Someone say our lives do not end until we die, or like, when door closes another door will open. Personally, I believe that our lives can last for a long time if we always think positively in daily life. When we think positively in a hard situation, we will always find a way to solve the situation. It was the same for me when I first came to America for studying. Two years ago, I decided to leave my country for studying in America. It took me a long time to get ready to depart my country and step my foot to here. I still remembered the first moment when I arrived at LAX airport. After over twenty hour flight, all I got to see is a completely new place that I had never seen before. I only knew a little bit about America on TV and photos on
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My English skills are good based on my country education, but they are nothing to compare with the natives when I came here. The entire things, which I expected before, did not happen in the right ways. I started to struggle with English and communication. Struggling to understand the teachers instructions made me want to give up and go back home badly. A lot of students made jokes of me because I am different than most of them, and could not get along with them. I could not handle anything because I may be too immature for that. I was stressed and needed help from my family and advisors. The school offered an English tutor for me after school to help me improve my skills. Then, I kept thinking positively about my goal to get to college and graduate. Setting my goal and adapting to new culture were all in my mind at that time. I studied all days and explore new places with my new friends. As expected, another door opened for me two month later. I could catch up with my teachers and classmates for class discussions. Good grades and graduation from high school were my great achievements after my struggles. Everything went through smoothly until I had to take a year off for waiting my new immigration status to apply for college. From what I learned about my hard time before, this struggle could not knock me down again anymore. My parents always backed up and cheered on me whenever I suffered stresses.
My English skills are good based on my country education, but they are nothing to compare with the natives when I came here. The entire things, which I expected before, did not happen in the right ways. I started to struggle with English and communication. Struggling to understand the teachers instructions made me want to give up and go back home badly. A lot of students made jokes of me because I am different than most of them, and could not get along with them. I could not handle anything because I may be too immature for that. I was stressed and needed help from my family and advisors. The school offered an English tutor for me after school to help me improve my skills. Then, I kept thinking positively about my goal to get to college and graduate. Setting my goal and adapting to new culture were all in my mind at that time. I studied all days and explore new places with my new friends. As expected, another door opened for me two month later. I could catch up with my teachers and classmates for class discussions. Good grades and graduation from high school were my great achievements after my struggles. Everything went through smoothly until I had to take a year off for waiting my new immigration status to apply for college. From what I learned about my hard time before, this struggle could not knock me down again anymore. My parents always backed up and cheered on me whenever I suffered stresses.