My life as a teenager is filled with daily obstacles that everyone faces nothing very
different or special, but there is one experience or obstacle that I faced that changed the way I
think, react, and behave and i am very proud of myself that I was able to beat it and pass all the
obstacles that faced me to reach my goal.
January 9th 2012 me and my family landed in John F. Kennedy airport after a 13 hours air
plane ride, my mother’s family were waiting for us at the airport it was my first time to meet my
mother’s family, they were nice and they dressed differently than normal Egyptians usually do,
it was a cold night at new york city, I wasn’t ready for the cold probably because it’s never this
cold in Egypt, so Christmas …show more content…
A week later me and my family went to look for a house and the high school that I will be
attending, when the house shopping was done we went to look for the schools around us, so we
went to the school that was appointed for our area I walked in and they asked for some papers
that I already had with me they took the papers to process and minutes later they assigned me a
guidance counselor, she spoke to me and told me that I will start school in two weeks, and it was
the Christmas break I also remember the giants winning the super bowl that year.
Two weeks later and here I am walking into the front gates of the school, and first thing I
did was go to my guidance counselor she called in someone to walk me to my classes the kid
came in he was almost same age as me, and he spoke Arabic so it wasn’t difficult to talk to him,
so he walked me around the school and then he walked me to my class, my first class was
algebra I walked in the class, and when everyone stood up for the pledge I was so confused I
didn’t know what was going on so I just did like everyone else, so class started and the …show more content…
Years passed and when I tell any person the story they wouldn’t believe me, and for some reason
that made me very proud of myself, other than the fact that I could now communicate with others
on almost the same level of English, it showed me a whole different world, it made me
understand why certain people dress this way, look this, way or act this way, it introduced me
different or special, but there is one experience or obstacle that I faced that changed the way I
think, react, and behave and i am very proud of myself that I was able to beat it and pass all the
obstacles that faced me to reach my goal.
January 9th 2012 me and my family landed in John F. Kennedy airport after a 13 hours air
plane ride, my mother’s family were waiting for us at the airport it was my first time to meet my
mother’s family, they were nice and they dressed differently than normal Egyptians usually do,
it was a cold night at new york city, I wasn’t ready for the cold probably because it’s never this
cold in Egypt, so Christmas …show more content…
A week later me and my family went to look for a house and the high school that I will be
attending, when the house shopping was done we went to look for the schools around us, so we
went to the school that was appointed for our area I walked in and they asked for some papers
that I already had with me they took the papers to process and minutes later they assigned me a
guidance counselor, she spoke to me and told me that I will start school in two weeks, and it was
the Christmas break I also remember the giants winning the super bowl that year.
Two weeks later and here I am walking into the front gates of the school, and first thing I
did was go to my guidance counselor she called in someone to walk me to my classes the kid
came in he was almost same age as me, and he spoke Arabic so it wasn’t difficult to talk to him,
so he walked me around the school and then he walked me to my class, my first class was
algebra I walked in the class, and when everyone stood up for the pledge I was so confused I
didn’t know what was going on so I just did like everyone else, so class started and the …show more content…
Years passed and when I tell any person the story they wouldn’t believe me, and for some reason
that made me very proud of myself, other than the fact that I could now communicate with others
on almost the same level of English, it showed me a whole different world, it made me
understand why certain people dress this way, look this, way or act this way, it introduced me