Personal Narrative: My Decision To Come To Canada

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During the last sixteen years that I have been alive, the personal challenge that I have had to face was accepting the decision to come to Canada while leaving my friends and everyone else back in India.

The life that I had in India was fulfilling for me and I knew that when we decided to come to Canada, we would have to start from scratch here. I was used to the atmosphere at my school and at my home and I was not expecting myself to be able to quickly adapt to the new lifestyle that I will have in this new country. My aunts, uncles and cousins were their for my family, when we came to Canada and because of them we were able to settle in without too many problems. The first few weeks are always hard but as I got used to the new environment,

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