Challenges Of Moving A New Country

Challenges of Moving to a New Country.

According to new U.S. Census figures, United States, it’s home of 42 million immigrants, both legal and illegal, forming the 13.23% of the entire population of the country. But for me more than just than simple statistics, is the number of stories of overcoming the odds of succeeding in a foreign country. Regardless of the legal status of the immigrant or where they come from it’s inevitable the similar kind of challenges they will have to face. Such a new language, adopting a new culture and the minimum job opportunities available for them to support their families. With all the challenges immigrant families have to face, they are become examples of perseverance, self-improvement and effort.

Although I was born as an American Citizen, I started living in this country on July 26th, 2010. For personal reasons I had to stay in Tijuana, Mexico for almost 16 years. However, my situation on the arrival was not very different from many of the young immigrants that as me, they started school with little or any knowledge of English. I still remember my first day of high school with chills, imagine being dropped completely alone on your first day of school without knowing anyone, people rushing to their respective classrooms as the bell rings and you end up alone in the hallway without any idea where to go, a totally different place with enough hallways for the you to get lost, nothing you have ever seen before, and worse still you don’t speak their language, therefore you are afraid to ask for an orientation. Then you suddenly have a feeling of helplessness, loneliness and depression knowing for sure, that it will be a long year for you. As me, hundreds of students leave their home country ...

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...c groups, focus on school, and visiting new places. It is common to experience a cultural fear when you have live in another country for an extended period of time. The feeling of disorientation, uncertainty and anxiety that you can feel in an unfamiliar environments. Values, behavior and social customs that we normally take for granted might not longer serve us in our new home. Do not assume or interpret behavior from your own perspective. To adapt to a foreign culture and effectively manage the culture shock, you must take into consideration having an open mind. Not perceive anything as "bad " or "negative ". No judge will allow you to be nondiscriminatory and will help the process of multicultural understanding. As you learn about the country to which you go, you need to keep open point of view and perhaps can find the reason for something you did not understand.