Reflective Essay: Why I Coming To The United States

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I came from a place where words didn't have much meaning because living was more powerful than words. Coming to the USA where one little word can offend many people was an adjustment to me. In my past I was always bluntly honest and had no filter. Words didn't have much power to me back then. I truly had no remorse about people’s feelings and had no feelings about outcome of the words I used. At my school, every time the bell rang at exactly 2:10 all of the black kids and some white kids would gather in Mrs. Hyland's room because it felt very comfortable there. I walked into the class and my friend was telling me about what her class was discussing that day. They were talking about terrorism and that they all looked at her and decided