How To Write An Essay About Moving To American Culture

I walked into the classroom and took a seat next to a chubby Asian boy. It was my first day in my new school and it had only been three days since we had moved to America. The classroom was decorated with the essence of childhood. There were posters that announced the alphabet, numbers one through ten, and shelves upon shelves of books filled with colorful pictures that were carefully put together in a worn out shelf in the corner of the classroom. Ms. Ellis was my teacher that year, a short rotund woman with olive skin and a pixie hair cut. She began her ‘’Welcome to First Grade’’ introduction and as I listened, I surveyed my classmates. It was rather a diverse environment and not what I was used to back home.

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Studying in America for a couple of years I got to see different cultures and people from different parts of the world that each had their own unique outlook on life. After coming back to Turkey, although I was delighted to find myself in the company of an entirely new group of friends, it was difficult to adjust to the heavy workload the students were given in school. In Turkey, they give importance solely to grades and standardized testing, which prevents students from having a well rounded background and education. Although the education system lacked giving students the chance to participate in social activities , fortunately the discussions we had in some high school classes were engaging, whether they were about politics or other interesting topics. These discussions also opened me up to new opinions and helped shape my thoughts in a variety of areas. When we had debates, I would be assigned a different topic each time. After research on my opinion of the subject, I would have to do the difficult task of thoroughly understanding the opposing perspective, thus strengthening not only my ideas on the subject but my ability to be empathetic to the other