The last day of school came quickly and I had to say goodbye to everybody. This was pretty sad for me because of how long I knew everybody at school(I’ve spent at least a thousand hours at school) and this made me be bonded to a few people at school. The whole experience was sad but it wasn't nearly the hardest part of the transition of countries. The last weeks Me and my family went to chicago for one last time. It was around this time that I started to get anxious about my move to Poland. I would sit in my room and think to myself What if I don’t like Poland? What if I can’t learn the language there? What if the school there isn't nice? What if it will be a bad place to live? Looking back on it I think that the reason that I had much more anxiety moving to Poland then I did when Moving to Chicago was partly caused by the fact that I had grown up a bit in the two years that we were in Park…
I am from German decent; I was born and raised in America a land made up of different creeds and races. This diversity is what makes us a superpower. Although, it seems that all new immigrants, do get the jobs nobody else wants. Our country is still a land of opportunity regardless of whom or where you came from. Any person with good work ethics and a little luck will succeed in what they do. I have chosen Levi Strauss, who was German born, uneducated, become not only successful, but a humanitarian as well, which I admired the most.…
Moving to northern Wisconsin as a young girl was a scary and confusing time. Having been born in Chicago, all I knew was a big city, the crowds of people, the nonstop traffic and all the noises. My home, it was the only place I knew. How could my parents make a decision like this? How could they make me move to a place I had only visited once before -- but barely remembered? The sadness I felt was so overwhelming during that transition that I told myself that if I ever had a family, I would never make them move. As an adult, many years later, I look back and almost chuckle. My family and I have moved many times, for work or family and even adventure. Now as an adult, I push my children to find adventure in every move…
Most people have moved before sometime in their life. For me, it was only two times. The first move was an international move from Vietnam to the United States of America, when I was barely 8 months old. At the time, it was just my mom, dad, and me, moving across the world to start a new life. Something I have learned from moving is that it is hard to change your life, home, and environment but if you give it some time, nothing is impossible.…
An typical American is one who works diligently everyday and tries to accomplish set goals to support families as well as themselves. People from all over the world migrates to America for a change to achieve a better life and offer their children better opportunities. People don’t just want to leave their hometown for no reason, they didn’t have healthcare, freedom of speech, education, opportunities for their children. The reasoning for coming to America is for equality, peace, freedom , safety and education purposes. An American is someone who is determined to have a better life. One who displays pride in their country through patriotism and enjoys their inalienable rights. An American is one who respects and admires their county and achieves…
Gazing out of the airplane window, I saw the words Mei Guo— “beautiful country” in Chinese—painted on the airport terminal. My mother and I immigrated to America when I was a small child from Taishan, China. She aimed to remove me from a life where society would limit my options and ostracize me due to my father’s blindness from Retinitis Pigmentosa and the family’s lack of proper education. My father was willing to let go of his only child because he, too, knew it would open infinite opportunities for me to succeed. Though my new life in America seemed prosperous at first, I soon realized I needed to create opportunities for myself despite our lack of resources.…
Life is a box of surprises. You never know what is going to happen or where you are going to end up. Everything can change in seconds just like when a tornado destroys a city in the blink of an eye. I was a lovely and happy girl living in my native country. I never thought that someday I would accomplish my dreams in another country. Due to economic situations, my family moved to the U.S. It is hard to live in a country where you were not born. Learning the culture, language and lifestyle were some of the struggles that I had I had to face when I first came to the United States.…
At first, I did not like the idea of moving to another place, especially to a place that I am not familiar with at all. Even though our life in the Philippines was not easy, everything was simple. I was comfortable living there. I considered it the perfect place. A place where my family and I would live happily ever after, but I guess I was the only one who was thinking that way.…
Everyone knows how hard it is to move to a different country or state. As for me, moving to another state at such a young age is very difficult to adapt to. Moving to another state has changed my life so much and also changed the way act. On the other hand, my family can start new, such as meeting new people. My family were also getting to learn more about American culture, on how they speak and the way they act was way different than my own culture. Beside, my family can also get benefits for healthcare which we have never known about. I moved to America, when I was nine years old. It was hard to be far away from some of my relatives and my friends, who I have grown up with when I was a little kid. Ever since my family and I moved to America,…
The sky started to glow fiery red as the sun moved behind the mountains. My grandfather and I regularly walked during the evenings but that day we walked for a while. There was something different about that day, as though we didn’t want to go back home. We kept on strolling down the red brick road until we reached the famous Buddhist monument which was fairly close from our house. The monument had immense eyes that stared at everyone who walked past it. My grandfather explained to me that the eyes were there to look after the whole world and everyone who lived in it. On the contrary of the perception of that monument, I was rather angry at the sight of an elderly woman with an infant begging for food. I asked my grandfather, “If the eyes are…
The moment when you were first born is important. The moment when you first go to school is important. Many things happened to us in the past , but we only remember it vividly, probably because it’s not that essential so we’re not bothered by it. However, we will remember our watermarks forever even if we’re growing older by the days because it makes us who we are. Different people have their own different lives to live, so of course everyone’s story is not the same. As for me, the one watermark that I still remember until now was when I moved to America back in 2008, because it has changed my life forever.…
My family consists of five people including myself. I live with both my mom and dad and my two older sisters. Both of my sisters are currently enrolled in college. Currently, mom is the sole provider, she works long hours in order to be able to provide hard in order to provide for me and my sisters. I was born in Jalisco, Mexico, at the age of five my parents decided that the best option for economic stability and the opportunity of a future education we needed to move the United States. I do not remember many of the events that lead up to the big move, however, I do remember the complicated transition once we had reached our destination, Los Angeles, California. Our first home in the U.S. was a small room in one of my aunt’s house, she allowed…
In Northern and Central America, there are thousands upon thousands of people who travel to the United states to try and solve their family’s financial crisis. A truly surprising idea; if people decide to work so hard for their families away from them, why not try to fix their problems where they are? The reason for this being brought up, is traveling to somewhere ‘better’ such as the United states will not always bring a much better fortune. The danger that ensues with traveling up to the US is far too dangerous, with gangs willing to rob, beat, or rape anyone that passes and police that show no mercy in brutality. Along with the dangers of just traveling up there, people in the United States can stand rather racist towards anyone they do not like.…
People often say things about how the United States, with its revolutionary political and economic system, must have been around for a long time in order to achieve the world standing it holds today. This isn’t the case though. In fact, when compared to great civilizations like the Roman Empire which lasted almost 12 centuries, many would say that the United States is still in its infancy. Much in the same way, the political and economic systems the U.S. is famous for are seen to be derived from past civilizations as well. But this of course leads us to asking the inevitable questions of where did it all begin, and what caused people to settle here in America of all places. In order to answer this however, we have to look back past explorers and crusades. Past the kings, uprisings, revolts, and trade routes. We must go back in time to the Roman Empire itself, specifically in the year 476 BCE; the time when everything was falling apart in Rome.…
In America today you look around and see all kinds of different faces. Not only are there different faces, but they all come from different places and have different races. The United States is very diverse. Here you experience different cultures everywhere you go whether it is the food, clothing or language. Many people here in the United States today are not born citizens and have immigrated here from their countries. It has been a long and rouph journey for many and many have had to go through their struggles to come here and now they are fighting for a chance to stay here in the United States. Ilegals come here to have a better life or better said the "American Dream." Not everyone is on board with illegals coming to America and gaining some type of citizenship; they feel that they do not deserve it. If America is known as the "Land of the free and the home of the brave," is it not okay to share this with others that respect this and acknowledge the opportunities that this land can give them? Immigrants have come from all over the world to reach the United States of America it is only fair that they gain some type of respect and citizenship.…