My life since I came to America

My name is Phuong. I am 17 years old, my family is from Vietnam. We live in Kansas City, Missouri. My family has four, my older sister, my brother and my mother, we live in my grandfather 's house.

We came here because we want a better life and better education. When I came here for the first time, I did not have any friends and I did not know anyone who speaks my words, so I was very depressed. Maybe I will say the wrong word or use the wrong word to start laughing around people around me. Every time I went somewhere, English was around me, I was confused because I could not understand it then. Since I thought that I do not know how to speak English, my family cried for a while, my family always supported me, "You can do it, you said it was a matter of time I know how to say ... I. "So, after that I tried to study English, but succeeded without giving up.

I can speak English, understand what people are talking about and let me know that some people will be able to do more in English. "I read more books, listen to music, and see more American movies."

I have a lot of friends now. They are very good. Since I first came here, I learned some of them, and they helped me a lot. Just as you do not know what to write, just as you do not know what the teacher will tell us what will help them.

I am a friend and I know her from the 2nd season of the first year She is from Vietnam, she loves me, help me, when I am sick I take care of me so important. When she smiles she looks like an angel

The weather in America is very cold in winter, but I like it. I will never forget how difficult my life is because I do not know how my life is speaking English but I am very happy right now. I am no longer afraid.

Since I came to the United States four years ago, I thought that I should spend my remaining life after finishing my studies. But now I am more confused about staying in the USA, returning to my home, China, or going elsewhere. After witnessing this election, I lost understanding of America. Four years ago, I had an image of a country like America, and if they worked hard they will get what they deserve. More importantly, people think that they are smart, regardless of background, culture, or creed. But after seeing what happened as a reporter in this election season, I do not think they did

My parents are immigrants. They came to America from India in the 1990's, found a stable job, built up life here, and owned me three years later, my brothers. My father told me that he was struggling to come to the United States as a new immigrant, but I never thought that myself was different from my growing companion . I have never seen a color, and I do not think that speaking a foreign language at home is a bit strange. It was not until I noticed it in most America. America is a crucible of a mixture of race, nation and culture. Nonetheless, the first generation Americans found themselves at the intersection of accepting "Americans" - eliminating some ethnic-cultural links and contacting their ancestral culture I will keep in touch with you. I never felt such a conflict before I was 13 or 14. To be Indian is as natural and important as me for Americans. No struggle, I am proud of two aspects of my identity

Like many immigrants, my journey to America starts with a dream of desire and freedom. My memories of immigrants to America are full of my brains. Looking back on the current discussion of immigration control in the United States, my story will revive. I am your typical child's dreamer, and I sometimes wandered into la la land. The type of dream I am accustomed to is not the type you do when you are in a horizontal position on a soft feather mattress. This is the kind you want in a vertical posture to circumvent your problem by looking at you summoning to utopia utopia. On this important day, recite the Gettysburg speech in my usual dream trip, and somewhere in Yunjiu: