I never realized the world was so much bigger than the United States. As far as I was concerned, other countries existed only through news media, books, and movies. In December 2011, my parents talked to my sister and I about moving; we were shocked and full of questions of what to expect. Thirty days was the all the time we had to get our lake home, farm, and passports ready before our departure to China. My family and I were moving to 7,500 miles away and had no idea when we would return to the United States. There were so many emotions that went through me on January 20th 2012, but the greatest one was fear. Fear of the unknown made me sick because I didn’t know what to expect. The trip was going to be long, starting with the departure from Detroit to Shanghai on a 13-hour nonstop flight. Once we landed in Shanghai and got through customs, which was another ordeal, it was a 2-hour trip from Shanghai to Luxu. We were herded around in a large van filled with suitcases to what locals call a small village of 250,000 people. Our first stop was to our cold, dreary apartment. I was about to experience China in a way that even my parents didn’t realize was possible. My senses were fully awakened the first morning we were in Luxu. The language barrier was the first problem I encountered. Next, the smells were so different, not …show more content…
I had a hard time getting used a new life in a different country; however, I learned how to be independent, how to become responsible with my life, and how to keep on living through the hard times. Moving to China helped me discover what I wanted to do once I graduate collage, I wanted to be a missionary nurse. One thing I won’t forget is the memory I made with my friends and family. We are very different in cultures, traditions, and language but in the end, we are all humans who deserve respect, understanding, and
While reading "The Discovery of What It Means to Be an American" by James Baldwin the writing reminded me of my own international travel experiences. Until I began to conduct business overseas, I had my preconceived ideas about the world and the people in it. I was naive enough to believe that others had the same opportunities as I did in life. My travels changed these notions. Throughout my career, I have had the pleasure of being able to spend time abroad and experience various cultures.
As a teenager moving to a new country with a different culture, different language, and being thousands of miles away from everyone I grew up with was not an easy change, however, that was precisely what I did in January of 2013 when I came to the United States with my father. My whole world changed since, and shaped my way of thinking. From learning English, adjusting to a new culture, experiencing my first snow and finding my way in my new country, my life has been an exciting adventure. My parents brought me to America almost 5 years ago to have a better life, and to get a better education.
Moving from Africa to the United States made a big differences in my life. Here in the United States I have more opportunities. coming from Africa to the United States is hard and challenging. Since then, my entire life and my dreams were revolutionized. Apart from the adjustments that I needed to make from moving to America, life here in America has both contrive and challenged me heavily into the a person I am today.
The first eight years of my life, I spent in India where I was born. Growing up I was constantly reminded by my parents that I needed to make them proud by getting a good job and living a good lifestyle. They told me this because they did not want to see me live a hard life like they did. When I was nine years old, I moved from India to the United States of America. The reason why I moved to America was not because I was living a bad life in India, it was so that I could have a better education and more opportunities in life.
Many of my teachers remarked me as “reassuring”, and a lot of my friends have told me that “It seems that you’re so chilled but you actually know what you’re doing”. Yes, I was born with a phlegmatic personality, but it was not until last year when I “failed” the AMC (luckily I was still qualified for the AIME) that I started to learn how to manage time and resource wisely and actually grew up. I spent my first 14 years in my life in China, and in the summer 2013, I moved to US with my family, seeking for new challenges-- I’ve always believed that unfamiliar environment provokes one to learn the most. However though I thought I was prepared for the worst, things got out of hand, as how it goes every time one is put in a new wonder land. It didn’t take more than a month to surmount the language barrier, but
Where I came from and what I remembered, America was a country of freedom, education, and a place of hope. Surrounded by these affirmatives, inside me lays many opportunities ahead. I spent most of my childhood in Thailand (a place I wouldn’t consider home), where there were very few educational opportunities for me to pursue. In addition to its lack of opportunities, its educational environment was also very poor. I was incapable of setting goals for myself and showing others my strengths.
The airport was a sea of people going everywhere. I looked around, wondering whether I would really like it here, in my native land. After spending most of my life overseas, in Europe and the Middle East, I had my doubts about Japan. Going from country to country all my life, I should have been used to moving around, yet this was different. Instead of just moving from one country to another, I was going back to my home country.
Albert Einstein - “I came to America because of the great, great freedom which I heard existed in this country. I made a mistake in selecting America as a land of freedom, a mistake I cannot repair in the balance of my lifetime.” Some think American is grim, some believe America is glorious, some say it’s corrupt, and others will say it’s a mistake. However, in reality, America is whatever it wants to be. In America you can be whoever you want to be!
As a small child, I grew up in India, a place well known for its cultural, linguistic and genetic diversity. As a child I have lived in many different places. As my dad climbed up the corporate ladder, we relocated to five different states in India. Each move made me stronger as I had to continuously get used to different schools, teaching methods and still adapt to the different environments. After each move, I had to make new friends and start over each time.
I was five years old when my parents decided to move from Ghana to the United States. At a very young age, I knew that my dream was to one day live in America. But when we moved here, I quickly found out that the culture here was completely different from the culture I was used in Ghana. Adjusting to a new culture was hard for me. Trying to fit in anywhere was harder for me than it was for most people.
Since I was a little kid I grew up in Mexico a Spanish speaking country where I had lots of friends, and felt happy thinking that my life would never change. But as soon as I turned nine I was facing a different story. When I arrived home from school, my parents told me that we were moving to a new country. I felt sad at first because moving to a new country where they didn't speak my language,and not knowing anybody was tough for me. It meant I was leaving behind everything I worked so hard to accomplish to move to a new place that I needed to start from zero.
My Journey to America Moving from Nigeria to the United States permanently feels great, but at the same time it is sad leaving some of your loved ones and family behind. There are many events in life, which can change one’s way of thinking. As for me, one of the major changes in my life occurred when I moved from Africa to America. This change has entirely affected my personality positively. Why?
Made new friends and everything became much easier for me. The moral of this story was about moving to a new country and not knowing the language and the culture. When moving to a new country It won't be the same country you were back home. Its totally different. When coming to a new country you have to adopt with the new culture.
The idea of going to a foreign country grew on me about 10 months ago, when my aunt came back from one of her many humanitarian trips in Senegal. As she told me about all the things she had seen, witnessed and did, I was deeply impressed by her intrepidity and how passionated you could tell she was about helping others. At that time, I was half-way through my first year of Cegep, still as clueless about my future as the years before, and searching for myself, as they say. And so, I started thinking about the possibility of a travel similar to my aunt’s. At first, the idea seemed silly, but as I put more thoughts into it, I realized I really wanted to help the least fortunate the way she had.
Moving is always hard. It is harder if you are moving from your birthplace to a culturally different country after spending most of your teenage years. I moved from Bangladesh to New York about a year and a half ago and let me tell you, it was not easy. I had to leave the place I grew up in, my friends and relatives and start a new life here in America. Probably the only good part was that at least I was with my family throughout this hardship.