My Move to America Essay

Coming from a family with no education background no college background was the biggest struggle in my life. As my parents put me on a flight, brought me to America I had no idea what I was getting myself into. Coming from the other side of the world; Russia, I had no idea how to live the American life and speak the American language. It was like a new beginning for me to everything. My life, my language, my education. Growing up I always had the motivation to be successful in school. I have…

In the year of 1961 my Grandma immigrated at 20 years old from Galway, Ireland to the United States. She decided to immigrate to America when my Grandpa made the decision to move because of the better job opportunities available here. She loved him very much so she wanted to follow him here even though most of her family still lived in Ireland at the time. Before they both left for America, they had a very rough life in Ireland. They lived on a rural farm in the countryside and were unable to…

More than a quarter of my lineage can be traced to Russia in Eastern Europe. Life in Russia between 1860 and 1880 was extremely challenging. During this time people experienced severe widespread disease from the highly contagious cholera. This disease was due to food and water being contaminated by fecal matter from lack of proper sanitation equipment. The disease was spread by contaminated water and was responsible for thousands of deaths of people that experienced severe diarrhea and…

adventure to America, from state to state, continuously running until she leaves her fate behind and ultimately becomes Americanized. She is fated to a life of “...widowhood and exile…” a life of negativity (3). “Now your face is scarred for life! How will the family ever find you a husband?” (5) She was seven then, fourteen now. Her first husband was named Prakash Vijh, he was a good man that she fell in love with, a man that always wanted to protect her, a man that wanted to move to…

reserved and soft spoken, having someone such as Pope Francis is a massive change of pace for Catholic followers. Popes Francis continues to fight for social issues such as immigration, the poor, or the environment and his fight does not end with America. Tuesday, September 22nd Pope Francis made history by being the first Pope to ever speak in front of US Congress. By speaking in front of Congress and being very vocal on important issues is why some…

Learning to Love America The journey and emotions that an immigrant must endure is something that no one can know unless you have experienced it. It may bring up feelings of joy, remorse, belonging, or isolation depending on the individuals experience. In Shirley Geok-Lin Lim’s poem “Learning to Love America,” she digs into these emotions of immigrating to a new country and the expectations that come with it. The speaker of this poem, most-likely a middle-aged immigrant and a mother,…

African American. There are many similarities between Angelou and Obama’s writing, which reflects one of Obama’s purposes in his speech for each race to forgive past grievances and move on. Obama’s vision of moving toward a more perfect union is everyone working together. Obama spoke, “..that working together we can move beyond some of our old racial wounds, and that in fact…

In America today, advertisers will do anything possible to try and attract new potential customers and to keep them is their goal. Even if it means attracting customers from other countries and pitching them the concept of something so powerful known as, “The American Dream.” Yes, advertisers will even go to that extent to get people from foreign countries to immigrate to the United States to live out the American dream, or in other words, a better life for themselves and/or their families; in…

racial injustice. One aspect that clearly demonstrates my belief is the fact that segregation and restrictions no longer exist in public. For example, our schools, workplaces, hospitals, basically any functional facility, is freely open for anyone of any race to use and we can all sit together in one room; this is something that never happened in the past and was a critical issue for the longest time. For me to look around my classroom and to see my classmates, as well as myself, sit beside each…

“America’s Gift to My Generation” I think that America’s gift to my generation is freedom and the pursuit of happiness. I think that this is very important because without our freedom we could not have the jobs that we wanted and we would be controlled by the government. Another reason freedom is so important is because we would not be able to really be feel happy. Without happiness our nation's, lives, jobs, and our social lives would much different. Also the military is very protective and…