Fabulous history, Dave. My Grandparents were Slavic immigrants,who came here with nothing, and have a very similar story to yours, and many others.
Our schools are very much at the root cause of the problems we now face. That, and this general attitude that diminishes American Exceptionalism. People come here, depending upon who they are, for two reasons today. to work for a better life (while foolishly trying to cling to the same culture they came with) or to destroy us, like the Mooslim occupation of Detroit suggests. Go to
www.acts17.com and see how the Mooslims REALLY are there. They need to be eradicated like the infestation that they are.