Examples Of Moving To America Essay

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Moving to America There is a saying, “ The falling of yesterday are the learning of tomorrow ”. This quote is wonderful and inspiring for whomever is afraid of making a mistake. I never thought one day I had to take this quote as my motivation in life. I could still recognize the time when my parents told me to move to from my hometown to Florida. In that moment I knew that life was changing in someway. I was so excited and wondering which way would my life go. Moving to the unknown place is the biggest challenge. It has taught the significant lesson that I would never learn in my own country. For seventeen years, I had been living with godmother’s family in Thailand. My parents left the country to find the new job since I was nine years old. My life was

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