Coming from a small country in west Africa called Ghana, it was my dream to travel to a place where they have everything, countries like the United States, England were on top of my list. When I watch movies and documentaries from these parts of the world on television, I have this great images in my head how these countries would look like, these places have great opportunities that my country otherwise would never have, example are better job, good pay and better living standards. In August 2008, I was one of the few students who were very fortunate to be chosen to travel to the United State to study and work with Walt Disney World, it was a new program that my school has just introduced. When I heard the news I couldn’t wait to get home
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I couldn’t believe my dream was about to come true, I called my parents and told them the good news and they were beyond excited for me. This was the best day of my life, I couldn’t believe I actually have a visa to travel to the United States of America. Now that I have secured my visa, I have to think of what am going to pack to travel with, right when I got home I went through my closet and found couple of dresses that were pretty nice. In the following month which was September, I booked my flight and it was to time to leave and head on to a country that I do not have any relative but at least I had other school mates that I was traveling with, I was happy about it and it didn’t make me feel alone. The day to travel came and some of my families went with me to the airport to wish me a safe flight, I couldn’t help but to cry when I hugged them, after all the goodbyes I head on to board the plane I didn’t realize how big the airplane actually was, it was a non-stop fifteen hours long trip. When the plane finally landed in Florida, I was very exhausted but it didn’t matter because I was just excited to be in a different country, since it was a group of us that were on the same …show more content…
I was making $6 an hour and I had to work three days a week and two days for classes. Even though the money wasn’t enough it wasn’t a big deal for me I was good with budgeting and staying within my means, I was just happy to be in America. I was assigned to work at the Walt Disney All Star Resort as an Arcade attendant, this place is well kept and the people there were very nice everyone had smile on their face, they were very warm and accepting, I met with manager who introduced me to my trainer on the job, I was taught how to fix tickets in the gaming machine, how to operate and how to calculate the points for the prizes the customers will be wining. I was a bit nervous at first because I didn’t know anything about handling money, changes and what to expect, fortunately for me my trainer made sure that I understood everything and he stayed with me throughout my shift which I was very
I couldn’t believe my dream was about to come true, I called my parents and told them the good news and they were beyond excited for me. This was the best day of my life, I couldn’t believe I actually have a visa to travel to the United States of America. Now that I have secured my visa, I have to think of what am going to pack to travel with, right when I got home I went through my closet and found couple of dresses that were pretty nice. In the following month which was September, I booked my flight and it was to time to leave and head on to a country that I do not have any relative but at least I had other school mates that I was traveling with, I was happy about it and it didn’t make me feel alone. The day to travel came and some of my families went with me to the airport to wish me a safe flight, I couldn’t help but to cry when I hugged them, after all the goodbyes I head on to board the plane I didn’t realize how big the airplane actually was, it was a non-stop fifteen hours long trip. When the plane finally landed in Florida, I was very exhausted but it didn’t matter because I was just excited to be in a different country, since it was a group of us that were on the same …show more content…
I was making $6 an hour and I had to work three days a week and two days for classes. Even though the money wasn’t enough it wasn’t a big deal for me I was good with budgeting and staying within my means, I was just happy to be in America. I was assigned to work at the Walt Disney All Star Resort as an Arcade attendant, this place is well kept and the people there were very nice everyone had smile on their face, they were very warm and accepting, I met with manager who introduced me to my trainer on the job, I was taught how to fix tickets in the gaming machine, how to operate and how to calculate the points for the prizes the customers will be wining. I was a bit nervous at first because I didn’t know anything about handling money, changes and what to expect, fortunately for me my trainer made sure that I understood everything and he stayed with me throughout my shift which I was very