Het Patel
Discuss an accomplishment or event, formal or informal, that marked your transition from childhood to adulthood within your culture, community, or family.
Transition to adulthood
At the age of 14, my life totally changed when I moved to United States with my family. Seeing my distant family in United States, I always desired to be with them and was very happy to get U.S visa. When I left India, I did not anticipate how immensely my character would change being in such a diverse country. Several days later, I got enrolled in high school after taking my placement tests. The results of placement tests were bit disappointing as I was placed in ESL class even though I was proficient in English. Soon, I realized that I would have done …show more content…
I faced great difficulty in my classes as the course material was totally new to me and problem solving techniques were different then what I was familiar with. Since childhood, I always had my parents and my friends around me to guide me through school work and extracurriculars. However, as I was in different environment where I did not know anyone to ask direct help for, I was compelled to figure out a way to succeed in my classes by my own. It was very nerve wracking at first as I still had habits as a child to be greatly dependent on others to accomplish my tasks. Although I was very nervous about finding study plan and help for myself, I reached out to my teachers and peers. With the assistance from my teachers, I learned tricks and techniques to ace the class and gain understanding of subject matter. After day and night of hard work, I finally started grasping concepts in a better way and managed to get A’s and B’s on my tests. Due to this challenge, I learned to achieve success without dependence on anyone which marked a great transition for me from childhood to
Discuss an accomplishment or event, formal or informal, that marked your transition from childhood to adulthood within your culture, community, or family.
Transition to adulthood
At the age of 14, my life totally changed when I moved to United States with my family. Seeing my distant family in United States, I always desired to be with them and was very happy to get U.S visa. When I left India, I did not anticipate how immensely my character would change being in such a diverse country. Several days later, I got enrolled in high school after taking my placement tests. The results of placement tests were bit disappointing as I was placed in ESL class even though I was proficient in English. Soon, I realized that I would have done …show more content…
I faced great difficulty in my classes as the course material was totally new to me and problem solving techniques were different then what I was familiar with. Since childhood, I always had my parents and my friends around me to guide me through school work and extracurriculars. However, as I was in different environment where I did not know anyone to ask direct help for, I was compelled to figure out a way to succeed in my classes by my own. It was very nerve wracking at first as I still had habits as a child to be greatly dependent on others to accomplish my tasks. Although I was very nervous about finding study plan and help for myself, I reached out to my teachers and peers. With the assistance from my teachers, I learned tricks and techniques to ace the class and gain understanding of subject matter. After day and night of hard work, I finally started grasping concepts in a better way and managed to get A’s and B’s on my tests. Due to this challenge, I learned to achieve success without dependence on anyone which marked a great transition for me from childhood to