Like most people in India I lived with my mother and father, while my brother was in another country finishing his higher studies, who used to visit us often during his vacations. It was the perfect little family, until the day when I had to make a decision which changed my life and made me who I am today.
It all started on July 21st, 2010, when I came to United States for the first time with my family for me and my brother’s studies. Me, my brother, Mom and Dad used to live at one of our relatives house in Jersey City, New Jersey. I was in 7th grade at that time and my brother started his college there. Everything was going well until October of 2010, when the weather started to change and my father realized that because of his asthma his …show more content…
I was happy that we came back because I was able to meet my old friends again but a little sad too because I loved learning and exploring new things when I was in US, it was fascinating to me. I finished my 7th grade which left mid-way in my family’s school as I missed half of the year and none of the school accepted students mid-way. That school year ended, I knew that I had to reapply to my old school and I was confident that I would get in but that did not come out as I expected. The day my mother told me this I cried for days, pleading my mother and father to get me into that school anyhow. The next day my mother brought me an application of a school which was a block away from my house. She walked into my room and said “We are going to apply to BHS just as a safety school if you don’t get into your old school”, I took the paper from her and tore it into pieces and said “I am not going to any other school unless my old school.” She knew that I would do something like that because I had all my friends there, some of them were with me since kindergarten so I was emotionally attached to that school so she had another copy of the application. Few weeks later, she came home with a bag filled with my favorite …show more content…
It was time, we all knew that this day would come when I finish my 10th grade exam and we decide whether I and my mother want to go to the US again or continue my studies in India. In these 4 years my father had tried to convince my mother that she can finish her studies here but my mother always avoided discussing that topic and said “We’ll see when the time comes let her finish her exams
It all started on July 21st, 2010, when I came to United States for the first time with my family for me and my brother’s studies. Me, my brother, Mom and Dad used to live at one of our relatives house in Jersey City, New Jersey. I was in 7th grade at that time and my brother started his college there. Everything was going well until October of 2010, when the weather started to change and my father realized that because of his asthma his …show more content…
I was happy that we came back because I was able to meet my old friends again but a little sad too because I loved learning and exploring new things when I was in US, it was fascinating to me. I finished my 7th grade which left mid-way in my family’s school as I missed half of the year and none of the school accepted students mid-way. That school year ended, I knew that I had to reapply to my old school and I was confident that I would get in but that did not come out as I expected. The day my mother told me this I cried for days, pleading my mother and father to get me into that school anyhow. The next day my mother brought me an application of a school which was a block away from my house. She walked into my room and said “We are going to apply to BHS just as a safety school if you don’t get into your old school”, I took the paper from her and tore it into pieces and said “I am not going to any other school unless my old school.” She knew that I would do something like that because I had all my friends there, some of them were with me since kindergarten so I was emotionally attached to that school so she had another copy of the application. Few weeks later, she came home with a bag filled with my favorite …show more content…
It was time, we all knew that this day would come when I finish my 10th grade exam and we decide whether I and my mother want to go to the US again or continue my studies in India. In these 4 years my father had tried to convince my mother that she can finish her studies here but my mother always avoided discussing that topic and said “We’ll see when the time comes let her finish her exams