Personal Narrative: How American Way Of Life Has Changed My Life

Coming to the United States has changed my life. When I was in my country, life wasn't easy for me. My dad used to live in the U.S I was in Dominican Republic. Because my dad was in the U.S it was difficult for me, brother and sister. My mom didn't get pay a lot and food were really expensive. After I came to the U.S I saw a lot change I my life. Many people in my country used to tell me that U.S is one of the best place to live. United States have all the opportunity such as a good education, a lot jobs and easy way to

Until now my experiences in this country had been very special to me. For the first time, I had to be away from my family. I was forced to make every decision without being reliant on the wisdom of elders. For the first time, I saw and spoke to

Coming to the U.S. has changed my life. Since I arrived at the Newark Airport few year ago. This coming to the U.S. has changed my life forever. Going to school in the U.S. was an important change in my life. Learning English and communicating with people made me know many interesting parts of American way of life. For example, I like to watch a history movie with friends or visit a museum with friends. These can helping me improve my knowledge of the American culture and understanding more English. To having something to interesting is made my life to have fun.

As far as I am concerned, moving to the United States has taught me a lot. Indeed, even though I had already come to this country several times before for vacation, there are a lot of aspects that I had not thought about. For instance, its people, their mentalities, the culture, the system especially in education. When I first arrived, I had a hard time transitioning from the French to the American system. In addition, the

I came to US during my 8th grade and that was a life changing moment in my life. It was first time traveling aboard and that also not for a trip but for to permanent settlement. I was nervous my whole time been in the plane that how I will cope up with new environment and with bunch of English speakers. I got more. When it came pilot call for, that it's time to land on the Detroit Airport, tighten your seatbelts and be relax. As soon as the plane landed on American soil, I knew that this was the place where I’d to start a new life. Even though I knew America is the “Land of Opportunity”, everything here seemed so strange to me, the streets, the language and the people that was my first time traveling abroad.

Studying in a foreign country is an interesting experience of an individual lifetime. One tends to learn a number of things relating to ways of life in a foreign land. Social, political and economic values and aspects are usually different from one region to another. Therefore, through studying abroad one is able to learn different issues about another society such as gender and sexuality issues, social class and race/ethnicity issues. Having come from a developing country studying in the U.S.A has been a great experience personally. This paper will attempt to provide a reflection of my personal experience on studying in the U.S by comparing the history of Angola and the U.S.

Growing up in Ghana, I had heard a lot of things about the U.S. This was a country I had always wanted to visit; my prayer was answered when I got the opportunity to travel there. Arriving in a new environment came with many experiences. Adjusting with food, language and the weather was not easy. With the passage of time, however I have been able to0 adjust and fit it. This write-up therefore is to elaborate on my experiences since coming to U.S.

Stepping out of my first plane ride, I experience an epiphany of new culture, which seems to me as a whole new world. Buzzing around my ears are conversations in an unfamiliar language that intrigues me. It then struck me that after twenty hours of a seemingly perpetual plane ride that I finally arrived in The United States of America, a country full of new opportunities. It was this moment that I realized how diverse and big this world is. This is the story of my new life in America.

I didn’t believe in aliens until I was abducted by them. I was put in some kind of contraption and I’m not sure what happened exactly, but it’s clear that I’m not where I was. Everything in 2016 is different, I don’t know if I’m in a different state or not but people are dressing differently and acting differently, and the cars, the cars are all different! I’ve been here for quite some time now and have noticed a lot of differences from where I lived in Oceanside, California in 1940. I’ve been transported to the year 2016 and there are so many things that have changed and evolved and among them are political, economic, social, and cultural changes.

Growing up from a Caribbean background, moving to America and getting a better life has always been a strong influence for me, it has taught me that there are a lot of opportunities here, in America, that I should appreciate and that I should try and tackle headfirst. From seeing my parents stress the importance of knowledge and education, to seeing some of my family members waste their time and not become anything of their selves, I have a special look at both sides of how coming to America, the land of opportunity, can make or break you. This influences me to strive and take any opportunity that can help me become a more knowledgeable and woke individual and use it to my advantage.

It is through the events in the journey of life that shapes and molds who we are as people. As for me, immigrating to America was one of those milestones that have shaped who I am. Those who have had the opportunity of moving from a different country to America know what a privilege it is. I felt the same honor to know that I would be journeying to the land of opportunity. Without hesitance, I spent the last two months packing and making the final preparations before moving to a new continent. Although it was a bittersweet time, leaving my beloved family behind, I knew that I couldn’t resist the treasure that waited for me in the new land. Coming from a developing nation the high level of sophistication that greeted me on arrival to

Arriving to the United States was a significant event to me because it made see myself, as well as the world around me from an entirely different viewpoint. I came from a country where violence is the answer to everything. I was astonished to see a country with unity and peace when I arrived to the United States. I even noticed tremendous difference culturally and in religious aspects as well. However, there was enormous difference between the American traditional food and my traditional food. Getting used to the many different names of pork was quite a bit challenging since there is more than one name for it. My culture and religion does not allow me to eat pork because it is forbidden. After arrival I remember having very difficulty understanding and speaking English. However; with the help of my teachers at school and tutors and self study, I was able to speak in English and understand after couple of years. In high school I have challenged myself by taking advanced courses, being an English learner it was very challenging but deep inside I knew that it takes hard work and determination to accomplish what you truly want in life. Believing that no one can stop me from becoming what I want, kept me

Twelve years ago, my life changed forever. Giddy with the idea of a new opportunity, my family made the decision pick up our lives in Fujisawa, Japan, and fly to the other side of the world. As a seven year old girl, I was oblivious to the hardships that awaited me in America. In school, language forged a towering barrier between me and the rest of my classmates, where my inability to communicate and understand American culture left me without a single companion. Although I became accustomed to the language overtime, my disconnect with American culture still restricted my ability to connect with my peers. In this time of anguish, I created my first social media account, Facebook, at the suggestion of my mother. While the sudden influx of information

Although I spent my life longer in America, I cannot remove my memories of the country smaller than California. In Korea, we lived in a 20-story apartment. Elevators were used daily, and the feeling of a ghost following me scared me constantly. That was the time when I was so positive that ghosts existed and the distance from the first floor to the 20th one didn’t help at all. As soon as I got off, I’d run into my home, scared to look back. The first visible room was our room - the one my sister and I shared. Although my memories are faint, I can clearly remember the bright light shining into the room. However, I did not spend much time in this stuffy area. Right out of it, there was the living room. The television played all day, filling up

My parents were more apprehensive than me. They believed that their son would return a much fairer, different, open and heavily accented individual. They had seen such stories multiple times on the television screen, and heard of it from other people, but never imagines it might happen to them as well. Irrespective of their presumptions, I ended up encountering many new places and experiences in just 6 months into this country. In this short span, I saw a tennis grand slam final, surfed, skied, gambled and even flew a plane for the first time visiting 6 main US cities across the country.