A Different World
40 million people
moved from another country
3 miles
walked to school
Brooklyn International
The high school Tareq attended
Sophomore
Brooklyn College
15
How old Peyton was when she helped a student
diverse
America's immigrant population
cricket
the sport Tareq played
struggled to understand his teachers
He was still learning English
sliding around on the field
didn't have cricket shoes with spikes
Khawla
The struggling student
daunting
ordering a hamburger
sandals
Tareq was wearing on his feet
32
Number of teams in the cricket league
9 pm
practiced until
Syria
Where Khawla was from
cuisine
cultural difference
rice and vegetables
Tareq's father grew on their farm
Arabic, Spanish, Thai, Tajik, Urdu, Russian, Bengali
the language spoken at his high school
MVP
Tareq was named in the 9th grade
Global Minds Initiative
club for non-native English speaking students
profound isolation
home sickness
12 years old
when he moved to the U.S.
made out of cement instead of dirt
the roads in New York
cricket
Kindness
can change the world