Education: The Process Of Adaptation To A New Culture

My mom brought me to the United States as a teenager. This was an extreme change in my life. Everything was new, and obviously learning a new language was a big challenge in my life. Referring to education, it was completely different from what the system of education was in my country was. Coming from a culture where parents encourage their children by telling them “Son, study to be someone in life” can cause confusion on what a good education means. This type of encouragement is absolutely wrong, and perhaps, it would take some preparation to be someone in life. I never knew if they meant that we needed to get money to be important and finally be someone in life, or maybe know more than others. Attending school was a big challenge for me. The lack of English and the deficient in the ESL programs in schools back then was what made me struggle during my school years.
I was fourteen years old and my summer vacations were about to be over. This was the best summer ever! Suddenly, …show more content…
In particular when they were coming from a different country, culture, and language. Parents should give more attention in how the adolescent is getting adapted to the new culture. Throwing an adolescent to new experience from a different culture and not helping them go through it can have bad consequences.The process of adaptation is not always smooth. Students can feel insecure in a completely new environment setting. It is important to mention that, high school experiences are about students learning to advocate for themselves. That is why parents should be more worried about the feeling of their children. The issue is that transition always involves loss, no matter how good the next phase will be. Loss always engenders grief and the greater one have loved a situation or place or people. As a consequence of all these factors, many teens decided to change the path of education and move on a different direction. After all I am one of