Homesickness

the job nor the place I lived in, so I told my caseworker to find a better one for me. I believe I was lucky to find another job in two weeks and in that job, I have met a nice girl who I became friends with later. After months of depression and homesickness, I felt like I am adjusting to my new life. Being an immigrant in America is a very hard and challenging situation, but how people respond to their challenges makes the difference, creates the strength, and determines…

The photograph provides me with the idea of “stuck in a box.” Maier was taking this photograph in the low angle, which makes the focus point on the boy’s face, and the viewer can clearly see his lonely eyes. I can clearly see a hopelessness from his eyes, which they also make me feel nostalgic. It could be said that he looked out the window and was waiting for someone such as his parents, friends, house, or neighborhood, which I believe that Maier was deeply understanding the inside feeling of…

Just strangers in a foreign land. That is how many immigrants feel when they first arrive in the United States. Some seek shelter, while others are looking better job opportunities. All feel a bit out of place. In a country where, “Millions of working Americans don’t know where their next meal is coming from”, these adopted Americans find a way to at the least make it come from their homelands. These people find ways to bring a piece of their home with them. While they can’t bring their home,…

A time when a curiosity led me to someplace i wasn't expecting to go was when everyone in my school was going to a winter camp in New York. The question my teacher asked me is who would like to attend. Couple of my friends were excited to go, and i was excited as well. We are all going to camp in New York for 4 weeks? i said to myself that's going to be awesome! Leaving Springfield for the first time without my parents or being on my own for the first time? The curiosity and the thoughts were…

of strangers he would soon come to know as a friend. Many battles were fought, with no Australian man or woman to yet lose their life. There were many tense times in this foreign land; tension of battles to be fought; lands unknown; and homesickness. Homesickness like Shawn had never experienced before. Comfort came to Shawn in letters from home and the thought of his priests last comforting words the morning before his last departure. Soldiers woke to screaming sirens and loud…

but still has time to socialize with her roommate and meet up with friends she met at orientation over summer. She most demonstrates vector of learning to manage her emotions because while she is enjoying life on campus, she is struggling with homesickness. She regularly keeps in touch with family and tries to keep herself busy to combat this. She is developing the ability to recognize and accept her emotions, and most importantly she is still learning how to manage her emotions as well. Such as…

strong, Working day in day out to be fit for their duties in combat. They work their bodies to the limits to help us and to protect our country. Soldiers have to be mentally strong as well. They have to be able to forget their families,feelings and homesickness to fight for our country. Poppies remind us of the strength that they…

The lack of connection with their homes left many students suffering from severe homesickness and emotional hardships from being separated from their families with little communication. They also often experienced the feeling of losing their identity as a race. Students often returned home showing no signs of their Indian ethnicity with…

When I first started university, I had to go to an advising session; while, I do not remember what it was about, The one thing that managed to grab my attention was when the advisor said “I can spot a freshman a mile away” when someone asked her how, she replied” just search for people who look lost and confused”. It struck a chord deep within me because I was really lost and confused, not only that but also anxious, friendless, and afraid of all the responsibilities and of the possibility of…

my previous city. My friends, family, and everything were there. The day I moved was exciting, a chance for new experiences, but at the same time I felt something new: pain. Now when I say pain, I don’t mean as in your daily paper cut; I mean homesickness. I spent over half of my life in Elk Grove, and I wasn’t ready to leave. But of course when one door closes, another opens. My new life in Grass Valley was a new chapter in my life. So for the first year and months, I was busy trying to adapt…