Personal Essay: Moving To The United States

Moving to USA Throughout history, many people have migrated from one place to another in order to find a better and more suitable place to live in. Three years ago, I moved to the United States of America because of a bad situation in my home country Syria. Moving to the United States has enriched my life in many different ways, including switching my major of study, changing my life style, and becoming more independent. The first major change that happened in my life was being able to change the major of my studying. When I was studying in my home city, I didn’t have many choices for studying majors after I graduated from high school. However, in the USA, I had the chance to explore many different other majoring options. For example, in Syria, I only had the choice of studying pharmacy. In the United States I had many other choices, such as medical school, pharmacy, dentistry, and many other medical fields’ majors that I can choose from. This different choices allowed me to decide what I like to study and then make it my carrier. …show more content…
Life in the States is very different from the life in Syria. After coming to the USA I had to learn how to drive a car in order to be able to get around. On the other hand, in Syria I used only the public transportations to get from one place to another. Another life style change was food. In the United States there are many kinds of food like Japanese, Thai, Chinese, and Vietnams, I was able to try all these kinds of different cuisines that I could not try before because in Syria the most common type of food was only the local food. This affected me and my life and I became more open into trying new