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Coming To America Research Paper

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People say that coming to the United State would be a dream come true. I was born on September 21, 1998 in Thailand. I thought coming to America, my life will change to better rather than working so hard everyday and night at the farm to get just enough rice for the family. Even in the United State, my parent’s had to starve just so we can eat.
Bullying has been a part of my life. My whole family was a target. Because they were born in the United State, they look at us like we don’t belong there. It was surprising that even Hmong peoples didn’t welcome us. At our first apartment older kids would hit my brother and sister with a stick. Even when we moved to Anchorage, the bullying didn’t stop. We still didn’t know that great english and a new group of people were upset with our arrival. They would flated ours car tired, broke the car window, and throw rock at …show more content…

It was a struggle to make my parents proud. I thought that my bullying life have been over but it wasn’t. Everyday at school, I would get insulted for what I do. By playing sport, Hmong guys considered me as a guy instead of a girl and treated me differently telling me I shouldn’t play and act more like girl. Because I joined sports, my own race are ashamed of me. Not only do they insulted me, they call me names. They hated me for who I am and what I do. Because I joined sport, I usually brag about how good I am. Hmong people do not get along with this type of topics, so they would make rumors of something that does not exist. Not only do I get stereotyped by my own people, I also get bullied because I do something different than what we have to do in our culture. Climbing my way through success, I went through brick and stone. I proved to myself that I could overcome anything. By ignoring the bullies, I found ways to focus on other things. At last, by becoming the top 10 percent students in school, I have received 12,000 dollar Alaska Scholar that have made my parent

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