One of the decisions I have made, and it has changed my life enormously ever since, is when I decided to move to the U.S to complete my bachelor degree. I became a different person. A person whose reasoning and rational thinking has developed and thrived rapidly everyday living in different surroundings and conditions. However, I will admit that when I made my decision, I thought, it would be nice and easy to study aboard. The idea of being responsible of everything in my life and completely free to do whatever I want without my parents watching over my head to make sure I’m doing right had not crossed my mind before that time, and that how is my life hasn’t been the same long…
At such a young age, coming to the United States seemed petrifying, because Sara had to adapt in a new city with an entirely new language. She originally came from Iraq but lived in Jordan due to the dangerous conditions that her family had to live through. It was tremendously challenging when it came to speaking English and living in a whole new American lifestyle. Her dominant fear was that she wasn't going to be able to fit in, but truthfully she tried her hardest. She faced many challenges, but through it all, it was worth it.…
I always wanted to go to college growing up, but because of my family, along with my sisters and myself, were born and raised in a refugee camp in Nepal, I had a feeling that college was a dream that would not come true for me. In 2012, we came to Salt Lake City, Utah. The school I did was from 9th grade. After resettlement in the United States, my parents are still struggling to look after the educational future of me and my sisters. My family said if I could find a way to pay for college. I began to apply for many scholarships, which would help to fulfill my dream and desire.…
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.…
Leaving your country is always a difficult decision, and whoever has experienced it understands the sacrifice it entails. When I left Poland at 18, I thought I was going to be in paradise, but to my disappointment it was far from that. I had to learn a new language and work hard to provide for myself. What kept me motivated was the hope for a better future and an independent life.…
When I was 5 I moved to a beautiful country named The United States of America. The effects of me and my family moving to America is, My eyes would get red constantly because of pollution. Whenever I went to the doctor's they told me I would be blind if I stayed here any longer. So the doctors told my parents to take me to America. Another reason why I moved to America was because it was not safe to live there. Every night there used to be robbers outside my neighborhood or any other neighborhood and sometimes they used to kidnap children. My parents thought that it would not be safe to live in Nepal anymore. The last final decision that made us move to America was my dad won the DV lottery. He had been filling the lottery ever since 1998…
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.…
When I first moved to Texas, I thought the hardest challenge would be adapting to the humid summer weather. However, life had bigger lemons to throw at me such as watching my family and myself struggle to transition to a country with a different culture and language. On top of that, my uncle had recently gone to jail, leaving my aunt and cousins in the streets. My parents, the noblest role models in my life, decided to let my aunt and cousins live with us in our two-bedroom apartment until they were financially stable. When a family adapts to a new culture, there is less room for tantrums and selfish behavior in the house. More so when additional family members are living under the same roof. Consequently, I had to grow out of childish ways so that adapting to anew country and style of living would be easier for my family. My mom was often frustrated with her lack of ability to move in America like she did in Mexico, so I had to deal with my school problems alone. Although my classmates often ridiculed me for not having the same knowledge as…
The most difficult time is the period when I came to America. I was born in China and lived there for 20 years. The new environment for me was unfamiliar and challengeable. My English was poor and hard to understand, so that I was afraid to speak English to people. But if I want to stay here, I must solve this problem. Therefore, I went to the adult school to improve my oral English. During the idle time, I watched the CNN student news to broaden my horizon and to know more about America. Nowadays, my English has improved a lot, although I know that’s not enough. I still have a long way to go to achieve the standard that speak fluently. In addition, I also had a challenge in learning how to drive. Everyone knows that car is essential for our lives.…
The first city I lived in when I moved to America was an island. Mackinac Island…
During my childhood in Vietnam, my entire world only composed of classmates from school and friends in my hometown. People of from different country are seen as the minority in Vietnam. Because I was not exposed to varying types of people in the world, I had many misconceptions about the world I live in.…
Going back to the origin of the United States, we were small colonies made up of English immigrants. Fast forward few centuries, the United States has expanded in their territory and their population so far that the origin of the United States, immigrants, are becoming a problem to the immigrants with citizenship and the generations after. In earlier eras, from the late 1800’s through the 1920’s, millions of immigrants set foot in the United States. As a result of the vast population growth, many of the immigrants endured many challenges through these eras of the United States.…
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.…
When I came from Africa in 2007, I was really excited. To me coming to America was like going to heaven. It was all I wanted, after all I could leave my violent country and finally come to the land of the free and the home of the brave. No matter how you put it the expectation for this country around the world is overwhelming. As for me coming to the United State was part of my everyday dreams. I remember my uncle my used to tell me, “Musa the statue of is capable of sitting down”, and due to the fact that I was just a kid I believe every word he said.…
Coming to America from Ethiopia at a young age caused me to become a hybrid of two different, culture and language. This mixture gives me the ability to read lots of books and know more about American history and government system. I really enjoy my English and AVID class because every time I go there I learn something different and I can easily share my idea over different kind of books.…