When I Came To America

In 2011, my parents and I came to America. The choice that my parents made had benefited my academic career. I have a better education here and schools in America helped me become a better 2learner. Education is an important part of one’s life. Without a good education, not everyone can achieve their lifelong goals that want to achieve someday. When I was living in India it was much more different studying there. The teachers in India, would not be as tough as the teachers here. Some teachers do not give any effort in wanting to help their students succeed. Eventually, my parents decided to come to America, to get a good career and help me succeed . When I came to America, it was an escape from the education that I was having before.

The reason I came the United States is for study. Same as millions international students, I choose American as a place where I attend college, there are two reasons make me made this decision. The first reason is that America has one of the best higher level education in the world. United States not only has best universities of the world, but also the whole nation’s universities have a better academic performance than rest of the world. So that I came to America for study in order to enhance myself. The second reason of I came to America is the competition in my country – China is intense. In the past year, there are 765 million students graduated from college, since the population of college students is super large, find an idea job in China

Amongst those people is my mother whom decided to come to america to give birth to an “American child”. She would often tell me the numerous jobs she worked to earn enough money to get the green card and bring us here. “You were suppose to be born in Dominican republic,” she would tell me, “but i brought us here weeks before your birth so that you can learn english and have the opportunity to be a successful american.” Because of those stories I felt as if it was my goal to someday make her proud. We are in America, therefore we have the opportunity to become whoever we want to be. Nothing can stop you as long as you work hard for it and that is what i will take advantage of.I want her to see me graduate from college and be yet another Latina in America making figures a day . That is my goal as a Dominican-American.

I remember a time I was overwhelmed with a load of things to do. The first time I came to America I was overwhelmed with the cutler with the people. The food, music, homes, and the rules made me feel uneasy about myself. I was sad and overwhelmed because I was not sure what I people expect me to be or do. Learning the language was the most overwhelming thing, simply because I wasn’t good at it. Everywhere I went people made fun of how I was speaking or saying the words. It was frustrating time of my life.

My parents raised me in a small town in the Philippines. We are not wealthy, but my parents provided us more than we need. In my country, if a family can eat three times a day, they are not considered poor. That is why some people there tend to leave the country for them to support their families. Since I was a child, going to America is one of my dreams. I immediately took the chance when my parents allowed me to study here. At first, I am so excited but as time goes by, I felt the sadness of being away from my family and friends. That is not enough reason for me to give up. I will become successful here in America because I am not afraid of failures, I am self-disciplined and lastly, I have set goals in

Warning! What you are about to read might get you frustrated and disappointed, but it’s just the truth. The American Dream, what every, or most Americans want, might sound like an average achievement. However, there are many challenges in reaching this special dream. “The house on Mango Street”, “Geraldo no last name”, “No speak English”, and “A smart cookie” are evidences that prove this statement. In addition, what are the obstacles in attaining this spectacular dream? Put beside all the effort you put into it, money, language, and education are major obstacles that will get in your way to accomplish this dream.

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My family and I came to America in the year 2003, and those few years afterward made me realized the tremendous amount of love my parents had for us. Although I was only three, I saw how my father worked long hours trying to keep a young family of five comfortable and safe. He taught me the importance of hard work and endurance. My mother taught me the importance of education. We came to America because due to her receiving a student visa to complete her Masters in Christian Theology and Social Work. She would come back to from long classes and pick us up from daycare. Although she was tired, she made sure that her family was fed and well. As soon as everyone was well, she would finish her homework. Her desk and computer were located in my

Even though my parents provide the roof above my head and the food on my table, I would consider myself the unofficial head of the house. Being the only child and the sole English speaker in an immigrant family, I have had to guide my parents through practically everything. When we came to America ten years ago and did not know anything, my parents turned to their friends and community centers. As I learned more English, my parents stopped depending on friends and translators and started putting all the letters on my desk. I got used to explaining the phone bills and our health plan options, and writing their checks and filling out my mom’s EDD forms became second nature. Getting used to all of it, though, does not make it easy. I remember

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