I came from China when I was 9; we came with very little money. When we got to America it seemed like a whole different planet, everything was bigger and cleaner. I had lived in a village for 9 years of my life it was hard making new friends since everyone knew each other. There wasn’t any need of socializing to make new friends, so it turned me into a nonsocial person. My parents didn’t know a single English word; neither did my older brother and I. We weren’t a very expressive family. My family doesn’t say the word love to each other; it’s weird for us to tell each other how we feel. My parents are very loving and hardworking even if they don’t express their love. My parents inspired me to work harder at life and taught me how I needed to