Sam traveled with his aunt in 1892. He was to establish himself and send for others- mothers, siblings.” (Cohen 12). Like many people, America was the way to help stabilize and create a better living for his family. He goes on to say, “By eighteen, he had saved enough to send for his brothers and sisters […]” (Cohen 15). This was common, as most families could not afford to send everybody at once.
Until my cousin because a teenager was when all the problems started because he was not able to have a driver’s license neither get help from the government or take out a loan to pay for his college tuition. B. Tie to Audience: One of the people having this kind of situation might be someone you know, or this person could have been you also just because your parents wanted a better future for you. C. Thesis and Preview: 1. Thesis Statement- The need for this dream Act is very important to so many immigrants that are brought to this country when they are children.
I believe this program will lead me to a fulfilling career, which will be rewarding in terms of the help I will provide to others. I feel that I would be able to make a valuable impact and perhaps even more importantly, as I have worked so hard to get to this point, I would remain committed to studying because it means so much to
Delaying this surgery for many years when I was living in Iraq, due to technical and financial problems, has had a very negative impact on my health because the problem in my knee was a reason of severe pain so I lived many years on pain killer medicine. This issue also had extremely reduced my ability of work. After I settled in the U.S, this matter was among my priorities from the very beginning. So when both my wife and I found jobs, we started seriously thinking about the surgery and it took me another four years to arrange my situation to be able to buy an affordable medical insurance through my wife’s job. Hopefully the operation will be completed successfully before the end of this
spoke with my grandmother, Nona, about my great, great-grandparents, Conchetta and Nicolino Piatelli, who immigrated from Italy in April of 1924. They came to America with their children, Agustus “Gussy” and Rose, as well as Nicolino’s parents and two brothers. Conchetta left behind her parents and brother. They came to America for a better life. When they first came to America it was scary because they did not speak English well and had two children.
I am now in college; I know how to communicate with American people in English. I can say I had past all the stages of adjusting to a new culture. In the process of adjusting to the culture of America I learned to value my country for all the beautiful memories I have from there. And love the American culture. Even though the process has not been easy I am happy to be here because now in this country I can fulfill my
Sasha Guerra Professor Sperber Hist-136 10/18/2013 Immigration is something that has been going on in America for many years now, but the system has changed over the years. My family migrated from Kingston, Jamaica in 1973. Coming to America, my great-grandmother had high hopes in creating a better life for her and her 3 children, Jason, Carlton, and David. Jamaica’s economy wasn’t so good and she needed to support her family somehow so they received their visas to travel to America, land of opportunities. The Cummings family immediately went to Long Branch, NJ when they entered the United States.
I was sixteen when I got pregnant. I moved in with my boyfriend and later got married. I didn’t worked through my pregnancy but after the nine months, my husband couldn’t pay the bill any longer so I had to go back to work. I applied in different restaurants and I finally herd back from a Native American Restaurant. I wasn’t happy with my life, but that is the life I chose.
Roosevelt, he wrote “This nation takes great satisfaction and much strength from the things which have been done to make its people conscious of their individual stake in the preservation of democratic life in America. Those things have toughened the fiber of our people, have renewed their faith and strengthened their devotion to the institutions we make ready to protect” What Roosevelt meant by this is that because of all of the benefits of living in our country and the fact that people get to do what they want to do, it helps us stay together as a union and as a whole, because the people know that a brighter future is ahead of us. We are all
This gave me the opportunity to learn the language and get my diploma, but I was away from my country, my family and friends. Then, when I was in America; I met the love of my life, got married and started a family. This changed the course of my life and the path I thought my life was going to take. Eventually, I began working on a second bachelor taking classes at college here in America. During my first year at the college I got pregnant.