Topic > Jenine Chief Crucet 'I'm taking my parents to college'

It didn't go well for Crucet at all because he didn't understand anything. Crucet says, “I might as well have been my grandmother who didn't speak English trying to read and understand them. “The language was so exotic to Crucet. He called his mother and told her: "I had to go home, that I had made a terrible mistake." Crucet's mother couldn't help her with the task because she herself didn't know anything. Crucet's mother tells her, "You're right, you're screwed." Crucet's mother never went to college, so she didn't know what to tell her. Crucet's mother didn't know about the many things the campus had to offer students who needed documents. I imagine Crucet had no friends at the time because if he had he might have asked them for help. Cornell University was the one that recruited Cruet to come to college there. I feel like they should have done a better job with that. The university should have given her a better tour and introduced her to all the many support systems the school had to offer her. I couldn't imagine being in her place because I call my mom every time I need help with something. I wouldn't know what to do if he told me I was "screwed" or "I can't help you with this." Crucet was eventually able to read the newspaper on her own. According to Crucet “He did well, earning a