ipl-logo

Personal Statement: Moving To The United States

600 Words3 Pages

NO THANKSUSE THE APP

Personal Statement GROUP DYNAMICS

Elys Diaz
Personal Statement
June 27th 2010, was the day my life completely began to drastically change. At 11 years old, I left the Dominican Republic, my native country, and immigrate to the United States. I had no idea that coming to the United States of America would have such an impact on my life. Moving to the USA changed my life, me and probably my future!
After almost four years, I still have flashbacks to the most frustrating years of my life. In particular my first school year in a new country. I remember myself coming home and wanting to cry my heart out and give up on everything, because I didn't thought I was going to make it. Coming from a Spanish speaking country, not knowing english made everything more difficult. It was tough not being able to speak my mind, because of the lack of language. I think about how many times I knew the answers of the teacher's questions, but couldn't say it. Because of my inability of being able to communicate, I didn't have as many friends as i used to have. I missed my friends and at the time it was almost impossible to make new ones. Although, most of the people knew I couldn't speak english they were friendly and tried to talk to me. However, hands signals did not always worked out to communicate! That made me more homesick. …show more content…

I began to learned English. It was complicated and challenging to do so. Since my parents didn't know English neither, making the only opportunity to learn english in school, with the help of teachers and friends. The new language was not the only reason that I could have had giving up for at the the time. The unfamiliar traditions and eccentric society, also seemed to be a problem. Eventually I continue to learn about the American culture and became more familiar with it. After a while I became more comfortable at what now is my new home. I don’t longer be as homesick as

Show More
Related

Summary Of The Professor Is A Drop Out By David Sedaris

498 Words | 2 Pages

Have you ever had an obstacle that you had to overcome in learning a different language? In David Sedaris “Me Talk Pretty One Day” and Beth Johnson’s “The Professor is a Drop Out”, the individual’s trials are homogeneous in many ways, this stems from them being older students attempting to learn a different language.  David Sedaris expresses the difficulties in learning French in a French-speaking nation, author Beth Johnson take the reader on a journey into the life of Lupe Quintanilla the reader learns of her struggles to learn English when she and her family moved to Texas.   Both texts show the hurdles that these two people had to embark upon while being insecure in an environment that didn’t prioritize their native languages. But victoriously,

Read More

The New Bathroom Policy At English High School, By Richard Rodriguez And Martin Espada

806 Words | 4 Pages

Being born to parents who speak Chinese, my first language was Chinese. Growing up, I struggled learning the complex language of English. I had to be in ELD, English Literacy Development, class for years and only until I went to middle school, did I not go to ELD anymore. I was relentlessly made fun of for my grammar in school and I was always afraid to bring Chinese food for lunch because I was scared of people making fun of me.

Read More

Compare And Contrast Hunger Of Memory And Mother Tongue

634 Words | 3 Pages

He came home from school one day, his parents were talking. It wasn’t until after they had switched to English that he realized they had been speaking Spanish. Now you would think having been born to English speaking parents, here in the United States, that I wouldn’t understand a language barrier. Growing up I watched my cousin struggle to communicate with others. He lost his hearing when he was 5 years old.

Read More

Comparing Learning To Read 'By Malcolm X And One Voice'

818 Words | 4 Pages

I too had people laugh at the way I spoke due to my poor speech, I could relate to Susan Madera when she said “being bilingual was not a blessing, it was a curse” (Madera 1). I eventually was able to learn and speak the “proper English”. I feel different about being bilingual now. I am fortunate to be able to juggle two different languages. My journey didn’t stop there I still had a lot more to learn, I would soon find out in middle school that it was only

Read More

Language Differences: Similarities Between Iraq And Minnesota

356 Words | 2 Pages

For me it was hard to understand the language and the writing and in there you have to learn the language. When I was a kid my parents taught me the language and writing. But we did not read any books at all and it was not good for me. And it was fun to learn my language but I’m forgetting the language.

Read More

Vietnamese Immigrant Experience

266 Words | 2 Pages

My parents were rubber tree farmers. The government owns the trees so we didn’t make much money. Every day after school, I had to go and help my parents at the farm. I didn’t have time to study for another language at home; beside, my schools didn’t allow me to take an English class. The simple reason was that I’m not a teacher’s kid.

Read More

Ethnography Of English Language Essay

1594 Words | 7 Pages

No more local television, no more songs in Spanish , nothing, everything was in English. I decided that I was not gonna make a fool again, and I worked as hard as I could, day and night, every time that I could I would try to perfectionate my English and in a year I had almost perfected it. It was not an easy road, for I was excluded from a lot of things, for my prefer to learn English. My family would give me weirds look and called me “ la gringa”, this term ,if you did not know, was to offend me, only for wanting to learn English.

Read More

Moving To America Personal Statement

353 Words | 2 Pages

My background is mostly rooted in West Africa. I was born and raised in Nigeria until I was five years, then I came to the United States in 2002 with my parents. My parents grew up in families of poor villages, and I too was born into a life of daily struggles. In 2002, when my father’s dream finally came through, we arrived in the U.S. I was five years old, unable to comprehend the significance of my family’s move. When I came to America, I spoke two languages, English and Igbo.

Read More

Personal Narrative: My Life Being Bilingual

1128 Words | 5 Pages

Life being Bilingual When my family came to the United States from Laos, I was four years old. At that age, I had no idea that English would be the primary language taught and spoken in America. I did not understand it until my parents registered me for Kindergarten. I only spoke my native language, no one in my family knew how to speak English. It was a difficult time in my life because I couldn’t understand what everyone was saying at school or when I was being talked to, I also wasn’t sure how to ask or respond to my teacher and classmates.

Read More

Mexican Immigration To America

1749 Words | 7 Pages

They told me that it was really hard to communicate with people that spoke English because they didn’t know not even a little of English. They never learned English in Mexico because my dad went only as far as second grade and then he stopped going to school because my grandma told him that it would be better if you just started working. And he did, he would sell bread around his little town. It’s not a coincidence that he now works in a baking factory my mom also dropped out from school to work also.

Read More

Essay About Moving To America

646 Words | 3 Pages

Language wasn’t a huge problem; however the fear of talking to a new bunch of people was the problem that was stopping me from reaching new heights. It was really hard for me to make any connection with the people here. As everyone says that time heals everything and as time passed by, I started getting used to everything here. My mom took me to Cici’s pizza once. I was amazed by the unique taste that I had apart from my rice and lentils.

Read More

A Narrative Essay About Being American

890 Words | 4 Pages

It was not easy only knowing one language and going to a school that couldn't understand me and I couldn't understand them. My mother is Hondurena and my father is Mexicano both different but want the same thing. I grew up in America with my mother always talking to me in spanish so I would learn how to read, write and speak it. It was my first language I didn't know english at all I would always talk in spanish at home. I may have been born here but I am very much closer to my hispanic roots more than I am American.

Read More

Essay On Immigrant Experience

475 Words | 2 Pages

By the time I graduate high school, I will already have my college associate degree that I will have earned through my hard work and dedication. Even though I went through a lot at such a young age, it has shaped me in every possible way. I was exposed to a whole different language and culture, but I was able to succeed through my strong desire of success and dedication. I am thankful for every challenge that I had to go through because if it was not for them, I would not be the person I am

Read More

Personal Statement Of Purpose: Moving To The United States

668 Words | 3 Pages

Focusing on the process of manufacturing in order to make it more efficient is what I am interested in and that makes me want to transfer to the department of industrial engineering. Although, I have been living in the United States for only three years and English is my second language, I have been studying hard and overcome my obstacles by getting a good standing GPA. Through my determination, commitment, and problem solving skill according to my academic works and life experiences, I would like to say that I could make myself become a good engineer. Moving from my home country, Thailand, to the United States was the most difficult thing I have ever done.

Read More

Personal Essay: Growing Up In The US

742 Words | 3 Pages

also, there was one thing that most of us couldn’t do very well which was reading and writing. We had a lot of trouble reading emails, reading books, and even interacting with civilians. As a result, we had to rely on our father who also didn’t speak much English to help us get started. In addition to coming to the U.S, I also remember the first time I and my sister was going to school.

Read More

More about Personal Statement: Moving To The United States

Related Topics

Open Document