Moving to America
I strongly believe everyone has the turning point of life.It might change the way you see the world depends on what you have been through. In the same way, Moving to Florida is my huge turning point and can be compared to a new journey waiting to be explored. I completely changed myself in a positive way because of this journey has taught the magnificent lesson that I would never learn in my country. Before I moved to Florida. Basically, I had lived with my family in Thailand. One day my mom found out the way to increase the income. In additional, she was bored with her current job and couldn 't afford to raise me with such a low salary. Therefore, My mom and dad decided to leave their hometown to find a better job with
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It is time to explore the various side of the world. Even though I would I realize how much I am going to miss my hometown and people I used to see in everyday. However this is the good opportunity, which is not everyone, can get easily so I would take and use it effectually. I arrived in Florida On August 22, 2015. I came to this country with poor English skill. At first, My parents had to teach me how to say or use the words in different situations. My duty was memorize everything they taught me as much as possible. I went to school in Fort Lauderdale with the confusing mind I didn’t even know how to communicate with other people. In the first week was so tough for me I came back home with tear on my face and my mom saw it so she ask me if it is too much for me I can go back to Thailand and I said no I will not give up and I will not look back I have gone too far to turn back no matter how hard of obstacle is I have to go through it. Three weeks later I started to set up the rule for improving my English skill. The first rule is in each day I have to talk with somebody in the school don’t need to talk about knowledge stuff just say whatever you want to say and it was worth it. I had done for a week I could get a couple friends in each class. The second rule is when I come back home I have to study and keep practicing what is my weakness skill in …show more content…
So they just let me learn by myself . When I look back at that time I realized that I have changed for the better. My English skill had been improved I can understand what people are talking. I had the courage to talk with other people first even thought sometimes I still lack communication and writing skill but for me, it is still good. Also, My personality has completely changed I became a responsible person. Now I know what are my life goals and how to be successful in
A person does not experience many events that shape their life in a large way, whether it be for better or worse. I have had just one major situation that has sculpted me into the person that I am today. In February of 2008, I was diagnosed with a life changing disease; it would relieve me of the agony I had been experiencing for as long as I could remember, but also restrict my diet for the rest of my life.
In conclusion, my recently experience was when my family and me decides to moved to the United States. It was a tremendous change moved to another country. Moving to another country is giving us an opportunity about different language, meet new people, better jobs and great education. This experience maybe was harmful and difficult for all the family, but if we moved for better life, it could be an excellent opportunity for our future. To sum up, now we enjoying living here, my parents have a good job and my brothers and me study at great school.
My father started working for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) when he graduated high school. My father nor my mother attended college. The USDA moved my parents all around the state for the next couple of years until they finally ended up in Jefferson, GA where they have been ever since. My mom landed a job as a secretary at the First National Bank of Jackson County when they first moved here. Since
There are various changes that can occur in an individual’s life. Some variations are very little and would not affect your lifecycle very greatly. Nevertheless, other events could be very significant and could change a person’s entire life, such as marrying, giving birth to the baby, or losing someone special. The important event that transformed my life is coming to the United States of America to get education and to study. When I first arrived in this country, I comprehended that an incredible change would happen in my life both mentally and physically. After living more than one year in the United States, I definitely believe that moving to the United States is an advantageous change for me. This change offers me an opportunity to live a healthy lifestyle as well as a new way of thinking that are significant for me and the most importantly it provided me a better education in a simple way.
Life is full of experiences and exploration. In life everyone have something that has changed the way they recognize things. Most things change a person’s perception because of the experience they had in the past. I never imagined that my life would ever change. Being born in a different country and end up in a different place could be very hard and frustrating.
Finally, the experienced you faced in life are the only ones who make you improve in life. These three experiences have made me more powerful, more secure of my self. Now I’m in 12th grade and I have learn more and a better English, is not perfect, but, I understand more then before, and I can write better then in 8th and 9th grade, everything thanks to the friends who help me out, the teachers and my motive to make it possible, ignoring all the ignorant people who always have to think on you. I have learned that in this country for be someone is important to learn and speak English, but you always have to be positive and make that come true. My goal now is to speak, read, write, and understand more by putting more of my part so I can defend my self from everything.
The first and second year after moving from China to the United States, I was afraid to talk to strangers because my English was not very well. I had to depend on my husband for dealing with my personal business, such as making a doctor’s appointment, calling to the bank, or questioning to DMV officers. Douglass says, “being a slave for life began to bear heavily upon my heart” (62). For myself, being a dependent and helpless adult is a shame. Moreover, I lacked of extra money to go to school to improve my English. Thus, I stayed home all the time to avoid embarrassment of talking to strangers. After a while, I realized that improving English speaking skills are the essential to gain my self-confidence. So, I spent time to read various articles on the internet and watched English dialogues’ videos on YouTube. As a non-English speaking immigrant living in the U.S., I inevitably encountered a series of difficulties to integrate myself into a new
Which caused so many problems when returning to school. My first grade teacher, Miss Gray, suggested to my parents that I should be held back a school year. My parents were skeptical of her suggestion because it was also her first year of teaching. They looked through and thought about all the pros and cons. A few pros being that it would give me a chance to learn how to speak, read, and write in English again, and that I would know the material due to the fact it would be reviewed. Cons being that I would be older than the rest of the kids, being that I was not going to be in the same class with my old friends, and many more. Looking back at it now, I wish they didn’t make the decision of holding me back a year, because I don’t believe the sole problem was me forgetting the English language, but the teacher who was unwilling to give me extra
It was the fourth year of my school carrier. In other words, the year of truth if I would make the cut to the higher education track. I was nervous because I knew that I would be capable of going this route, but I the feeling of concern was stronger because I haven’t had performed very well in my fourth year so far. At the end of the school year, I received the shocking news that I didn’t make the cut to go to the school which would have had allowed me to go to University later on in my life. I was sad, disappoint in myself, and lost self-esteem in my educational abilities. At this time, I was more embarrassed then able to realize the real benefit of a system which early on tracks children’s
Everyone has had that one moment, or maybe a couple. The moment when their life changes forever, the moments when they know they will never be the same person they were yesterday. These moments are turning points that play a large role in a person’s identity.
It was a beautiful, sunny day in South Florida. I was six years old, playing by the pool with my new puppy. I loved swimming in the pool almost every day after school. I also enjoyed going out on our boat after school or crossing the street and going to the beach. My father came home one evening with some interesting news. Now, I do not remember exactly how I felt about the news at that time, but it seemed like I did not mind that much. He had announced that we were going to move back to my birth country, Belgium. I had been living in Florida for five years and it was basically all I had known so I did not know what to expect. I had to live with my mom at first, and then my sister would join us after she graduated high school and my father finished settling things. I remember most of my earlier childhood by watching some old videos of me playing by the pool and dancing in the living room. It seemed like life could not get any better. However, I was excited and impatient to experience a new lifestyle. I realized that I could start a whole new life, make new friends and learn a new language. Belgium was not as sunny as South Florida but it has much better food and family oriented activities. Geographic mobility can have many positive effects on younger children, such as learning new languages, being more outgoing, and more family oriented; therefore, parents should not be afraid to move around and experience new cultures.
Learning a new language isn’t always easy. It has it’s up and down moments but once I learned that new language I felt accomplished and a lot of new opportunities open for me. My point is that learning English for me wasn’t easy, but once I learned English, I was able to help out my parents more and a bunch of new doors opened for me. You can say by knowing English I had a little more power now at home because they depended a lot on me now but it also felt great just to help them out with their English.
Additionally, I acquired skills that I know will be extremely helpful to me in college. All by myself I was able to learn, how to learn material on my own. Another reason why I am proud of this experience is because I was able to demonstrate to myself that I do have the capability to come up with possible solutions to obstacles that I was facing. I also learned that through perseverance and determination, I am able to still accomplish a part of my goals even in the toughest of
A few days ago, I wrote a letter in my native language to the teenager who is going to be migrating to the U.S. For me, my native language is Chinese. It has been my first language that create the connection of my family, background and identity. In my letter,I described one of my biggest change from my migration experience which is the new community I live in. In the new community is likely in the new environment that I have to face many problem and challenges. In other word, I have to face the challenge to adjust it. People who in my community speaks different language. English is the way to communicate with. So, mostly I have to speak English to communicate with it. In other area such as in school, park, and store I also need to use English
Everyone has milestone days in his/her life that change the direction of his/her life for better or worse. Let me tell you one of my experiences that I will never forget from when I was 12 years old.