| 1st Generation Hispanics are closely in tune with | | | | and live in the same home or city for the rest of |
| their culture. Whether they are from Mexico or El | | | | their lives. |
| Salvador, they live in the U.S. but their hearts and | | | | A 3rd Generation Hispanic will not be as in tune |
| their minds are still back home in their native | | | | with their parents or grandparents native country. |
| country. That is why in America there are so | | | | The reason is because the more assimilated they |
| many languages being spoken. There is also more | | | | are in American culture, the more they embrace |
| and more exposure to flags of other countries. | | | | it. When Hispanics embrace and live within a |
| The reason behind this is the First Generation | | | | certain culture, they shy away from their native |
| mindset of not letting go of the inner culture. A | | | | culture. They may still want to be a part of |
| first Generation Hispanic will talk openly about | | | | Hispanic functions but they will not speak the |
| where they came from and how they like to visit | | | | native language, they will speak English because |
| their native land from time to time. Once they | | | | that is the way they learn and think in the U.S. |
| settle, 1st Generation Hispanics will settle for life | | | | public school system. |