Growing up‚ I experienced life in a certain way and a certain environment that forced me to adapt to that lifestyle at a young age. It made me realize that my perspective on life isn’t the same compared to others. Ten years ago‚ my family and I lived together in New York for about a year before my brothers had to move to our home country‚ Nepal. Throughout those years I learned to live as an independent and closed girl‚ however‚ at the age of fourteen‚ my siblings reappeared back into my life. From
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Things were not always as easy as it is right now. I remember having to live in a confined one bedroom apartment with my mother‚ siblings‚ and grandparents. My father and mother were separated for a period due to immigration policy. My mother decided to move to America with her side of family to give her children better life and education. Although my dad sent over money‚ it was never enough for the family. Seeing my mother struggle with money‚ it made me want to do everything I can to give them
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Having lived in a variety of countries‚ I have developed a level of interest and compassion for various communities and environments. I often felt like an outsider when my family and I would initially move to a new city. The unique experience of being able to look into a community or society from the outside allowed myself to not only appreciate but also analyze my surroundings. Growing up in South Korea‚ California and Louisiana‚ due to my father’s work‚ allowed me to appreciate different cultures
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Lunch was over and students were filing into the classroom. As soon as we got inside the atmosphere felt really uncomfortable. I looked to the second row of desks and saw Katrina‚ a long-time friend‚ digging through her desk‚ Mrs. Nakigawa‚ our homeroom teacher‚ looking over her shoulder with concern. “…but‚ it was here before P.E hour‚ I know it was. My mom reminded me to take it off before I left this morning!” It had been a minute or so since everyone had realized something was genuinely wrong
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used to being surrounded by a whole community of people who were Arabic and shared the same beliefs and values. With this move‚ she felt like her role culturally was more implemented because she was around ten years old her parents were teaching her how to clean‚ cook‚ wash the laundry‚ pick up the house‚ and take care of the children. She felt like her parent’s values and rules were stricter than most Muslim American families because her parents were both born and raised in Palestine so they had more
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had moved to America for a brief time. In this time young Firoozeh lived in Whittier‚ California and was attending a public school there. After her short stay there she could only remember the positives from her stay‚ but she could also remember how her ancestors were treated when they first immigrated to America. When the first wave of Islamics had moved to America‚ they were not treated the best. My perception of the Dumas tells me that they might have expected the same treatment when they
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and philosophy‚ became absurd and futile. Negativity fueled my drive and motivation appeared nonexistentially throughout the course of my freshman year. Additionally‚ people from my town did not want to attempt to discern the type of person I was and how my identity became to be. Tammy Sanchez‚ the worthless “nobody”‚ became her label. The once buoyant‚ social‚ passionate‚ lady who saw life as her own fairytale‚ now conceived that life has no blissful ending. Having lost the basis of my being‚ I would
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Imagine being seven and in a foreign country seeing all types of new things. This is what I experienced when I went to Yemen in 2007. It was a world different from my own‚ but little did I know it would change my life. Seeing things from a different perspective really does change your view on the world. Learning to understand that not everyone sees things the same way you do can be difficult sometimes‚ but definitely not impossible.
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The first place I would pick to move to is the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Everyone forgets about this part of Michigan‚ half of the time it isn’t on the weather maps on the news. I think it would still be hard because I would have to pick up my life and transfer it to another world. At this point I understand that I would have to give up the luxuries I love so much. I would keep my phone but I cannot take my entire bedroom‚ my car‚ or my school with me. I know a lot of my family would stay put
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Those of us in the United States have the luxury of visiting our relatives across the world. We get all caught up in our pleasures of vacationing‚ that we fail to see things from the perspectives of others. For relatives wanting to travel to different countries‚ saving enough money is no easy task. In the wake of the Vietnam war‚ economic hardship runs rampant in communities with run-down neighborhoods and disheveled street beggars. My Vietnamese cousin‚ Thai Minh‚ doesn’t let these difficulties
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