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Why I Want To Study Immigration
While growing up with immigrant parents that migrated from two completely different countries to the United States, has taught me many valuable lessons. My mother was an immigrant when she came to the United States in search of the great American Dream. Her intensions when she migrated from Mexico where to have a better life, get educated, work hard, and superior herself to a better person. Education was the number one subject talked about at home. Since I had an abusive father who had abandoned our family at a very young age, my mother insisted the best opportunities for my sibling and myself was to get educated. While living in California, our hometown, we faced many obstacles to get where we are today. The idea of money being needed most of our lifetime, was what motivated my mother to move to Washington State. You see when a child at a young age observes how …show more content…
It is always great to experience other diversities and their costumes. This can most certainly give me the chance to be very open minded to the whole world. I understand that languages can be very difficult to learn, however, that is exactly what I want. I want to know how my mother felt when she moved to the United States without having any knowledge of the language, how much she had to struggle, and what she did to seek for help. I hope to come back home and tells others about my experiences while study abroad. I intend to impact other students to also consider study abroad as one of their life options while attending their school careers. With my experiences in study abroad, I’m hoping that I will open doors for students whom would want to do this, and that there are many resources to help you reach this dream like this one. Coming from very low income parents also will target a certain group of students who have always desire to take courses in other countries, and I hope to impact them as

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