My First Day in Usa

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Nasser Alawami February 22, 2011 First Day in The U.S.A. When I first arrived to the United States of America, a lot of terrible but interesting incidents happened to me. It was really hard time that I was going through at that time that I will never forget. It was such a great experience but too stressful one. I was really too nervous and scared because I was all alone at the airport. The airport is where all the problems started coming up. The problems I had faced when I came to the U.S. were the way I was treated as an international student at the airport, my English skills and the immigration. First, most of employees at the airport were angry with me because I did not even know how to respect them. I remember one of them at the airport was talking to me about my necklaces. He was basically saying if I want to get out of there I had to take off all of my necklaces to go over the line. I had no idea why he wanted me to do such a thing, so I was looking at him weirdly. I felt stupid at that time and I didn’t know what to do. While I was waiting at the line I had heard someone speaking my language, which is Arabic, and I was looking around to find who it was because I want them to tell me how to get out of there. Suddenly someone came up to me and told me if I want to get all this over done with, I have to take off all the necklaces and rings that I was wearing. Second, even thought I wanted to call my cousin to let him know I had arrived, I still did not have a phone, and I didn’t even know how to call him. However, I was going through the line to ask someone about the bathroom, but he just said “go back to your line and don’t even try to come over here until I tell you.” I was really upset about it, and I wished I did not come here. Moreover, I thought of my mother because she had studied in Michigan nine years ago, and she told me I will face a lot of
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