It was my first time in America. In 2015, I moved with my family permanently from India. Had few issues moving but managed to solve those issues without any difficulties. I had no clue how it would be; I had heard about it, read it in the newspaper and saw it in movies but never seen it with my eyes. I was pumped to know about how each and everything used to function, how different the American system is from the Indian system? It was a different feeling first time walking into houses made out of wood, then the different system of the roadways. It took me some long time to get used to the American nature. I was also pumped up for the school.…
They say the goal in life is to live the “American Dream” and I would say I am living it head first.…
Visions are only unique as the individual themselves who make up this country. America is not the same as it was ten years ago. Who would have thought that we would have cell phones that were similar to a small computer in our pocket, a car that could talk back to us, or that we would have an African American president? Our visions for America could change everyday. My vision for America is very unique for my age group.…
To be an American is to be able to choose freely. Acts of terror seem to be more and more common, according to the media. In times of terror and strife the citizens of the United States of America come together no matter what beliefs and opinions we have to defeat the opposition. Secondly, America was built on immigrants, and as such we are open to diverse races and beliefs, and Americans consider people they have just met as friends. This is what I believe is my American Identity.…
I came to America when I was a teenager and did not know any English. I felt strange and anxious at school and tried to fit in the new environment. The school system was totally different compared to where I came from. I did not know what to do but did not know how to get help. Every day in class, I was doing the math and only math. I thought the school in America was too easy because I did not have to learn anything else, except solving math problems which I have no problem. I thought I did really well because I did whatever the teachers asked me to. It was a shock at the end of the school year to see my report card showed one grade in Math.…
For centuries, people from different countries have started to migrate to the United States for a better life. This mission of being successful is known for being an American Dream. The American Dream is basically someone who is trying their hardest to become successful in life. Those who come to the United States tend to work the hardest so they can support themselves, their family, and to be happy. For example, someone who worked very hard to support their family and be successful was Notorious B.I.G. He was hardworking and determined to be at the top. Most people such as actors and actresses also do the same just like Biggie Smalls that they can to achieve their dreams. Someone who has already lived their own American Dream was my uncle, Luis Almonte, who was a music producer. He worked very hard to support himself and his family even if he was not always with his family a lot. Like my uncle, my dream is to show that I can prove to myself that I can make it to the top.…
“Welcome to America” the judge said. (1 Hour Earlier) In the heat of DC we all got inside of the car, I sat in the back with my brother. We then drove and arrived to park 10 before 12:00. I ran a head to the glass door and opened it and saw a white colored room where all of my father's friends were. I then hugged everyone and by the end it was time.…
Little bit of Yankee, little bit of Ya’ll. Maybe a catchy t-shirt slogan, but not necessarily untrue. Having lived half my life in both New England and the South, I often feel like a combination of my two home experiences. This can be a little unsettling: up North, I’ve “turned Southern”, but down South, I’m definitely a Northerner. Though sometimes difficult, I’ve grown to like the alternate viewpoints I’ve gained living in different locations. I’ve found I’m not tied to the same regional mental image of America or the world that many others have. My definition of what it means to be American is more diverse. I’ve become more comfortable with different viewpoints, lifestyles, and beliefs. Through being stereotyped and breaking my own stereotypes…
My life changed in a blink of an eye, the moment I turned in sixteen years old. My parents told me, that it was better for my future to finish high school in America. I was thrilled, but at the same time I knew coming to America meant starting over. Leaving my country, my family, my friends, and my culture was the hardest thing I had to do in my life. After living two years away from parents, I can say that the sacrifice was worth it.…
The fresh smell of new books, the milky smell of babies, the moldy smell of old houses, the smell of newly-mown summer grass…When you perceive a new scent, your brain automatically links it with an environment, a occasion, a person, an object, or a moment; when the same scent come to you again, you would conjure up the bounded memory. Although there is no holding back the wheel of time, scent is always our super-power when it comes to memory.…
My responsibility to America is to be a citizen. I am born here, I am raised here and I live here and the things we see and hear is what we live by. My job is to make America a priority not FIRST but something I look upon, but do they look upon is? Americans have to pay their own way, look out for future generations into becoming bigger and BETTER, Not only I but you, friends and family. Look at today’s society, we’re pretty much DESTROYED. Everyday problems… Citizens DON’T have respect for the rest of the world. It’s all just a bunch of “sin”. Being a teen in America faces so many challenges.…
“My responsibility to America” is to be a leader to my community, to my country, and to my world. I am very concerned with the happenings in my local world and in the outside world. To be a leader, I believe you need education, experience; common sense, and courage. In a democratic country, citizens are expected to participate actively in the regulation of the government. Constant support of the people and vigilance is needed for a democracy to function effectively. It is not enough to just vote and remain passive till the next presidential elections. Citizens need to give time and attention to see whether the government is functioning properly or not. One should at least have a basic understanding of the critical issues faced by the nation.…
I feel America would be a better place if more money was granted for the development of better technology for the greater good, in all, a more advanced technology would allow for cheaper and more healthier foods, homes and other services. Better technology will open up hardly what seems a finite choice of new opportunities for safety, prosperity and the general wellfare of the environment. New technology can bring on, not just physical changes, but also of that of the human consciousness, with new ideas and intriguing philosophy to give people a new outlook of the world for change of the better, for simularities to oppose differences, for peace to victor over war and ultimately for Americans to help make the world a better place, not just for us, our country and our children, but for all of us.…
Most people will talk about their family history and go back to their grandparents or even great-grandparents to see where they came from, but most people don’t think about America and how that became the great country it is today! Columbus came over to America, thinking it was India, looking for undiscovered land. Even though he made a big mistake, it led him to discover America and now millions of people live here. One main connection I have to America is that I was born here in Abington Hospital, on February 6, 1996. Fourteen years later I made my own discovery: volleyball. Like me, volleyball originated in the United States. In 1895, William G Morgan, the Instructor of Young Men’s Christian Association in Massachusetts (YMCA), blended basketball, baseball tennis and handball to create a game for his businessmen to…
We live in a place where you have to pay almost $2 for school lunch but prisoners get it for free. We live in a place where a certain color gets blamed for everything. We live in a place where it is so hard to accept one another. My vision for America is to one day be able to realize what is right from wrong and maybe, just maybe, accept others.…