Personal Experience of Moving to America

Personal Experience of Moving to America - Essay

I was 15 years old when I found out about us moving to America. I did not like the idea, because I started to think about leaving my country, my friends, and how everything was going to change. After thinking about the positive aspects of moving to America I agreed and we moved to America when I was 18. My whole world changed when I first entered in United States of America; not because it was a completely new country, but because it was a completely new culture. It was the first time I had really seen a totally new world and thought how life can change suddenly. Furthermore, that, I was scared when I first walked into Bristol Community College because Everything was different, from the language to the clothes. I felt like I was alone because, I did not know anyone. I felt like I was starting my life all over again, and just thinking about how I was going to survive my first day made my day disheartening. After feeling miserable all day at school, I came home to my parents greeting me and asking me about how my first day was. I told them everything that I went through in school, they didn’t seem to be upset about it at all. Instead, they were excited, which made me question them about why they were not upset about it?

That day my mother told me something I will never forget, she told me that it was just a beginning of my life. Life is full of challenges and by facing those challenges you grow stronger and wiser. If you only focus on the negative things in life you will not only be able to succeed but, you will become weak. It made me think of all the times my parents could have just stopped caring about everything, my siblings and me. They went through a lot of struggles in life to raise us to be a good person and still kept a smile on their faces, because they loved us, and they still do. It made me realize that even though they barely speak English, they still moved to America for us, they abandoned their friends and family so that I could have a better life and a good education. That day I asked myself, “Who am I to cry over starting a school in a new country when my parents have it a lot harder than I do?” That day I realized that all I had to worry about was to study in a new school in a different country, while they had to worry about much bigger problems, such as finding jobs, buying a house, and putting food on the table. Despite all the struggle they had to go through, they were still happy and looking towards the bright side of the situation.

That day I decided to not let anything or anyone bring me down. The thought of struggling and starting over no longer haunted me, and instead it made me kind of excited for newer challenges coming on my way. The little things that bothered me disappeared, and instead I started to look at life differently. I started to think positive in my life. I realized I just had to make the best of the two worlds I was stuck in between. I realized how instead of looking at the bad things in life, I should start looking at the positive things that can bring smile on my face.

I will always be thankful for my parents, who have helped and showed me what life really is and how thinking positive about life can make a huge difference. Now my goal is to become a good and successful person and to able to show everyone, especially my parents what they have taught me by respecting and helping everyone, and by getting the highest education possible so that all they have endured can brings happiness in the end.