Life Changing Lesson

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Mildred Lopez Professor Brackett English 101/101W Essay 1 Changed for good People say that moving from one place to another can be a good change for you, but what if you’re from a different country. When I was 8 years old, I permanently moved to the United States to live with my mother after my parents’ divorce. Moving here seemed like the best idea after dealing with my parents’ divorce but it also scared me. Having to leave everything behind and adjust to a whole new environment was one of the biggest changes I had to deal with. But being new and exposed to a whole new environment made me appreciate the new place I had to live in. Being exposed to diversity taught me to be open minded in a variety of ways. But learning a brand new language was my biggest obstacle yet. Coming to this country taught me so many things, but out of all of those things, adapting to a new environment, becoming open minded and learning a brand new language made me become a better person who’s now willing to help others. When you come from a different country, there’s that one issue you have to face and that’s adapting to a brand new environment. I disliked the idea of living somewhere that had changing weather. I was used to living somewhere where most of the year it was sunny and the weather never really changed. I remember complaining about the cold weather during the winter, it made me realize how much of a difference there was between my native country and the United States in terms of climate change. Another change that impacted me was the big city like environment. The place I used to live was a small town and it wasn’t so small but it still had that comforting feeling. But now living in a big town didn’t make me feel as comfortable as I did when I lived in the small environment. I needed to feel secured and comfortable and I eventually got used to the so called “big town” by
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