I moved to United Sates of America when I was fourteen years old. It’s not my first visiting America; I did visit many times before. I used to spend my Christmas break at my cousins place in Austin. During my 9th grade summer Holidays my parents decided to move me to America for my higher studies. It was just me who moved not my parents. I was kind of scared. I had to leave my childhood friends, and I have never been away from my parents more than 12hours. At the same time I was excited to live with my grandparents in America. Finally I moved to US with mixed emotions. I was here a month before school started. During that one month span, my cousins started to give tips on how to make friends in school, how to engage you in conversation and
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To me math was really interesting subject than any other. As I enter the class everyone was in their own world. The teacher gently smiled; which gave me comfort. I headed and took a seat. I looked around the class; it was all different from what a class used to be in India. The teacher started talking about herself with a kind voice she said you call me Ms. Jones. It was surprising to me because back in India, teachers did not used to discuss about their personal life at school. We were not allowed to call our teachers by their name instead we called them madam or sir. Then she passed out a packet called course requirement and syllabus. This was also new to me. Back in India, we didn’t get a packet which tells you what to do every day in class. It was up to teacher, we used to start the lesson at the beginning of the class; end when the bell rings, and continue the next day. But here, we had a set schedule and students know what they do before they get into class. Then each student started introducing them to class. When it was my turn I said, my name it Chaitanya Goli and I moved from India. After I’m done the girl behind me said that she moved from India a year ago. Her name was Nikita. She was really nice, she asked me for my schedule and we had 5th class together too. I felt so happy that I at least know one person in the whole …show more content…
I didn’t know anyone. I was alone sitting in cafeteria. Then I saw Nikita. I said “hi” she said “Hey, come on I’ll introduce you to my friends”. I was tensed. I thought they would treat me different because I’m from different country. To my surprise, everyone was kind and nice to me. We had lunch together. I met other Indian who speak same language as I. she is a twin. Her name is Priyanka. “Hello”, she said. “Hi” I replied. She asked “did you like all of your classes”. “Yes, they’re fine “I replied. “What electives do you have?” she asked. “PE and
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speech” I replied. The conversation continued for a bit. I got to meet many new friends during lunch.
Nikita and I have English class together. I did not worry much about this class because I knew at least one person in the class. Teacher was really funny. She was trying to make us feel free. As rest of the classes she gave a syllabus sheet. All we did was to listen to different stories she said. The class ended. As Nikita and I were walking in hallway she was talking about joining different clubs. I asked, are clubs just for fun. She replied not really, you will be given various responsibilities such as do volunteer jobs, participate in different competitions. As far as I remember, in India clubs are just for fun a reason to skip classes. We used
To me math was really interesting subject than any other. As I enter the class everyone was in their own world. The teacher gently smiled; which gave me comfort. I headed and took a seat. I looked around the class; it was all different from what a class used to be in India. The teacher started talking about herself with a kind voice she said you call me Ms. Jones. It was surprising to me because back in India, teachers did not used to discuss about their personal life at school. We were not allowed to call our teachers by their name instead we called them madam or sir. Then she passed out a packet called course requirement and syllabus. This was also new to me. Back in India, we didn’t get a packet which tells you what to do every day in class. It was up to teacher, we used to start the lesson at the beginning of the class; end when the bell rings, and continue the next day. But here, we had a set schedule and students know what they do before they get into class. Then each student started introducing them to class. When it was my turn I said, my name it Chaitanya Goli and I moved from India. After I’m done the girl behind me said that she moved from India a year ago. Her name was Nikita. She was really nice, she asked me for my schedule and we had 5th class together too. I felt so happy that I at least know one person in the whole …show more content…
I didn’t know anyone. I was alone sitting in cafeteria. Then I saw Nikita. I said “hi” she said “Hey, come on I’ll introduce you to my friends”. I was tensed. I thought they would treat me different because I’m from different country. To my surprise, everyone was kind and nice to me. We had lunch together. I met other Indian who speak same language as I. she is a twin. Her name is Priyanka. “Hello”, she said. “Hi” I replied. She asked “did you like all of your classes”. “Yes, they’re fine “I replied. “What electives do you have?” she asked. “PE and
Goli 5
speech” I replied. The conversation continued for a bit. I got to meet many new friends during lunch.
Nikita and I have English class together. I did not worry much about this class because I knew at least one person in the class. Teacher was really funny. She was trying to make us feel free. As rest of the classes she gave a syllabus sheet. All we did was to listen to different stories she said. The class ended. As Nikita and I were walking in hallway she was talking about joining different clubs. I asked, are clubs just for fun. She replied not really, you will be given various responsibilities such as do volunteer jobs, participate in different competitions. As far as I remember, in India clubs are just for fun a reason to skip classes. We used