To make myself feel good I started saying it's fine if I didn't go to America it's not a good place to go. Everyone told me already that America is not a good place to go thank God I didn't go to America. I kept on thinking bad stuff about America so that I don't have to think about the good and great things that America does. Believe me this didn't help at all but this contributed to make it even worst.
There was nothing I could have done. All I was thinking is that I simply would get rejected there's no way I can get selected. Seeing all those excellent students sitting right there in the hall taking the exam I thought that no one is going to prefer me over them because I thought they are a lot better than. I kind of felt really funny because everyone was coming to me and asking hey man did you give the test for the Yes program and did you
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They told me that I can even try next year and maybe get selected I told everyone that I am definitely not going to apply next year. This is the worst thing I have ever done I'm not going to do it again. The aggression and the disappointment that I was showing was because of the failure that I faced which was actually not a failure. I should have waited for the result to come. Finally, I was sitting in the lawn and I saw the postman coming to mailbox of our house and he just put the mail in the mailbox. I was just curious to see whose mail would it be, as my dad has a separate address for his mails so I just went over there to check it out. I opened the mailbox and there was a mail from Yes program inside it. I thought it would be a rejection mail for me in which they would be telling me that I didn't get selected for my English test. So, I just picked it up and put it on the table in my house. I heard my friends playing outside in the street so I just went outside to play cricket with them and left it
Now a day, there are many people leaving their native countries to come to America for life opportunities such as free education. First, in most countries it is very hard for a child to go to school. If your parent doesn’t have money you can’t go to school. For example, I still remember when I was in the age to start school back in my country, I wasn’t able to go because my parent didn’t have money and the school fee was very high. Second, many immigrants chooses to come to American to give their children an opportunities to be able to go to school. They don’t have to worry that their kids would stay home because they don’t have the money to pay, but instance it a joyful moment for them. Moreover, most family choose to come here again because
I came to America from Pakistan two years ago. I am currently attending Broward College to get my associate degree. One of my most important goals is to get a master’s degree in aerospace engineering and become an engineer. To achieve this goal, I am very passionate. I have worked very hard to maintain good grades. I have joined clubs and faced many difficulties to be where I am. I am passionate about math and physics and due to that reason I want to attend a prestigious school for sciences and become an engineer. Unfortunately, I cannot afford to get the education; therefore, I am working hard to get scholarships.
Wang Si Yu is my foreign exchange student who has lived with me for the past year. Her name, Si Yu, means rain and was chosen for her because her parents thought it sounded beautiful. However, I know her as Ella. When she came to America to complete her junior and senior years of high school she chose an english name. We went through a complex naming process but she finally decided on Ella because that was the easiest for her to pronounce. Ella is from North East China, a province called Harbin. Harbin's seasons are a lot like ours in the Quad Cities except that the winter months are significantly colder. Harbin is often called ice city because in winter they have entire buildings made of ice. So naturally, Ella loves snow. In China, Ella is
There are events in life, which can change yourself or your way of thinking. As for me, I think the major change in my life occurred when I moved from France to America. This change has entirely affected my personality. Why? I arrived in the United States during the summer of 2002. It was really hard for me since my parents had only told me about the move in April of that year. Therefore, I did not have the time to prepare myself psychologically. My parents had talked about coming here for a very long time, even before I was born. Everything started in 1973. Indeed, my parents came from Iran to Europe in order to finish their studies and then to return back home. However, even at that time, they had not set their mind as to where they
Life tends to urge us to make uncomfortable and unpopular choices. I was 35 years old when I decided to migrate to America. I decided at that time that I needed a change and leaving the island was the only way possible for change. The state of change encouraged me to expand, move forward and to fulfill my optimal dreams. For change to be effective one should confront and invite change. My decision to migrate to America was not an easy one, as I was leaving all my comfort zone and everything that was familiar to me. But doing so would empower me to achieve my full potential, one that would be readily unavailable in Jamaica. Consequently, I believe in changing the status quo, I believe in education.
I am the first generation of Americans in my family, even though my father is an American citizen, but I grew up in China. Chinese language and cultural is one of my uniqueness. This trait influenced me the most was my first year in America. The only academic course that I felt confident was math. I never need help in math, I finished all the classwork and homework at class, I got full score on the exam, even with the state exam in FL, I got 5 out of 5. However, other courses, such as science, English, history, I felt powerless. Often, I was sitting on class, but didn't understand anything about it. At the beginning of the English course, I understood most content, because I learned them in my past six years in China, but when facing the second
Life is about making choices, but some of them can even change our life. Two years ago I decided to come to America for my higher studies in Western Kentucky University. Although I knew it was really a challenge to me, this significant decision that I’ve made was going to change everything about my life and me. There are many things in life that can change the course of a person’s life. It can either make a positive impact or a negative impact on a person’s life. It’s always best to have the positive impact though. For me I have had a positive experience that has changed my life forever and that is coming to a different land and culture.
Transitions are never an easy thing to conquer. It is often hard and stressful to cope with changes to one’s surrounding, but in the cases in which one manages to conquer this obstacle, elevation of knowledge and experience are great results gained from this achievement. I originally came from Africa and recently moved to the United States to join my mother and my step father. This great change in the things I had become accustomed to in my daily life was not easy, furthermore taking into account the fact that I had never experienced a transition so little as shifting from one residence to another.
I and two other students were the only ones to pass the interview. That was one of the most nerve-wracking things I have ever gone through. I have always been super shy- I almost
There are many significant parts of my life that have had a huge impact on my personality, but there is one that has not only affected me, but has changed me for the better. My personal life changing experience was coming to America. For me, this bridge between my old life and new life is a shaky bridge that I attempted to cross and entered a whole new realm of life which changed everything. The decision about coming to America has taught me how to respect other people, be more responsible, and be more loving towards various friends and families. It has also helped me adapt to the new life that I’m about to begin. It was so unexpected. Out of nowhere my parents broke the news: “We’re going to America!” Living in a big town of Bhopal,
Throughout our lifetime, many things, people, and events can potentially influence or inspire us. Some people become motivated fairly easily, simply after reading a book. Others struggle to find their inspiration for a long time. I would rather relate myself to the second category. Even though there were quite a few role models in my life, none of them happened to be my source of inspiration. So it was until the summer before the final grade in high school.
Being first lady, i concluded the last remarks i discovered during my time at the white house, as my final months here come to an end, i have grown, matured, and most importantly learned. Everyday we learn, whether you’re a student an adult or even the president, there is always room for knowledge through life experiences or simply teachers, preachers, counselors, your parents whoever it may be. Everyone in this country has the freedom to learn, whether you’re black, white, christian, muslim, jewish, hindu or any other type of culture or religion, as this makes up today's America. Don’t be afraid of your own roots, not only do they make you who you are through every single bit of you but the clash of different cultures, different people, bring
In 2010 my family arrived in America, the land of opportunity. However, those opportunities are not easy to achieve without being educated. When my family first rented an apartment, the bills required a check from a credit card or a money order. We were new to the system, so our only option was to make payments. We thought a bank account is to only save money in the bank, so we paid extra money every month on the bills through money orders, not just for the rent but other utilities as well. However, after learning how banks function in the class that my school offered, I have the knowledge on how to live life in America wisely.
I was surrounded by people who had poor attitude and did not care about anything. Getting ready to take the Troy Tech entrance exam I was clouded by negative thoughts about receiving that rejection letter. On exam day, my only thoughts was there was no way that I was smart enough to get into Troy. Before I even saw the test I was thinking that I would fail. This continued during the exam. There were some problems that brought my confidence up, however it was quickly pushed down by my negative mind. Couple weeks later, after I had completely forgot about the Troy Entrance Exam the letter was found in the mail. My mom gave it to me to open and I refused to open it saying, "what's the point of opening it when I already know I didn't get in?" A few minutes later my parents come into my room and had a talk with me. They told me that my attitude towards things was getting worse, and that I was going to fail all my high school classes at TROY if I kept this up. I did not know what to think; I got in? This was able to greatly boost my confidence level in myself and my negative thoughts did lessen, but it did not
up the phone and rang my Tom’s father to thank him, and for me and Tom