I believe I’m a very lucky person. As soon as I finished my 11th grade in my home country, Vietnam, my parent have given me an opportunity to study abroad in America and that was probably one of the best thing happened in my life. I was started as an exchange student and chosen to study in Florida, the state of sunshine, due to a generous American host family adopted me as their host-son. The moment I started my study journey in America, I immediately fascinated by how the education system works in US. Everything is very informative and based on practical things instead of just by words written on books. I got to do tons of fun experiments in chemistry lab and several engaging debates in history. All the teachers from my high school were super friendly and they were really excited when I asked them a question and always tried their best to make me understand despite the language barrier. Thanks to them, I started to really enjoy studying in the U.S and made some good friends during my time in high school at Florida. I received 4.0 GPA during my junior year in Imagine High School at North Port and managed to get A(s) on all of my AP classes. I was student of the month twice in high school and honored to receive volunteer of the month in Shelter for Homeless People in North Port, Florida. I also managed to keep in touch with many teachers in my high school when I left and they still send me notes on how others international student remind them of me. However, since my high school only provided K to 11 system when I was there, I have to transfer into another school in order to continue my study and that is when I moved to Washington State. Moving was scary at first because it was the first time I lived without any nurture from famil... ... middle of paper ... ...aught me so many important things that I need in order to live and study in America. At the moment, I’m taking a break from school and doing OPT (Optional Practical Training) to have more experience with the real world. I got to meet so many people from the jobs that I’m doing and I’m glad that I made this decision. Nonetheless, university is still a really important matter that I need to focus on and University of Washington (U.W) has been one of my favorite school since I moved to the US. At first, it was just because how beauty the campus is, then I met a lot of terrific people from U.W and they told me so many good things about school such as how good the professor are, how well-equipped the library is etc.. That is why I immediately apply to the university because I really want to become a part of the university that shaped all these wonderful people I’ve met.
I was hoping to move to Alaska or Arizona, but instead we got Arkansas. I wasn’t excited about it but, it was some place different. I moved around the end of July. It was really hard to move and leave my friends, but we still keep in contact every now and then. When I came to Arkansas it was really different. It felt weird to be in the States after seven years. There were new things that I had never seen or even heard of. I was anxious about starting school. Getting used to going to a small school on base in Germany was extremely different from going to public school.
As an immigrant came from Middle East, my first targeted benefit to have from this land is; to get educated well and have my American College degree. The reason is not because we as Egyptians don’t have education association over there. But because the American education is more helpful for us more than the Egyptian one. So, from the first session taking about education in the English class, and my mind is comparing and judging everything between the two education systems of Egypt and United states of America. It is very clear that from outcomes you can always know the incomes. By having the American college degree, you can be accepted to work or continue studying on most countries of the world. But the same case is not happening with the Egyptian
My parents never had the best education, but they supported me nonetheless in my own education, and after I received my high-school diploma, I went to study at Harvard university. Sadly, I was kicked out due to bad grades and had to continue my college career at Fredonia State Teacher’s College.
Attending WYSE would give me a leg up on thousands of others applying for the same colleges I will be applying to. Even being asked to attend WYSE has made my entire week, possibly month. I understand I keep referring to my need to go to college, to make something of myself and that’s why I truly want to go to WYSE, but that is only half of the story.
Very often international students cannot adapt to the new cultural environment well and confront a number of difficulties, including problems with “language, cultural issues, social exclusion, finance, homesickness, and other issues” (Sherry, Thomas and Chui 34). These problems are further classified by David Lackland Sam into four main types in an article called “Satisfaction with Life among International Student and American Student Engagement in Effective Education.” Sam states these problems as “culture shock,” “the ambassador role,” “adolescent emancipation,” and “academic stresses,” which are related to language proficiency, academic situation as well as social intercourse (318). Sam specifically refers to the proble...
close friends, and a stable job. Life was very easy and interesting for me. But living here,
In my point of view, America is the world’s greatest country which gives the best opportunity to people to build their future. Many people come to America from all over the world because there is a better opportunity than in their own country. Many wealthy people from other countries spend so much money to send their child to the US for a better education. Therefore, America has been given a great chance to help international students to get their education.
Currently I'm gaining my knowledge at Texas A&M University in San Antonio and have deemed a wonderful experience in and out of campus. It has felt like a home since the beginning specially coming from a far away city where it distinguishes itself through cultures. The staff and professors have contributed to a well guided path to success inside the classroom in my first semester of college. Not to mention, the everyday environment has evolved from day one to the present. From going through stressful experiences to experiencing snow for the very first time. In addition, I've experienced the evolvement of creating new colleague's in a diverse city. It was a thrilling experience to encounter people from different cultures and race because it opens
In conclusion, I was fortunate enough to understand many important things in life. One of those things is that we do not always begin at the desired start line, but through effort and strong will we can arrive at the desired finish line, where the outcome of our plans and goals reside. In my pursuit of education, I faced many challenges and hardships, but I always viewed them as temporary setbacks not as a finish line. I am certain that an opportunity to study at the UW would help me reach my finish line.
First, I had to learn a whole new language. English was still relatively new to me when I arrived here, so I had to learn more of English to live a normal life here. I enrolled in the ESL, or English as a Second Language program, which teaches English to students that have a foreign first language. At first, it was difficult, as English was way different from Korean. A year later, I started to grasp the concept. By the fourth grade, I was speaking fluent English. This was a positive impact due to the fact that I now can understand a wider variety of words and sentences. However, there were some negative impacts of moving. The greatest loss was leaving behind my relatives. My grandparents, my uncles, my aunts, and my cousins all live halfway around the world. I was saddened to leave them after meeting them frequently for two years. The final impact was adapting to the unfamiliar surroundings of Canada. Canada was a brand-new home for me with people from different corners of the world, and it was somewhat overwhelming at first; I was able to adapt slowly but surely. From this, I learned that no matter how different the conditions are, you will get used to it if you learn to adapt
During the final year of middle school in Hong Kong, I decided to study in America, the land where I was born. I arrived at the San Francisco International Airport, and met my new host family. I began my new journey as a high school student in America.
At the time, I was still learning how to speak english, so participating wasn’t comfortable for me. I usually talked in an unorthodoxed way as I would use a mix of both Tagalog and English within my sentences. This was unusual because I did well in my special English-speaking class designed for foreign students. Although communicating the language was difficult, it didn’t stop me from excelling in school or making friends. Overall, the academic experience of American schools had a more relaxed and fun vibe in comparison to what I was so used to. It gave me more freedom for expression with myself which I think my old academic lifestyle
The United States is known to be the land of opportunities, and as a person coming from a different country, we all come for a better life and the opportunities that this country has to offer. I came to America thinking to myself I 'm here for a better life and education is the key to a better life. My first year in the United States was rough because it was as if I was starting from zero. But the hardest part was school,
and that 's when I moved to another school. Moving was more like a new beginning for me
My education began in fifth grade, my parents moved from one location to another. It wasn’t easy for me, because school was the first place I ever got to interact with other kids. Before school started, I was pretty much kept indoors and not allowed to have contact with other people, except for my family members.