When I Came To America Essay

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Challenges are what make life interesting, and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. I have faced many challenges in my life like changing many schools or entering high school. However, the biggest challenge in my life was my transition from India to the United States. The transition has proven to be filled with many hardships but I never gave up and always kept on fighting to reach my goals.
My primary challenge in the transition was getting used to the new culture. When I came to America, I couldn’t exactly speak in the right accent or talk with confidence with anyone. The different accent made it hard for me to make new friends and to communicate with anyone that surrounded me. I was always teased for the awkward accent, but I proudly kept my head up and ignored the taunts and comments because I never wanted to give up. As time went by, my speaking and writing abilities improved. In fact, I would say the rude has only made me better at what I am today
Another challenge in this transition was the fact that I had to get used to a whole new environment. The different changes in weather were really challenging than I expected. Back in India, we basically only had …show more content…
In India, we celebrated Holi, which is the festival of colors, Uttrayan, which is the festival of kite flying and many more festivals that are connected to the traditions of India. However, I never learned about the major holidays of America so I was very confused when everyone was celebrating Thanksgiving or Halloween. Although I learned and started celebrating the holidays with everyone, it was a great challenge to adapt to all the new holidays and its celebrations. Even though its been almost 8 years since I came to the United States, I still learn new things about this country every day and I am very proud to learn something new in my

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