Reflective Essay: I Was New In The United States

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I was new in the United States. I had friends, but they were in higher grade than I was. I don’t had good English. Also, I had a hard time to understand what other people were talking. They always talked something in front of me which new for me and laugh. At that time, I thought they might talk about me and making fun of me. When I was in Nepal, I had learned about the bullying, and it comes in my mind that they are bullying to me. In that situation, like lower at English, I didn’t knew how to face with them, and how to tell to others. I had hard time. I hadn’t really likes to attend school, but I thought it was wrong. I thought that if I want to face or take revenge with them, I have to learn English. To do that, I have to attend school. Then, I …show more content…
Also, I hadn’t knew how fast I was changed. One day, I skipped the school from the morning, and drove to Iowa with my friends. Next day, I came home at the same time school over. My mother was in the kitchen, and I walked in. She didn’t do anything that time, she called me nicely, and give me food. At night, she started to give me an advice. I didn’t take a focus on her, and my mind was on the different place. I didn’t take it seriously. I have been continuing doing same things always, skipping school. One day, my advocacy called me and give a paper which was yellow. He also said that my grades are getting worse than I had before. He called my mother and make a scheduled for meeting about me. I attend there, and he asked me a reason, but I hadn’t has a reason. He warned me if I kept doing this I will get kick out of school and didn’t able to graduate. After school finished, I came home. My mother looks so angry, but when I get inside, she told me everything that happened in her life. She also said the most important about education. From that day, I understand the important of life, and the education. In 2015, I graduated from high school, and I planned to continue my

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