(855) 4-ESSAYS

Type a new keyword(s) and press Enter to search

My Immigrant Family

            Three years ago I traveled over thousands of miles from my home country of Ghana and it was not easy.I left my already established life to start another life in this country. Me and my family had to drop our lives in our our home country to come to the United States. We left Ghana because the economy was getting worse and it was hard for people to get money. It was very hard on us when we first moved here . I felt really different when I started high school in Park center high school in Minnesota. I spoke differently and spelled most of my words differently too because Ghana is British colony so we speak and write British English. I felt like an alien most of the time but as I have lived in America for sometime. I have noticed that one of the things I am happy to have with me in America is my family. I love having my family here, If I didn't have my family in this country I would not have known what to do. Having my family here gives me a sense of security. I always have someone who can relate to what I am going through. Here are some of the reasons I love having my immigrant family here with me. .
             Being bilingual is one of the advantages we have. I can go home to my family after school and be able to speak my Ghanaian which is Twi. After spending hours in school, I can come home and be able to speak the language I was born with. I am not trying to say I don't like speaking English but, it is always good to have another language that you and your family can speak and have a conversation with.Also, having the same other language apart from English with my family gives us the ability to have a secret conversation in public. In a country in which you know a lot of people, having your immigrant family with you is the best thing you can have. I feel like I am not missing a lot of activities from Ghana. I have my grandma here who can cook us meals from Ghana such as ampesi which is my favourite and fufu.


Essays Related to My Immigrant Family

1. Independant Research - Italian Immigrants

The other type of immigrants was farm laborers or just laborers in general just like my great great grandfather. ... Those who stayed sent home money for their families. Often the father and older sons would be the first to come to America leaving the mother and the family behind. They would work and save their money and then send for their families to come to America. ... This was because families were separated and some were denied entry to the U.S. ...

  • Word Count: 995
  • Approx Pages: 4
  • Grade Level: High School

2. Norwegian Immigrants in Wisconsin

Most immigrants came from Norway to have a better life. ... In the book Wisconsin My Home, the story of Thurine Oleson as told to her daughter, the family left because of economic troubles and not enough farmland in Norway. In 19th Century Norway, it was a not the ideal place to be a middle-class family. ... The Oleson family attended church because of the importance it had to them. ... They held family in a tight niche, in which their family was the main source of interaction. ...

  • Word Count: 1083
  • Approx Pages: 4
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: High School

3. My Journey as an Immigrant

Who is considered an immigrant? ... My name is Nancy Cortes, I was considered an illegal immigrant at one point in time. ... "Once an immigrant has found better economic opportunities in a country, he or she will often try to have the family reuniting with him or her (CNN, 2013)". ... I was an innocent child; I was told that we were going on a family picnic with my mom and my grandma. ... It was a good thing that there is a lot of Familisim in my family. ...

  • Word Count: 1987
  • Approx Pages: 8
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: High School

4. Immigrant

The passage told us the author, Maria Muniz, her own experiences as a new immigrant's homesick feeling of her original country and culture conflict in the new country. In her passage, she said: "Like all immigrants, my family and I have had to build a new life from almost nothing. ... Most of my memories made us strong." Maria moved to America when she was almost five years old with her family. ... As Maria said, "Most of my memories are good ones. ...

  • Word Count: 426
  • Approx Pages: 2
  • Grade Level: High School

5. Barriers to Immigrant Achievement

My hypothesis states the barriers that immigrant children and their families encounter, bring a negative affect to their academic performance. ... These, being especially contributing to documental immigrant families. ... One of the most common barriers that immigrant families come to association with is being below the poverty line. This does prove my hypothesis- and so ultimately, makes Karoly's and Gonzalez's research developing in my own research on barriers to achievement in immigrants. ... The authors addressing of these issues is potentially supportive in my research given m...

  • Word Count: 1482
  • Approx Pages: 6
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

6. Stepping Stones to Building My Family

My friend Maria started to feel sick. ... The thought of being able to provide a better future for my children gave me the strength to keep going with my destination. All I can think about was my children " (Garza). ... Men were the providers for their families. ... Rosalina wanted the best for her children, and the United States was the best solution her family. ...

  • Word Count: 1076
  • Approx Pages: 4
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: High School

7. Immigration in America

During my research I found that there were two types of immigrants: new and old. ... Even though that was plan, many immigrants ended up staying in America and encouraging family members and friends to come. ... Within these homes, many families were packed. ... It wasn't unusual for a child to say, "My name is not Geppetto Bucceullo. ... (New immigrants' movie) Through my research I've found that the actions of the passed immigrants are still used by today's immigrants. ...

  • Word Count: 1922
  • Approx Pages: 8
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: High School

8. Restore or Restrict Immigrants

When our family left our hometown, my father felt sad because of his eldest son, who was left behind. ... In short, it was his close attachment to his family, siblings and friends that prompted him to have a second thought in coming to the U.S. to the extent that it took two months for my mother to finally convince him to migrate here. ... My father's experience here in U.S. as an immigrant is that one must really have to work and or work hard in order to live. ... I can easily relate with my father's experience since, I, myself, am an immigrant too. ... My family is beginning...

  • Word Count: 1084
  • Approx Pages: 4
  • Grade Level: High School

9. The Plight of the Immigrant

For example, when society thinks of illegal immigrants, Hispanics tend to come to mind. ... The article "Catch an Illegal Immigrant Game is Actually Happening at Texas School," (2013) does a good job of not categorizing illegal immigrants into one race. ... So over time we become desensitized to the effect lack of immigration reforms have on millions of families. ... The couple uses their wedding as a publicity stunt to raise awareness that "Immigration does not only affect illegal immigrants but it also affects us as U.S. citizens and is affecting a lot of families" (Falco...

  • Word Count: 715
  • Approx Pages: 3
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

Got a writing question? Ask our professional writer!
Submit My Question