OMG Dear Diary, we like totally arrived in america today. The sand was so ew and I can bearly stand it. Salty fish is ew like totally. My brother was all oh my god can you stop whining and I was all Oh My God how can you talk to me like that, get outta my face. And I totally gave him the stop it oh my god hand. HE IS NOT…
After VA-Tech and our marriage, over the past forty-two-plus years, in spite of what has happened, and in defiance of the difficult health problems, I have prevailed. My deep faith in God has allowed me to overcome the loss of three children, all those surgeries, chemical treatments, and death. I have always thought it was my job to get through life as gracefully as possible, and I have done my best to struggle, not always in silence, but always with determination. As you know, I have been blessed to be on this journey with a wonderful man, my, dear, sweetheart, Frank.…
Remember when Shrek told Donkey, “Ogres are like onions. They have layers”? The same is true, of course, of humans. As the year goes along, we’ll learn more and more about you. But because we’re going to be spending the next nine months together, let’s get started. The quicker we can learn a little about you, the better. Here are a few questions that will help us get acquainted. Type a response to each one. Provide as much or little detail as you wish.…
Let me start off with my mother's journey to America. It was 1985 when her parents decided it was time for a fresh start. It was very difficult to come to America legally, so they made their journey by traveling to other countries. They left Cuba and traveled to Spain where my grandfather found a job as a farmer. They lived in Spain for almost 2 years before they gathered enough resources to travel to Mexico. The journey from Mexico to the USA was very easy for them because they had a family member who knew their way around. They struggled for many years in America but soon became legal citizens. My mother later on went to college and completed her bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Miami. My grandparents purchased the…
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…
(Yeah, this is going to be a long one...so just be aware and you know forgive all the spelling and other errors because you know, I can't be trusted to edit.)…
According to Merriam-Webster, the definition of an American is a person born, raised, or living in the U.S. but is that what it truly means to be an American? Millions from all around the world come to USA to turn their life around because they weren’t doing so good at their home country. Many people have their own meaning of being an American which most are similar or have a similar idea but I feel like my meaning of an American is meaningful to me because of the state our country is in. Clearly, it means different things to many different people.…
Have you ever imagined that one day you had to live in a new country? You are surrounded by new people. You have to communicate to others by a new language. You have to do a bunch of things that you have never done before. How would you feel at that time? That was my story of the first days I lived in America. To me, those days were the most difficult time in my life up to now. Sometime, I even felt very stressful because of struggling with my new life. However, I did learn of lot from that. Now, I am going to tell you how I experienced the stressful time and some useful ways that I did to reduce my stress.…
One day nearly two years ago, I came back from the worst trip and experience ever in my life. Three years ago, my family made the biggest decision of our lifetime together and we had decided to move. Now the fact that we were moving didn’t bother me or my little sister, it was just the simple fact that we were moving from our home that we had grown up in our entire life. The only problem was the fact that we had eventually found out that we were going to move to Oregon. This Alabama home that we grew up in was very special to me and my sister but it wasn’t the one of best of places. We had lived right beside our grandparents and we loved to go up the hill and see them and us moving had rendered that possibility from happening any longer.…
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.…
The American dream is something that people all over the world yearn for. They long to leave their native countries and come to America to escape religious persecution, unstable government, or something similar. Even well-established American citizens can have an American dream of their own. Many young adults, myself included, dream of a successful life where we work hard for what we wish to have. While many foreigners’ American dreams are of a life of freedom in the “Land of Opportunity”, my American dream is to find happiness, success in my life and career, and economic stability.…
Intro: Moving to the United States about four years ago from the Iran wasn’t easy; I had in front of me, I had to leave all my friends, family and especially my mother, a new language, a new culture, and a new beginning. For the greater part of my life, it has always been my father and myself. My mother died in the summer of my freshman year and my sister moved back to Iran, due to lack of interest in here.…
In 2014 I came to America to study. It had been the first time I ever traveled somewhere without my parents and it was a much farther distance than I had ever traveled before. My English wasn't the best and I wasn't sure of how I would handle American customs and culture. When my student visa was approved I was very excited and very nervous, it was a big moment for me. When the time came I boarded my plane and made the journey to America. My time here has been very hard but also very fortunate for me. I have been able to study just like I had planned and I have been able to live in several different states which I am very grateful for. Over time I have been able to improve my English, thus giving me the ability to have a proper conversation with someone I may have met on a random day at the store or during my time in class.…
I was born in the city of Monterrey in Mexico. My family decided to move to the US in 2009 due to growing concerns of money and safety. Back then, Monterrey was considered one of the most dangerous places to live in Mexico, as the two main cartels were disputing over the territory. My dad had lost his job and my mom worked part time at a pharmacy. Because public school in Mexico is very poor, my mom had always had me enrolled in private schools. We were in a tight situation, we couldn’t pay for the house anymore and my dad was not having much luck in finding a new job. For this reason, my parents were practically forced to move to the US. After the long, expensive process of applying for visas and passports, we finally were able to move to the land of opportunity. We started from zero, there was absolutely no money in our pockets. I was a new student at a new school in a foreign country. I could not be more self-conscious at any other time in my life. All I could think about was how others saw me and how I fit in with…
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.…