Personal Narrative: A Defining Moment In My Life

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Nathan Estrada
Personal Narrative
Blue Ninjas
November, 13, 2017

I was asked to discuss a defining moment in my life. After looking back and having many, the most life changing and influential moment in my short life was the move from San Diego, California to Providence, Rhode island. My Mother, Brother, and I moved to New England in the spring of 2013. The reason for the move was the decision by my Mother to live with her current fiance. This came about by a childhood sweetheart relationship that was started back up twenty years later. This life changing
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I then started my new life on the east coast. The first thing I thought about was what the kids were like that I would be going to school with. I wondered when I would make new friends and if I would relate with them. Would I get along with my new family? Would they like me? I was also far from home and felt homesick as well. I missed my family and friends in California. The weather was suprisingly more extreme and I noticed a lot more snow than what I expected. Actually, there was three feet of snow the first winter. The schools are much larger here. The schools are all made of red brick with high ceilings and hold more students. I noticed the culture was different here especially the kids at school. The children in my grade school were much more diverse compared to the kids in my school in San Diego. Other small characteristics of the North East I became aware of are differences in food, clothing and the overall manners of the people and how they look. After a time here I realized the change in food was worth trying. I like the small family owned restaurants and love Italian food. I had never had this type of food back home. Also, since being here I have learned how to use chopsticks by my Step Father who likes chinese food. Overall foods …show more content…
The fashion is different for the kids my age, Back in San Diego the kids wore less expensive lighter clothes geared towards beachwear. Here the kids wear heavier clothes more jeans and more towards grunge wear. The people here seem to be much taller than average, So I felt short. The kids are also much louder and talkative. Adults drive faster and get angrier on the road and are always in a rush from what I initially saw. It was just a first impression. As I stayed longer this was an incorrect first impression and I learned that different cultures and people from different areas express and act in different ways. I found myself slowly liking people, understanding certain ways, liking the food and adapting to a new society and its

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