Education across Borders
My mother, Nasanbuyan Naimaa, was born in Ulziit soum, Mongolia on April 25th, 1975 into a simple family in the countryside. Her father was a driver and a journalist and her mother was a veterinarian. She had two older brothers, three older sisters and one littler sister. Although her family led a modest lifestyle in the countryside, her parents encouraged higher education. The importance of education stayed with her, which affected her decisions that ultimately explains her migration from the countryside of Mongolia to the developed United States now.
A world event that occurred during my mom’s lifetime was when Mongolia changed from a socialist country to a capitalist one. Most of her childhood was spent in the countryside until at the age of 15, she went to college in the capital, Ulaanbaatar, for four years. At the time when she attended college, the college tuitions were paid by the government and she received stipends, as well. My aunts had their tuitions paid by the government too before my mom went to college. The transition began when my mom started college and everything was scarce. There was rationing and she waited hours in lines for a piece of bread. All she remembers from that time was that she was really hungry living …show more content…
For my mom her passion for knowledge and unconditional love for her family influenced the choices she made. Although many people do not remember the exact details of their memories the feelings they felt are important, which helps us remember the origins and justifications of our lives. From history books it is hard to feel the events explained in the context, but from primary sources we get a better idea how the people felt in the past. The generalization of the historical events does not really explain what the people went through and what they felt retrospectively, but there is immeasurable amount of insight on history that everyone
My mother, Nasanbuyan Naimaa, was born in Ulziit soum, Mongolia on April 25th, 1975 into a simple family in the countryside. Her father was a driver and a journalist and her mother was a veterinarian. She had two older brothers, three older sisters and one littler sister. Although her family led a modest lifestyle in the countryside, her parents encouraged higher education. The importance of education stayed with her, which affected her decisions that ultimately explains her migration from the countryside of Mongolia to the developed United States now.
A world event that occurred during my mom’s lifetime was when Mongolia changed from a socialist country to a capitalist one. Most of her childhood was spent in the countryside until at the age of 15, she went to college in the capital, Ulaanbaatar, for four years. At the time when she attended college, the college tuitions were paid by the government and she received stipends, as well. My aunts had their tuitions paid by the government too before my mom went to college. The transition began when my mom started college and everything was scarce. There was rationing and she waited hours in lines for a piece of bread. All she remembers from that time was that she was really hungry living …show more content…
For my mom her passion for knowledge and unconditional love for her family influenced the choices she made. Although many people do not remember the exact details of their memories the feelings they felt are important, which helps us remember the origins and justifications of our lives. From history books it is hard to feel the events explained in the context, but from primary sources we get a better idea how the people felt in the past. The generalization of the historical events does not really explain what the people went through and what they felt retrospectively, but there is immeasurable amount of insight on history that everyone