Personal Essay About Moving To America

Growing up in Indonesia, it was very tough because my parents did not have great jobs and couldn’t provide food to the table every day but they worked and tried their hardest. Everyone in Indonesia dreams of coming to America because it is the land of opportunities, however, coming to America is not an easy process. In Indonesia, there wasn’t a public school system so the only form of education was through private school, which was highly inaccessible to many due to the high costs. Luckily, I received the opportunity to come to the United States and I never took that for granted because I saw how bad conditions can really be in less fortunate countries. I arrived to the states when I was 5 and enrolled in elementary school.

Being an American Simply put, the American concept is to do things better than everyone else. Discontent with how England ran things in their country, people traveled to America because they believed they could govern a better country than England could. When the colonists grew tired of how England ran things in the colonies, they drove them out by force, because they believed they could do things better. Serving 50 years as a federal judge, Learned Hand spoke out against dictatorships in his speech “The Spirit of Liberty”, “A society in which men recognize no check upon their freedom soon becomes a society where freedom is the possession of only a savage few; as we have learned to our sorrow.” Addressed in 1944, this line refers to Hitler and other dictators who were leading their countries terribly.

I can never have my father’s smile or my mother’s eyes, and my skin tone will never match their pale skin, even though I am their daughter. My parents’ DNA cannot be traced in my body nor my siblings’. Growing up in this family has given me a future I would never have had if I were not adopted. At the age 10, I saw the world from another perspective when my family and I embarked on a journey to adopt my younger sister. Traveling back to my birth country shaped me into the person I am today because I have become open-minded through having a better understanding of privileges and values.

The first eight years of my life, I spent in India where I was born. Growing up I was constantly reminded by my parents that I needed to make them proud by getting a good job and living a good lifestyle. They told me this because they did not want to see me live a hard life like they did. When I was nine years old, I moved from India to the United States of America. The reason why I moved to America was not because I was living a bad life in India, it was so that I could have a better education and more opportunities in life.

If I was asked what event in my life impacted me the most, then it will be the decision of moving to America. As Charlemagne says, “To have another language is to possess a second soul,” learning English and the American culture have gave me a different perspective of the world. I wouldn’t say how much it has changed me because when I look back at these years, I realized I am still the same person but I’ve made tremendous breakthroughs of finding myself.

People who move must adapt by changing their ideas because there is a difference between the two countries. When people move to another country, they will face much more complex situations. The most likely challenges they could face are the language barrier and finding a job. Loneliness is reasonable to feel lonely when moving to another country and away from friends and family, so they should expect to experience some sense of isolation. According to Max Stick, “Research suggests immigrants are one group that tend to report higher levels of loneliness; because of migration from one country to another, many experience social disruption and increased isolation….”

At the age of____, I left everything behind in Armenia and migrated into the United States of America to start a new life. Even though I love my paternal land and do not forget where I come from, the fact that I could pursue a career and become a productive member of the society encouraged me to move to America. To my great misfortune, I was persecuted for being politically active in my own country and I could no longer fight with the authorities for violating my civil rights. I had the potential of facing more dangerous situations than I was already in at the time. I am my parent’s first child

I want my future self to remember what I have gained by moving and living in the US. I moved to the US in the second semester of my freshman year of high school and it drastically changed my life. I was a kid that never really made my own choices or worked very hard for something. When I lived in Japan, I took an entrance test to go to the school that my parents wanted me to go to and took classes that were assigned to the school. I didn’t like to study, and I never studied hard before the test either, so I had many Cs in my grades.

I could feel all of their eyes on me, thinking of what to say to me. My aunt said to me in Arabic “Say whatever you want to say in any language you want.” I thought to myself I might as well speak gibberish at this point. I spoke about my favorite food and also how I felt about my broken Arabic. I also talked about how I sometimes didn't understand them and spoke broken Arabic.

Words cannot even begin to express the admiration and gratitude I possess towards my mother. From humble beginnings, she has completely transformed into a mentor and role model, not only for me, but also for countless people around her. In Korea, on February 15, 1973, my mom Patty was born. While she was in elementary school, her parents made the courageous and life changing decision of moving the entire family to America, hoping for a brighter future for their two children, my mom and her younger brother, Chris.

My Journey to America Moving from Nigeria to the United States permanently feels great, but at the same time it is sad leaving some of your loved ones and family behind. There are many events in life, which can change one’s way of thinking. As for me, one of the major changes in my life occurred when I moved from Africa to America. This change has entirely affected my personality positively. Why?

Made new friends and everything became much easier for me. The moral of this story was about moving to a new country and not knowing the language and the culture. When moving to a new country It won't be the same country you were back home. Its totally different. When coming to a new country you have to adopt with the new culture.

Mehmed II cleaned up the city and began building mosques, markets, water, fountains, baths,and other public facilities. Mehmed 2 encouraged people to move to Istanbul. Many Jewish people, who were cruelly oppressed in Western Europe, moved to Istanbul. For the next 200 years the Ottomans will be a significant power in Middle East. Solemn the Magnificent.

Cultural Experience For my cross-cultural experience I decided to have lunch at an ethnic restaurant. I went to Gourmet India Restaurant in Downtown San Diego. I chose this restaurant because it was rated four out of five stars online with 593 reviews, and the pictures showed they had traditional seating on the floor. When I arrived it was a beautifully colored with traditional seating which, when I told my mother and boyfriend that is where we would be sitting, the both looked at me and asked if I was serious.

“Travelling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta. My passion is learning about life through travelling and exploring new things. It excites me when I visit new places, learn about different cultures, and see other people live a life that is different from mine. I just love to travel because it makes me realize that the world is so beautiful and there is so much to admire and treasure.