on the way I asked my father to once more regale me with the tale of America‚ he cleared his throat as my brother closed his book‚ a rare occurrence‚ his soft voice disrupting the quiet call of night‚ “In America everyone is well‚” he called recited softly‚ “no one is hungry. In America‚ everyone has the opportunity to chase their dreams‚ no matter how foolish.” At this point even our mother’s
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one of those days that I went‚ my friend‚ America was also there. She was younger than me and always wore her hair up in ponytails and sometimes wore a small bow in her hair. I only ever saw her in church and church related things. So we never talked during church because then Father Mac‚ the pastor who was somewhat bald‚ and he just started preaching there a while back‚ would literally stop church to call those who made any type of noise out. So when America and I finally got a chance to talk and play
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was better for my future that I finish high school in America. I was thrilled‚ but at the same time I knew coming to America meant starting over. Leaving my country‚ my family‚ my friends‚ and my culture was the hardest thing I had to do in my life. After living two years away from parents‚ now I can say that the sacrifice was worth it. Being in a new cultural setting can be intimidating at first‚ but is also very exciting. Living in America gave me an opportunity to develop new strengths‚ and
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Immigrated to America When was your biggest event that made you really nervous? In 2013‚ on Monday. I was in 5th grade‚ I went to the school as usual‚ and I was really tired after school. At this point‚ I did not even think that my father is going to tell us about going to America. “We are going to America this summer.” I heard my sister screaming and saying‚ “ Are you serious!? That’s so coool!!” happily‚ but I could not be excited like her. I immediately thought about how my school life in America is going
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The New America The fake grass was deeply green like usual‚ the sun continued to shine like it did everyday till 7 o’clock sharp‚ and as everyone wore their dull white shirts‚ I thought to myself “why did our society end up so euphoric?” Was I the only one who thought about the world before “The great crisis” or did someone else think the same way as me? It was 5080 and “the great crisis” happened about 300 years ago way before I was born‚ no one ever speaked of the old America‚ because it was
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After drowning in my thoughts‚ I decided to sacrifice my pleasure to own my future. My Dad’s imagination of America became distorted after my accidents and it would take a hiatus in Spain before I would finalize my decision to make the United States my home. After realizing that Spain made things impossible to acquire a decent education‚ I knew I had to go back to America. Even though my family had money‚ they disapproved of my willingness‚ and they decided to cut ties with me financially
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packed up all my belongings and was so excited about moving to America. I thought about all the successes I had had in Africa. I had received my Associates degree in Special Education from the University of lagos‚ in the South West of Nigeria. I had achieved a level I never thought possible by making my childhood dreams come true. I was active and life was good‚ but I wanted the opportunity to better myself by continuing my education in America. I had been praying for the many years to move to the United
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the difficulties waiting for me in the United States. It’s been almost two years since I first arrived America‚ adapting to its cultures. Through many difficulties‚ I learn we have to embrace opportunities and deal with challenges to grew up. In the first year of college‚ I had to face many new things. I felt nervous and a little excited. I thought‚ “ it’s my first semester of college in America‚ try being open-minded.” I imagined many bad and good situations‚ and how to deal with them because I thought
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before. How would you feel at that time? That was my story of the first days I lived in America. To me‚ those days were the most difficult time in my life up to now. Sometime‚ I even felt very stressful because of struggling with my new life. However‚ I did learn of lot from that. Now‚ I am going to tell you how I experienced the stressful time and some useful ways that I did to reduce my stress. I moved to America with my family two years ago. The first couple months of my new life were not easy at
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Bands of America was very cool this year! The bus ride went very well‚ only problem being that every bump hit would rewind the movie that was playing. Once we got there everything went very smoothly. I got to help the band moms put the hat boxes in order! Warm ups there were a lot of jitters in the air it seemed‚ but not bad ones. Waiting to get on the field was extremely nerve wracking. But‚ once we got on the field everything seemed nice and mellow‚ like we were back on the field at home‚ it just
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