Personal Narrative: My Life In US

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Dreams are shaped by ideas and family shape those ideas. I grew up with the most admiring, and aggravating mother and grandparents. However, they have taught me the most important aspects of life, and have how they sacrificed their life to come to the US. Surprisedly, I actually barely found out that my grandparents were refugees and had to exile their country to come to the US. While living in their household, they have tested my patience, however they have been a great impact on my life. They taught me that I cannot limit myself, because opportunities come and go and not everyone can grasp it. My mom has sacrificed many things, so that I can have. She told me right from the beginning that I must go to college, and I will be the first generation …show more content…
She taught me that education is the most important aspect.

One of the most memorable moments in my life with my grandparents was when we would go on our roof or go outside and watch the stars. My grandpa introduced me to his old 90s telescope, it worked just fine, we would watch how the planes flew across the sky and when the stars twinkled. My grandpa taught me why the moon turned red and how daylight savings worked. This arose my curiosity of space, and what was beyond the stars that we see every night. I began to have in interest with space, the moon, the planets and the stars. I began to watch NASA videos, and read Stephen Hawking’s famous cosmology and astronomy books. I had fundamental interest in Math, Science and Technology. How the world works and how people everyday are trying to innovate the world. I always found it surprising how the stars we see every night are light years away, and how black holes exist and maybe extraterrial life maybe contacting us. How we sent a man on the moon. In junior year, I took chemistry and it was honestly one of the best courses I have ever taken. Chemistry always amazed me, the labs and reports we did was always so fun and interesting. And how elements such as metal can change, and the conservation of energy. I also had an interest

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