Ever since I was a small boy in Kenya, I have always liked to fix things whether it is around the house or my toys. Engineering has always been on my mind. I was born in Kenya and I lived there for eight years. I moved from Kenya to America in the year 2009. At that time I was 9 years old coming to America after living with my grandmother for most of my early life. My mother wanted a better life for both me and her. So she left me with my grandmother and came to America to get settled down and get my papers so I could come join her. Years and years without my mother was very big obstacle for me. When my application process to come to America was finally approved, I finally joined my mother who lived in Michigan. I migrated to America knowing British …show more content…
I had to get used to the school schedule. I was used to waking up very early to walk three miles to my nearest school but that all changed. I had to adapt to the new culture, learning what is right and what is wrong. I had to watch everyone keenly. My biggest fear was making friends with the wrong people and being negatively influenced. I made some great friends at this time. I had to adapt to the new teaching curriculum. I had to learn all the new subjects. The most difficult subjects I had to learn were History and English. I had no knowledge of any American History. I even didn’t know any of the simple facts like when America got its independence. Luckily, I had an amazing teacher who took her extra time to teach me what was important to be leant. She had a very positive impact on me. Moving to America has changed me in a positive way. I have learned so much during this transformation. I have learned how to communicate with people around me. I have learned how to see other people’s problems from their point of view, something that I also experienced. Not only have I have learned to grow out of my comfort zone and boundaries, I have also learned how to adapt to things that I’m not used
Moving from one country to another country is very hard; Leaving your family and friends behind and starting a new life in another country. At the age of 12, my family and I moved to America for better education. I learned if you want to be successful, you have to work hard to achieve your goal. I learned that my parents gave up their business and their houses to come to America and give my sister and me one of the best educations possible. There are lots of differences when compared America to India such as language, people, law, school, etc. When I moved here I changed for a better person because I want to achieve something in life. There are many things that helped me mature as a better person such as my family, friends, high school life, and teachers.
America has always been looked at as “The New World” where people from all over come to fulfil their dreams. Their dreams may not have been exceptional, but only to have enough to survive, have a house where their children could be raised and feel free and protected. Now, according to Webster’s online dictionary Americanism is defined as a custom, trait, belief, etc., peculiar to the United States of America or its citizens, but to me it means so much more.
Growing up in the American education system, I always took my education for granted. My mother would always say, “You know how much people would want to be in your place and go to school?” In Chinese culture, education is the only way to achieve upward social mobility and leave the poor social economic class; whether you are rich or poor, you must have education and go to school. Education is not equal for everyone so how can one play the game when it is set up against you. Education is based on the resources that are offered in the area, thus if you live in a poor area, you get fewer resources. When the One Child policy was passed, it helped because all the family’s resources are focused on one child but the child is the only one to take care
There are many challenges that one must face as we go through life. I have faced a few myself, however, none proved more challenging than moving from my country; Jamaica, to the United States and subsequently moving to the state of Wisconsin. Deciding to leave behind family and friends is the hardest decision to make, however, there are a few things that I was not prepared for that made the transition more challenging than expected. Moving away from all that is familiar culturally, socially and economically can be even more of a daunting task than imagined. There are things that are taught to us by our parents and others that are more dictated by our environment than anything else, so when I immigrated to the United States I had three major challenges to overcome.
Academic excellence is the primary desire of every parent and student. However, there are varying perceptions of the role of education in the life of and individual. According to the survey carried out on the perception of the role of education in the life of an individual, it was established that eight out of ten students were of the view that they pursued education for the purpose of economic gains. Additionally, six out of ten students viewed education as serving the purpose of broadening their view and perceptions in life. Accordingly, the widening of the will help them rethink their ideas and values. This essay will focus on the reasons why students attend college and barriers to education in light of the book Rereading America.
This might sound silly but one of the most drastic changes for me was having to take a bus. I used to walk to school in California so I was able to leave whenever I felt like. The bus made me wake up super early because I was the first stop and also I had to be ready I could not make it wait. The neighborhood kids were used to this so they knew everyone that rode the bus and knew the bus driver, I had to develop that connection while everyone already had it. Besides making new friends the bus made me more punctual, I had to be awake at a certain time and follow my
At first, the idea of my family and me moving to the United States was fun and exciting. I couldn’t wait for the time for my family and me to leave, get to ride an airplane, eat stateside food such as spam, corned beef, apples, and oranges, and experience the different seasons, especially winter. Because of the excitement of coming to America, I didn’t have the time to think and realize the effects of moving away from home such as missing everything, adopting a different culture, and being independent.
New country means new language, new culture, new people and different lifestyle. I never thought of being somewhere where you don’t know the language and people. For my parent and me the difficult part was learning new language. Since, I and my sister were going to school, so we knew Basic English. But for my parents adopting new language after so many years was really tough. Since, my dad had his own business, he also had to take care that before we move to us.
Teach For America provides me an exciting opportunity to help bridge the inequality gap for kids in low-income communities, while helping me grow towards my career goals. This organization will allow me to strengthen the abilities I have learned as a tutor for children in my community and cultivate the skills necessary to be successful in the legal profession. Both my experience helping low-income kids and ambition to develop the attributes of a legal professor will support my mission to be an accomplished corps member.
Julian Nava was one of the people who fought to end IQ testing. He believed that students that did not get high IQ scores still had the potential to be something greater than a factory worker.
My life changed forever at the age of nine in the country of Iraq. I learned our house was being threatened to be bombed and we had to leave immediately. I was strangled with grief, anguish, and uncertainty. These defining challenges have been forever etched on my heart and mind. This pivotal night has been responsible in shaping me into the person I am today and altering the trajectory of my education. After fleeing Iraq, we relocated in Jordan where we lived for four years before finally being relocated in the United States. While we were in Jordan, there was a period of three months where I was unable to go to school because we were waiting on immersion information from the United Nations. My biggest hurdle was learning the English language and adapting culturally while starting high school. I was immersed into a poorly rated school where I not only had to worry about communicating effectively with my teachers, but also achieving my goals academically. Adapting to a new school system where I struggled with social acceptance was also very emotionally challenging. All of these factors contributed to a tough adjustment.
Enrollment in a school after coming back also got diffucult because i almost flunked the admission test as i had started stinking at Urdu and also the studies here were more advanced than what i used to study in AMerica. i was used to multiple choice questions but here i had to rote-learn, cram and write lengthy answers to every question which i really was not used to. I also became conscious of the fact that i could no more ride bikes on the raods as i was girl and i had to keep my head covered all the time which i never liked.
Moving to another location is an enormous life event, especially if it is from your hometown. It is like throwing away a large part of your life and everything built has deteriorated into dust. Having to deal with losing eminently close friends and family members. These are people who have been in your life for a long time, right? On the other hand, some of the few things you need to deal with are, that you need to adapt to a completely different environment, and the transition should happen quickly. It can be even harder when moving to another country, where you need to understand a whole new culture and speak another language. Luckily, most countries teaches English in schools, where I had an advantage. However, there may be a great amount of miscommunication and misunderstanding when interacting with others, which I experienced many times, and even still today. On the positive side, you have
Education gives people the competence and skills to pilot the world. It also allows people to provide and contribute to their society and community. Like Nelson Mandela said “ Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”. Similar to our lives, our educational journeys are different from one another. My educational journey was a very complicated journey. My family and mentors supported me, so was able to overcome those obstacles. The biggest motivation that got me through this journey was my father’s courage and love for education.
Education is the main factor resulting in social change. Modern education plays a key role in changing the status and process of social mobility. It not only helps an individual in adapting to emerging social situation but also play creative role in liberating minds from the clutches of the established culture. Education among the Muslim women has been treated under two heads, that of religious and secular training. The traditional education pattern which is largely religious includes initiation of the children in the reading of the holy book. Traditional educational institutions were Maktabs and Madrassa where religious education was given to children’s. Secular education is imparted in two ways, either at home or at school. (Roy, 1979) In