neighborhood.
Grudz will be hyper-ventilating before you know it.
@MFI … There’s a feature article this morning in NYTimes about how refugees have saved the economy in Storm Lake. Iowa leads SoDak in a way Minnesota can’t and will continue to do so.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/29/business/economy/storm-lake-iowa-immigrant-workers.html?_r=0
Good article, Porter. Thanks. Cantaloupe Calves King must figure the immigrants in the processing plants walked in the doors and started working w/o being hired.
Stories around the area suggest whites don’t mess with the Hispanics because they all are trained in the skillful handling of knives and many carry them for protection.
Storm Lake is noted for it’s walleye fishery as well. Has public and Catholic high schools and Buena Vista University near the lake front.
@cah: “… striving to take our scholarships and jobs…”
“Our scholarships”? Isn’t Regis University a private and religious institution (Jesuit) that can decide who they accept and award scholarships to including not only refugees but international students as well? Good for her and I hope that her enthusiasm for American life translates into citizenship down the road. Too bad her home country is such a socialist hellhole.
Quibbler again! Begone! :-P
The take our jobs and scholarship whiners are never specific about the scholarship or jobs.
Porter, from your neck of the woods http://pueblopulp.com/a-college-degree-funded-by-pot
Most who know arithmetic know exactly how surplus works as in addition and multiplication. This subject was bypassed by the cultist tribal republican, by taking up space as in room.
Roger, that’s probably because those whiners are the ones who got beat out for those scholarships and jobs by more qualified applicants.
I know that story, Jerry. There’s a county with a lot of New Americans that’s diverting some pot taxes to help their high schools, too. Both instances are under indictment and awaiting future legal advisements. As an aside … I’ve never in my old life seen anything like the way pot is regulated in Colorado. It’s a template for national use, for sure. Every seedling is assigned a bar code and followed by computer and 24 hour surveillance until it’s sold retail. Every penny of money and tax revenue is scrutinized continually. That these two entities have used tax money that is designated for other uses is an anomaly and the situation is curious.
Feven Goitom is one of the many young new Americans striving to give into the community through various ways such as studying hard in order to live the American dream. Feven was my student at Whittier from the day she arrived into the city. She was always a very determined student. She never settled for average grades she always aimed at earning A’s through working hard to earn the grade. Her parents are also very driven people. They were always there for their daughter and pushed her hard to be the best student and community member. Her former teachers and I are honored to have crossed paths with her. For more stories such as Feven’s please visit, Refugee Online.com.
Clara, thanks for that website. Give Feven my best wishes!