Personal Narrative: Moving To USA
Moving and settling down to a new, different place can be difficult and stressful. I learned that if you work hard for anything, you can achieve it. I overcame my difficulties, especially language difficulties. I moved to United States with my family when I was 11 years old. I was born in Kerala, India and I spent my entire 11 years in India. I came to Illinois on August 18, 2009. I still remember the moment when my parents told my older sister and me “The paperwork is ready!! We got the visa to go!”. My mother’s face was filled with joy and excitement, just like how I would react if someone bought me a box of Ferrero Rocher candy now. When my mom was telling us this exciting news, next to her it was my dad. My dad was incredibly happy as well.
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I was scared at first but now I love my life and I am extremely thankful to my parents for bringing me here. I met a lot of new people here, I made a lot of new friends from a lot of different countries. I learned a lot, I had a wonderful experience in this 6 years of my life in the US. At first, I was too nervous about the language and this new life, but now I am not fully successful, but I am far better than before and I am still trying to find new ways to be more successful. I was an ESL student in my freshman year of high school, now I take an AP class, the transformation from an ESL student to an AP student was challenging, yet I still did it and I hope to achieve more challenging dreams throughout my …show more content…
I believe Okaton is an excellent place for starters like me. I want to have a fully experience of how college is and I think Oakton is the best option for me. Another reason why I consider Oakton as my starting point is because my sister too started from Oakton. I have only heard good things about Oakton and she told me Oakton has only helped her to be a better student. Right now, I am undecided on my career. I am planning to go to health care career field. I believe Oakton is famous for the health care careers classes as well as others.
My sister being in nursing program at Chamberlain now, it is really hard for my parents to support my education too. We just came to the US few years ago so, we really need financial support now. Only my dad has a full time job in my family so, paying for my sister’s tuition fee is already a big task for
I was scared at first but now I love my life and I am extremely thankful to my parents for bringing me here. I met a lot of new people here, I made a lot of new friends from a lot of different countries. I learned a lot, I had a wonderful experience in this 6 years of my life in the US. At first, I was too nervous about the language and this new life, but now I am not fully successful, but I am far better than before and I am still trying to find new ways to be more successful. I was an ESL student in my freshman year of high school, now I take an AP class, the transformation from an ESL student to an AP student was challenging, yet I still did it and I hope to achieve more challenging dreams throughout my …show more content…
I believe Okaton is an excellent place for starters like me. I want to have a fully experience of how college is and I think Oakton is the best option for me. Another reason why I consider Oakton as my starting point is because my sister too started from Oakton. I have only heard good things about Oakton and she told me Oakton has only helped her to be a better student. Right now, I am undecided on my career. I am planning to go to health care career field. I believe Oakton is famous for the health care careers classes as well as others.
My sister being in nursing program at Chamberlain now, it is really hard for my parents to support my education too. We just came to the US few years ago so, we really need financial support now. Only my dad has a full time job in my family so, paying for my sister’s tuition fee is already a big task for