The Things I miss about the place where I used to live.
There were couple things that why I missed my hometown a lot. Shanghai was the place where I was borned. I have been living for sixteen years, and it was the biggest city in China. It was always crowed in Shanghai because a lot of people who came from different cities trying to get a job right there.
The most important thing was about my family. My father went back to China when he came to the United States two years later, so I tried to go back to visit him once a year. He was the most important person in my life because I met with many setbacks when I first came to the United States, he was always be my side whenever I needed and shared the sorrows. Everytime he got so excited to prepare everything before I landed. His homemade food was my favoite as well.
The second thing about I missing my hometown was my best friends in my high school. I got two best friends when I was in 10th grade in China. They were outgoing and lively .They added a unique color to my high school life. We did a lot of crazy things during that time because we lived at school for two years. We were staying together 24 hours everyday, slept at the same bad, skipped classes to go to KTV and so on. After they noticed I had to go abroad, they got very sad. We still kept in touch even though we were far away, and nothing changed between us.
The last thing was about shopping. There were so many shopping malls in China and each one looked different. The building was fantastic, and they made different styles during the holidays. I would like to spend more time to shop in China more than in the United States because of they had too many nice looking appearance and precious material and beautiful color clothes.
As soon as I got vacations, I would buy tickets to go back to China. There were always a lot of fun things I could do right there.
Maria Garcia
November 23,2012
My Three Reasons Why I came to the United States.
First I was 12 years old When I started to work. My dad was never home, My brothers were already married. So it was only me, my younger brothers, and my mom. That’s why I had to work to help my mom. Since we didn’t have any other source of money. The money I got I have to give to my mom so she could buy food. Even the money was not enough it helped a little bit.
Second: When I started the first year of middle school. I had to pay for my tuition and books. which it got more harder related to money. I worked in the mornings and in the afternoon I went to school. That was the only way I could continue going to school. Three years went fast, with a lot of sacrifices I finished the middle school. After that I registered in La Preparatoria what is here High School. There got more expensive to pay for tuition and books. It was so expensive. No matter how hard I worked money was not enough anymore. I took two semesters and I had to quit, I had no choice.
The main reason I moved here is because this is the place with better oportunities. I want to be someone in life. I want to be someone that makes me feel proud of myself. I really want to become a nurse and improve my english as much as I can. Also I have three kids that are my motivation. I want to offer them a better future. I wanat them to go to college. I really like school and I am a hard worker. I know I can do it. And only way is to work hard so I can keep my dream come true.
Comment by Anonymous — November 23, 2012 @ 22:15