In the past twenty-one years I’ve lived, the best decision I’ve ever had was to study abroad myself. It made me to grow up quickly and be a real adult.
It was not easy for me to make up my mind to decide to go abroad myself at that time. I was the only child in my home and my parents spoiled me all the time.
Before going abroad, I almost didn’t need to do anything myself. My parents would arrange everything well for me. They protected me well because I am a girl and the only child.
The changeless and boring life lasted a long time until my parents asked me if I would like to go to a college in America. I hesitated a long time because I had already got used to the easy life.
But I finally decided to try because I was sick of
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It was my first time to go abroad myself. I didn’t have any relative and friend in America. I had to take care of myself in this new environment.
At that time, I started to have the idea of giving up in my mind. Suddenly, I began to miss my hometown. At least I didn’t need to worry about anything there. I didn’t realize it was so hard to start a new life with myself.
But I knew I couldn’t give up since I chose to a bran-new life. There would be many difficulties in this way and I would have no choice but to overcome them.
I stopped complaining and found a taxi with the help of passerby. I finally arrived to hotel before the night fell. I thought my new life would begin smoothly, but I didn’t know that the difficulties were just the beginning.
It was a big challenge for me to talk in English with others smoothly. I couldn’t even speak a whole complete sentence in the beginning, but I pushed myself to try every day to speak English frequently.
There were so many things that needed to be solved at that time. Everything was difficult in the beginning. I needed to find my roommate and rent an apartment. I needed to find out the bus route to the market and
My father wanted me to study on the U.S. so I could get a better education; he helped me to become a permanent resident of the U.S.
I realized I would probably never see most of them again, especially the British counselors, many of whom had never been to America before that summer. Of course I could go back next summer if I wanted to, but it wouldn’t be the same. Everyone would be replaced with a whole new group of people that I would come to know and love then never see again. As these realizations hit me, I started to feel numb. After saying goodbye to everyone, fetching my luggage, and scrubbing off the mold that had started to grow on my shower basket, I slumped over to my mom’s good old gray Kia Sportage.
Imagine your parents not loving you. Imagine the people that were supposed to provide for you, kicking you out onto the street to fend for yourself. Imagine your friends being too disgusted to talk to you. Imagine living your life constantly afraid. Imagine being terrified of the police, people that were supposed to protect you.
In this essay excerpt Rodriguez had to give up speaking the comfortable language of Spanish at home and had to begin practicing English. Even though Rodriguez was disinclined to give up speaking Spanish and practicing English, whenever he was at school and spoke in English, his fellow classmate actually understood him. Rodriguez states, “One day in school, I raised my hand to volunteer an answer to a questions. I spoke out in a loud voice and I did not think it remarkable when the entire class understood.” By Rodriguez changing his language, he was more easily understood by his classmates.
Odysseus and the Roadblocks of Life Michael Jordan once said, “If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks.” However, wholeheartedly I believe in that. No matter what you're trying to do, everything in this crazy thing we call life will come with challenges, and obstacles along the way. You can never achieve anything if you give up the first time something knocks you down.
Starting a new life away from home can be difficult. Many young adults experience this every year when they decide to go away to college. It is obvious to say that around that age is when young adults start getting to know themselves, and start acquiring better understanding of what they want from life. I am currently going through my first year of college, I can relate to the new lifestyle I started having when I came to CSUCI, but I have also seen many things that has made me learn from other people’s experiences. I wrote a letter pretending to be a worried mother as my project number two for my English 102 class last semester.
Ever since I can recall, I remember making big plans for my future, butt I did not know, at that age, that college was actually something that had to be payed for. Even though I eventually realized it, it still didn’t make me stray from my path, on the contrary, it gave me more of a reason as to why I should aspire to do better than my surroundings. As the oldest child, I have always been told that I must be the greater example for my younger siblings as well as for others. Up until my early teenage years I did not understand why I should be a distinguished person for others and not for myself. I now yearn to become someone to make the world a better place.
I cringe at the smell of alcohol floating around the apartment. A cold shiver simmers down my spine as I hear footsteps making their way to my room. 3 loud, hard knocks bang on the door. I open the door waiting for it. Waiting for the rock solid slap that pierces my face everyday leaving bruises and black eyes the size of tennis balls.
My father has recently become unemployed, and my mother is still recovering from surgery as I write this essay and is also unable to work. I know my parents support my decision to study abroad, but they must prioritize the day-to-day needs of my siblings and their medical bills, and as such they cannot possibly afford to aid me financially. Unfortunately, I have continued to put off participation in international education because of financial hardship. I distinctly remember during the fall of my freshman year of college not being able to afford a one-week international exchange program.
When I first got here, I did not know how to speak, read or write English. I started going to a school called Newcomers School. The purpose of
When I was seven, I asked my mom why she had come to America from Ethiopia. She told me that she had come so that I could have things that she didn’t, get the education she couldn’t, and see and do things she wouldn’t. I told her that I was going to make her proud and even though I was seven, I was stubborn, and set my goals high and worked hard. I will forever remember my mother crying as I got my college acceptance letters. Now, as a junior at Old Dominion College as an international affairs major, I’m setting to make her proud again.
Also, I felt really bad at times because I am very talkative in my native language, Portuguese, and felt frustrated not being able to express me. Another thing that bothered me was
Question 1 Discuss why you have decided to study abroad. Explain why you chose this particular program and how it relates to your personal and academic interests. List some of the courses that you are considering for the term and briefly explain why they interest you. (about 300-350 words) My motivation for this experience is to broaden my scope of education and make myself more marketable for a career in International business.
First of all, my experience of learning English was a great process which took fifteen years as a Turkish native speaker. When I was seven years old, I started to learn English and I am able to learn languages. When I was five years old, I was watching cartoons in English and in my opinion it was so helpful for me to learning a new language. I have been learning English for fifteen years including my college life. I studied American Culture and Literature in Bilkent University.
Studying abroad is a growing opportunity that many people around the world of all different ages take. In 2012, over 760 thousand international students studied abroad in the United States alone. The positive reasons for studying abroad are numerous, but there are also negative ones too. Studying abroad brings with itself a lot of preparation and responsibility. Also many people see acculturating oneself and making new friends in a new place can be challenging.