College Admissions Essay: Moving To A Different Country
Without being born in a different country and having to move to a different country in the first five years of my life, I wouldn’t be the person I am today. I had difficulties with the language barrier and being different from the other kids made me realize that, from a young age, being different made me special. I moved from Roxas City, Philippines to Lebanon, New Hampshire in 2005. At the age of five, I travelled with my mom, dad, and little sister. I had already started my education in the Philippines. The school system begins earlier than in the United States and by the time I arrived in New England I had year of learning Tagalog, the filipino dialect. I was placed in an English Language Learning program at school, but would be speaking
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Growing up in a world that feels unwelcoming at such a young age, shapes a person in a way that makes her become more open with how she views the world. I believe that people who take things for granted and without having that restriction or worry become spoiled in the world. I didn't realize then, as a six year old, that I should have been grateful and lucky to be bilingual, that being different wasn’t bad, but special. Even today I have times when I feel that uneasy emotion of not being part of the group. I can’t change the person I was born as, where I was born, who I was going to live with or even have that decision to move across the world. Being different at a young age made me more aware and intrigued to learn. I was shy, introverted, and truly outcast from my classes. Through the years, I taught myself to learn something new each day and set small goals to try to talk to people, to get to know someone. Today, with telling myself to talk to classmates and teachers, I’ve gained long lasting friends who I can always go to with my
Growing up in a world that feels unwelcoming at such a young age, shapes a person in a way that makes her become more open with how she views the world. I believe that people who take things for granted and without having that restriction or worry become spoiled in the world. I didn't realize then, as a six year old, that I should have been grateful and lucky to be bilingual, that being different wasn’t bad, but special. Even today I have times when I feel that uneasy emotion of not being part of the group. I can’t change the person I was born as, where I was born, who I was going to live with or even have that decision to move across the world. Being different at a young age made me more aware and intrigued to learn. I was shy, introverted, and truly outcast from my classes. Through the years, I taught myself to learn something new each day and set small goals to try to talk to people, to get to know someone. Today, with telling myself to talk to classmates and teachers, I’ve gained long lasting friends who I can always go to with my