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
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“Danny‚ Danny wake up time start packing!” Screamed Mom. “What we’re packing today.” I yelled back. “Yes Danny” Mom Replied. As I got dressed think about moving to America‚ I remembered that I had my soccer championship on Saturday. I ran down stairs to tell my Mom that I had my soccer championship. She said that we a moving on Friday and I am sorry we are going to miss the soccer match. “No no no no” I screamed “Please mom can we stay until next week.” "Sorry Danny we already booked our flights
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“We’re moving to America tomorrow” was what my mother said to me on April 21‚ 2007. I was playing with my toys when she told me the news and considering we had regularly joked about moving to America for as long as I could remember‚ I thought she was just messing with me. The next day‚ I realized that she was serious than ever. It all seemed to happen so fast. I had so many questions running through my head and experienced so many emotions at once; fear‚ excitement‚ confusion. It felt unreal.
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Pros and Cons of moving to America as compared to Southeast Asia Moving to the United States is a dream for many families living abroad‚ especially those living in third world countries. For most‚ United States holds the keys to a better future‚ higher living standard‚ and of course freedom. As a twenty year old‚ southeast Cambodian and was fortunate enough to move here‚ I would like to offer the advantages of living in the United States as compare to living in Cambodia. Education If you are
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that we should move with him to Anaheim‚ California. My mom and I did not want to leave Mexico‚ but my eight year old sisters did not mind moving to America. I did not want to move because I was afraid of losing my childhood friends and my old lovely grandparents. My mom and I decided not to leave that year; however‚ my sisters wanted to move with my dad to America. They wanted to move with my dad because they had only seen my dad twice in their eight years of life‚ which were during their third and
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Pong Suk and use him as an interpreter. After the war he came to America with a military student visa. Chapter 2 follows the Alarcon family move to America from Bolivia‚ but only because of their grandma Edu. Edu wants to work in the big city to earn money‚ she is still a teenager. She’s a very good worker‚ and stayed living in the city. Later she moved to La Paz‚ the capital. Her children and grandchildren all moved to America and then Edu moved with
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Problems are a part of life and they mould our lives in turn. Finding solutions to those problems helps us keep moving and can be rewarding‚ most of the time. One of the problems that I faced in my life and could successfully overcome was getting on with my English skill after I migrated to US in order to settle here permanently. Because‚ English wasn’t my first language and the American accent was new to me‚ I had problems conversing with people here. I emigrated from India seven years ago with
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In 1972 the Iranian family‚ the Dumas‚ had moved to America for a brief time. In this time young Firoozeh lived in Whittier‚ California and was attending a public school there. After her short stay there she could only remember the positives from her stay‚ but she could also remember how her ancestors were treated when they first immigrated to America. When the first wave of Islamics had moved to America‚ they were not treated the best. My perception of the Dumas tells me that they might have
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we’re growing older by the days because it makes us who we are. Different people have their own different lives to live‚ so of course everyone’s story is not the same. As for me‚ the one watermark that I still remember until now was when I moved to America back in 2008‚ because it has changed my life forever. I was still naive‚ sensitive and carefree back in 2008‚ simply because I was a seven years old girl. My life was mainly just eat‚ sleep‚ go to school‚ ‚ and play‚ just like most children in Vietnam
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the airport terminal. My mother and I immigrated to America when I was a small child from Taishan‚ China. She aimed to remove me from a life where society would limit my options and ostracize me due to my father’s blindness from Retinitis Pigmentosa and the family’s lack of proper education. My father was willing to let go of his only child because he‚ too‚ knew it would open infinite opportunities for me to succeed. Though my new life in America seemed prosperous at first‚ I soon realized I needed
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