Independence is something thаt Ι hаve worked hаrd to achieve. My mom always said that ever since young age I have been very strong minded and did not like to rely on anyone for help. In the summer of 1994 my parents divorced and in the search of a better life, my father and I moved to United States. Ι was 18 years old. The decision…
Its freedom from the control, influence, support or the like of others. People who independent are confident, happy, creative, and have a high self-esteem, who do not rely on others, but instead expect others to rely on them ask for their help. For example a mother in and independent woman her family and children depend on her.…
Independence is the degree to which we rely on others. You can be independent mentally and…
A very good morning to our lecturer and my fellow audience. Today, I would like to deliver a speech on a topic that is “homesickness.”…
What are the best and worst things about living away from home? Living far away from home, even for a short period, can be fascinating, exciting and unforgettable, but at the same time it has vary effects on our life especially international students. One of the positive effects is teaching us the precious lesson of grow up as a person. Whenever you step out of your home and approach to a new country, that means you have to say good bye the comfortable life and get into a life full of duties. You have to learn how to do things by yourselves, start worrying about every phase of our life, from vast parts to smaller tasks such as balancing my checkbook for not to be in the red. I have never done this in my country before. While I stay with my family, I don’t even think about my balance because I am youngest in my family, so everyone tries to take care of me very well. They think, I’m still young for response payments by myself. I’m kind of not being aware to spend money. I mean, I just buy whatever I think it is so important things to me without considering the price carefully. But it doesn’t work at here. Everything costs an arm and a leg. The price is totally different from my country. In fact, it charge me double price. Moreover, your independence behavior will grow inside of you. You have to organize your life and be responsible to your housework; cleaning the room, doing your washing up, or cooking your own meal. Being self-discipline and responsible will help you go through independence life and achieve it. For instance, at here (USA.), I can do whatever I want. No one will complain me as I stay at home. This is good for your privacy. You are able to wake up whenever you want to and come home at late night. No one will report you to your parents. Besides, you can decide every…
Secondly, Many students are afraid of living alone. In other words, they don't have self-reliance, they cannot do their daily duties such as doing laundry, cooking, and paying bills. However, self-reliance depends on the person. Many students are studying abroad and living their lives simply and with no problems at all, because they used to be independent in their lives before they traveled from their country. In addition, some students have become independent after they experienced living alone in another country; so we don't have to worry about it.…
On the other hand, studying abroad also means that we will be far away from home, Far away from daddy, far away from mommy. The fear of being alone for the first time and missing the comfort of home can lead to negative effects on fresh students studying abroad.…
Another difference is the familiarity in my daily life. Studying abroad could make me feel strange because I am not familiar with those places. The lifestyle might be different from my country and also the food that I have not tried before. Unlike studying abroad, in my home country, I feel more comfortable and more familiar because of the familiar places, lifestyle, and food that I am used to. However, some people still prefer to study abroad because they want to try the new things.…
One of the main skills of living in abroad is social skills. The way people who are living in the foreign country think must be changed. Foreign experiences improve one’s will power and ability of adjusting to a new environment and capability to overcome the several hard situations. For example, personalities and characters are changed to be individual person; when faced the difficult trouble, they will do all by themselves; less helps from their families and friends therefore feel more free to experiment with different ways of doing things. Living on their own, away from their families and friends, give them a lot of experiences toward organizing their life. Since it is up to they and no one else to go to school, clean their room, wash their clothes, and organize their expenses, so it is predictable that they will have a good strong meaning of responsibility, lead to be an independent person and broaden their narrow perspective.…
First of all, you will be more independent if you live on your own without any restriction of your parents. So you have the possibility to make your own decisions about where you want to go, what you want to do and with whom.…
Another effect of entering a university is learning how to live independently. During your years of studies, you will have to deal with plenty of quandaries and various tasks, and sometimes there won’t be anyone who will be able to help you or to do the work for you. In this case, you will develop the ability to make the right decisions and to act more independently, in this way taking you first steps towards adulthood.…
To many students coming from distant provinces, the experience of living away from home may be one of the best parts in their university life. This can be really unforgettable and exciting, and at the same time, it has a very important effect on students’ life, especially freshmen, as for many of whom, this is their first time living so far away from home in such a long period. To some extents, both trends have their own advantages and disadvantages which have the major effect on the final decision of each student on the threshold of their new life in the universities.…
One of the consequences of living abroad, is the difficult time one has to undergo by being far from his family and hometown. Living away from your family sometimes makes you feel homesick. Especially, when you face up some issues which you are unable to resolve and you have nobody to support you . That would make you realize how valuable your family is.…
Last but not least, the crucial advantage of pursuing studies in foreign universities is to be self- independent that is once students leave their cozy home, there will be no one to wash up their clothes, tidy up their messy room, prepare and cook delicious meal and no one to greet them good…
When I was a high school student, I never thought about life in university. Of course, I realized the fact that high school life and university life are different in many ways when I enter in university. These are self-management, regulation, and assignment.…