My first time going to public school was in the eighth grade. My parents wanted me to sample what public school was like before I go to high school‚ just to make sure I could handle it. The moving of different schools‚ cities‚ and states was a very tough situation for me‚ because everything I was distinguished into originated from what I saw and learned in Shreveport. I had to differentiate myself in order to get accustomed to this new beginning
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The story begins with my father. He came to America in 2006 for his work. After spending a year‚ he thought it will be nice for our family to come and live there too. I was fascinated by how diverse the cultures in America was. He enjoyed exploring different cultural foods‚ desserts‚ clothes‚ and musics. Out of all‚ he liked the education system in America. Unlike Korea‚ it gave the students more freedom in learning focusing variety of subjects. They also don’t put too much pressure on the students
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Moving homes and relocating to another city sometimes feels like starting a new life. New home‚ new friends‚ and new streets to learn. I moved towns at the age of five and got to see things from a different perspective as I grew older. It was not until the age of 12 that I transferred schools and made new friends. At the time‚ I was frightened of the idea of moving‚ but after some time I was truly grateful it had happened to me. My parents‚ as well as a friend of mine‚ took a big part of this change
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The most difficult problem/situation that I had to face was when my family and I had to change our entire lifestyle by migrating to the United States in 2006. I was 6 years old‚ I had no idea what was going on; there was confusion everywhere. We were at the airport in Albania‚ it was almost time to get on the flight that would change my life forever. I was comfortable where I was‚ I was not sure why we were just going to leave everything behind all of a sudden‚ either way‚ it was not my choice and
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of my friends and my roots. I was a very intelligent student; however I knew that the biggest challenge for me was going to learn to speak English. Everything was new for me and had to adapt fast. I remember when my dad started talking to my mom about moving over here. I heard them talking but I did not give it any importance. The idea of changing houses to me seemed absurd. We had everything there was not any need for us to do such thing. At that time my sister had been having trouble with school
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dyslexic‚ but from that time i had extra help and went into private tutors or anything to bring my grades up. Nothing that people tried would work or work enough. As a child I was ignorant about my problems and as a little kid I only saw the positive‚ living worry free. That ilusion broke when I move from Spain to America. I realized that I was alone. Even though my childhood had its ups and down I did not know any better‚ but soon I would realized to how to use my flaws to my advantage. My life experiences
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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
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For months‚ my parents had been discussing sending my mom‚ little brother and I back to our native country. I was only eight years old then and I did not understand the reason or the quickness to return. On that day‚ August 23rd‚2008‚ we departed to Guatemala‚ leaving behind my father‚ alone. As I landed at the airport‚ I anticipated the feeling of seeing my older sister and other relatives for the first time. Weeks passed by‚ my brother and I wouldn’t stop asking my mother when we would come back
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I used to be popular. I used to make friends as naturally as breathing. I used to be so sociable that adults would tire of hearing me speak. I used to find myself standing before the teacher’s desk‚ receiving some minor punishment for socializing too often. Then my family moved‚ and I lost all the relationships I had built up. I used to start all over again with the same level of enthusiasm as initially. And again. And again. Every time my family moved‚ I started to see less and less of
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Moving I was quieter than usual as my family piled into the car. We were going to go see our new house. The house I didn’t really know how I felt about yet. My parents had always talked about moving into a bigger house when I was younger‚ but I never thought it would actually happened. I couldn’t think of any reason why we needed to move. I liked our current house just fine--with all the fruit trees and the small backyard‚ and the room that me‚ my older sister‚ and my brother shared. Plus--moving
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