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BY
Nicole
N o ub i ss i e
City
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oth country and city life have some good and some bad. I will write
about the comparison. When I first came to the United States in
2010, I had an uncomfortable life because I had no idea about how
to live in the city.
Second I hadn’t spoken or understood English although it was a
dream for me. Some people I met here gave me advice to begin
English school and directed me to Carlos Rosario School. I have
been learning English for 2 years. I was frustrated when people
spoke English because I couldn’t communicate with people in
English.
In addition, now that my English got much better I began to find
out that the city has a lot of opportunities. I can have two jobs,
I am a bilingual, and I have been to see the White House. I have
flown to Las Vegas, and I have ridden the metro. My country was
easy, but I couldn’t have had as many opportunities.
Finally I have accepted the sacrifice to push myself because I want
to achieve my goals and thank you for all employees at Carlos
Rosario School. These are some of the reasons why the city is
better than the country.
I
will tell a story about a family and the changes they had to
make to immigrate to the United States. Juan and Maria are
the characters in this story. They are from Central America
and they had been married for five years. During this time they
had two children: a boy and a girl. However, their economic
situation had not been good. Most of the time, they did not
have money to cover the bills and one day Juan made the
decision to move to United States with his sister.
Juan’s sister lived in New York but she had been
having troubles with her job. She had a part time job and
she did not have enough money to support her family.
She told him how hard it is to live in the United States
and that it was impossible to help him to come to this
country. Even so, he replied “I will go there as soon as I
can”.
After a difficult crossing for a month, he met his sister
in New York. Juan’s life changed dramatically because he used
to live with his wife and children in his country El Salvador
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and it was difficult for him to live alone. In the past, he
did not understand how to communicate in English, so he
decided to take English as Second Language classes in a
local school.
Since Juan has been studying English as
Second Language classes, he improved his English
enormously. He had the opportunity to get a better
job and thanks to his skills and experiences, he
obtained a manager position. After being promoted,
he decided to bring his wife and children to the
United States. Nowadays, they live together and
happily.
Finally, Juan’s family greatly improved because
now they have jobs, education, money, insurance,
a new language, new culture and most importantly
they are a happy family. Juan says, “I made the right
decision when I decided to come to the United
States”.
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