My First Day In My Life

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It was 5:30 am when morning August 2008. It was the first day of my high school career at one of the privet schools in Saudi Arabia that my uncle was the head-of. I was excited because my best friend Mishari joined the same school. As though, I knew it would be a tougher year studying with him, but it does not matter today. What mattered was that my brothers and I got ready for school. I walked to the school, which was roughly 15 minutes from home. My teachers were smiling to their students all the time and some of them were busy. Students were standing in rows in a big square. After we finished the Saudi National Anthem, we went as rows to our classroom. The teachers were switching out to other classrooms while the students would stay put. …show more content…
I was gathering in front of my brothers and sisters waiting for my parents. My dad just came from his job. And we started eating our lunch. My father is a businessman, but he works in the Saudi Air Bases as a civilian. He is a Manager of Financial Affairs there. My father enhanced and advised me frequently when I was a child to major in business. I experienced lots of reactions and solving the problems from his work, because sometimes I drove him to his work and stayed in his office until he finished it. His eyes do not allow him to drive especially when it …show more content…
My older brother Waleed, he was studying Respiratory Therapy (RT) in Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) for three years, and now he is doing his program in some of Pittsburgh’s hospitals. My father wanted me to study abroad because he wanted me to learn different culture and better education. I rejected this idea because Waleed and I were not communicating often we were child, I thought living with him is bad idea. There are approximately two opportunities to have great job after I graduate high school. My father offered two kind of jobs after I finish my school. But what coexisted in my mind is something more than that. I wanted to achieve my goals during my high school. But as first year student, my goals were a little

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