For eight years of my life, I told myself to stay different from everyone else. Ever since I moved to the United States, I started changing myself to fit in. My family and I left Pakistan in 2007. I felt broken because I had to leave my relatives and my friends behind in Karachi, Pakistan. We said our final goodbyes and my mother, brother, and I were off for the Americas.. My father had lived in the United States for ten years before we came. He was making a new life for us to come to. He came to pick us up at the JFK airport.
We arrived around the daytime and as I strolled outside the airport, I experienced snow for the first time. It felt as if angels were falling down to Earth. We pulled the luggage bags, stepping through the snowy ground …show more content…
I had difficulty communicating and understanding my classmates and teachers because of my English. Learning English was difficult for me mainly because it’s not my first language. I grew up speaking Hindi and Gujarati. I felt secluded, not respected, and misunderstood. The principal decided to hold me back one year because I was having difficulties learning because I didn’t speak English well enough. I disliked that decision because I knew I would feel more out of place if I wasn’t around students that were my age. Unfortunately, getting held back also caused students in my school to make fun of me for that. Some called me names, including unattractive or worthless; I found it hard to make friends. I talked to my parents about moving back to Pakistan because I was having such a hard time fitting in my classmates. My parents explained to me that they wanted me to have the best possible education so, I would have a more successful life than them. I decided to stick it out for a while and attempt to learn from my peers about how to act and more importantly focus on learning English. I felt shattered but decided to find my American self that fit my …show more content…
Understanding and speaking English was tough for me, but being a fast learner, I began using whatever I learned in daily talk with my classmates in class. Second, I examined the people around me and on television, how they dressed and how they spoke to one and another. I tried to mimic their clothes along with tone of speaking. Trying to create a new me, but still kept my personality. It took me about a year, but I found my American self. I finally began making friends and smiled a little
We arrived around the daytime and as I strolled outside the airport, I experienced snow for the first time. It felt as if angels were falling down to Earth. We pulled the luggage bags, stepping through the snowy ground …show more content…
I had difficulty communicating and understanding my classmates and teachers because of my English. Learning English was difficult for me mainly because it’s not my first language. I grew up speaking Hindi and Gujarati. I felt secluded, not respected, and misunderstood. The principal decided to hold me back one year because I was having difficulties learning because I didn’t speak English well enough. I disliked that decision because I knew I would feel more out of place if I wasn’t around students that were my age. Unfortunately, getting held back also caused students in my school to make fun of me for that. Some called me names, including unattractive or worthless; I found it hard to make friends. I talked to my parents about moving back to Pakistan because I was having such a hard time fitting in my classmates. My parents explained to me that they wanted me to have the best possible education so, I would have a more successful life than them. I decided to stick it out for a while and attempt to learn from my peers about how to act and more importantly focus on learning English. I felt shattered but decided to find my American self that fit my …show more content…
Understanding and speaking English was tough for me, but being a fast learner, I began using whatever I learned in daily talk with my classmates in class. Second, I examined the people around me and on television, how they dressed and how they spoke to one and another. I tried to mimic their clothes along with tone of speaking. Trying to create a new me, but still kept my personality. It took me about a year, but I found my American self. I finally began making friends and smiled a little