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Traveling to a new country and you don’t have any experience with this country it will be hard to adapt with it immediately. For instance, when you travel to a new country you will have some struggles and pressures. The time I felt pressured to fit in when I went to a public school (north high) the first day I felt uncomfortable, worry, fears, and pride. Going to American school at first time you come to a new country; you will feel uncomfortable because you don’t know how to treat the people. I went to this school with no language, and I didn’t know anybody or anything about the school or how I go to my classes. First day in the school was hard for me because everybody had a friend, talking, and joking with the teachers except …show more content…

I was dreaming to go to American schools because it will take me to achieve my dreams. But every day I feel uncomfortable more everything is new! The words I memorize it when I want to talk with the teacher I forgot how to say it. All my teachers were good; they helped me a lot, and they knew I have a dream to achieve it. I didn’t talk a lot or joking with them because everyone sees me they said you are a mature not a teenager; you are thinking in this age is an effective way. First day when I was in the school I was terrified about everything. I was thinking about how I will pass this year and how ill acheive my goals with this little English? How I start talking and making a friend? I was confused a lot with all this imagination. I was looking about everybody how they were talking with their friends and joking with the teachers. How I will study all these books? What about the teachers? I can’t understand anything what they are talking about. I was thinking this was too hard to me to adapt with this new situation. Thinking hard and forward to my future but it was a bound between my goals and this situation. Will I

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