Essay About Moving To America

I have interviewed two individuals, who came to the U.S. from other countries. The first person is Anzhelika or I. I moved to the America from Ukraine a few years ago. When I first came here, I did not feel confident in myself. My English was not good enough, as I thought, to use it for communication with other people. Even though, I liked almost everything about the United States. I liked the transportation, the way people dress up, different kinds of food you can find in local stores, landscapes, buildings, etc. When I started to go out more and communicate with other people, I felt upset. I kept thinking that my English is horrible, especialle when people did not understand me, so I decided to remain silent as much as possible. I was angry …show more content…
I was annoyed by the fact that sometimes students have to work in groups during the lecture. I also did not like when Americans called me “a friend” even though I knew them for a few days or weeks. I thought that I will never get used to it. However, I did not want to go back to my country. Everything still seemed much better than in my own country. After a little bit more than a year of living in the United States, I finally become to calm down. I realized that there is nothing I can change in America. The only thing I could do is to make changes in myself. Besides, if I wanted to live a happy life in this country, I would have to somehow adapt to its customs and culture. The one thing that still did not change is that I am still afraid to speak English because it is not good enough yet. I like this country more now and I do not mind late and crowded buses anymore. I got used to the fact that strangers can greet me sometimes and ask how I am doing, even though it seemed weird for me at first and I could not understand why those people were even talking to me. There are still some things I have adjust to, but I do not find living in the U.S. as hard as I thought it