Family Immigration Narrative
The Family Emigration
I was obsessed with America since I was a young child, I always wanted to go there and see all of its wonders like the Statue of Liberty, and the Golden Gate bridge. I would always dream of going to that wonderful place, until one day my mother came home from work with a huge smile and announced to me news I would never have expected. She said, “that we made it into an immigration lottery to America.” I answered her, “I couldn’t believe it mother, I never expected that.” However, when my mother showed me the whole process I knew that my parents were planning this for months, not days or weeks, but when I saw the plane tickets they were a whole year away which kind of made me furious that my parents scheduled it further than I ever expected.
On August 13th, 2013, my dream became true, we moved to the United States of America. A couple of days later I attended my first day in an American school, Allen Ave Elementary School in San Dimas, …show more content…
Also over time, I started watching mostly only American shows and movies, and I started forgetting Arabic. For example, I would forget how to read certain words in Arabic. However, I would get better in English which then would help me get closer to my friends and for them to know more about my personality. Another big example is after a couple of years I would buy the school lunch that seemed strange, and unusual for me when I first came. Over time I learned how to combine both of the cultures without avoiding or forgetting either one. In sum, the American identity is generally the same, but indivisually people mix their own culture with the American culture. And overtime, that seperate culture will blend and become a part of the general known American
I was obsessed with America since I was a young child, I always wanted to go there and see all of its wonders like the Statue of Liberty, and the Golden Gate bridge. I would always dream of going to that wonderful place, until one day my mother came home from work with a huge smile and announced to me news I would never have expected. She said, “that we made it into an immigration lottery to America.” I answered her, “I couldn’t believe it mother, I never expected that.” However, when my mother showed me the whole process I knew that my parents were planning this for months, not days or weeks, but when I saw the plane tickets they were a whole year away which kind of made me furious that my parents scheduled it further than I ever expected.
On August 13th, 2013, my dream became true, we moved to the United States of America. A couple of days later I attended my first day in an American school, Allen Ave Elementary School in San Dimas, …show more content…
Also over time, I started watching mostly only American shows and movies, and I started forgetting Arabic. For example, I would forget how to read certain words in Arabic. However, I would get better in English which then would help me get closer to my friends and for them to know more about my personality. Another big example is after a couple of years I would buy the school lunch that seemed strange, and unusual for me when I first came. Over time I learned how to combine both of the cultures without avoiding or forgetting either one. In sum, the American identity is generally the same, but indivisually people mix their own culture with the American culture. And overtime, that seperate culture will blend and become a part of the general known American