Fisrt Essay

Different Lives


Living in United States is totally different from my country, Iran. Actually before the revolution in Iran in 1979, living in United States and Iran were sort of same but after the revolution, everything changed. We had a close relation with the U.S but after the revolution, we got further and further in culture and even life style from the U.S. Inevitably, when I moved to United States, dealing with these differences and new situations in my life was so difficult. I started this new life since 2007 and at first, it was hard to adapt myself with a new status of life. Unfortunately, there are several reasons that make it hard to get adapted even after 2 years living here in the U.S and I’m still facing them and trying to get rid of these problems as soon as I can.
First of all, I used to live with my family back home in Iran. Although it’s obvious that it’s hard to start a new life by yourself and it’s harder if you start it in a foreign country but, I still miss them so often and it bothers me so bad. Even though my parents come to United States twice a year, in the rest of the year I’m so lonely. Back home, I’d felt having useful and kinds supporters which can help me whenever I need and after moving to United States I had to deal with living alone without any help from the others. I know it’s my fault and I need to keep being relaxed and just hope for the future to see them again.
Another important difference is school. The education system in the U.S. is completely different from education system in Iran especially, in colleges and universities. In Iran, people need to study hard in middle school and high school to pass the exams and enter the university. After entering the university, it is so much easier to get a degree and people don’t have to study hard as in middle school and high school. In the opposite, it’s so easier to get the high school diploma in the U.S. than Iran. In reverse, studying in college or university and get a B.S. or M.S. degree in U.S. completely depends on how hard people have been studying during the semester and if people have not studied hard, they would not be able to pass your classes for sure. It’s a big difference for me because, I was studying about 4 years in engineering at university in Iran but, I had to quit and move to Chicago and I didn’t expect that I should study hard even after my high school.
The last one is friendship because of a few reasons like language and culture. For a person like me, it’s not that easy to find friends. Honestly, in United States, friendship is totally different than the friendship that people use to have in Iran. In United States, people may find so many friends but they are just seemed being friend because when people need them none of them cares about the others but themselves. Literally, they are just called friends. In Iran, people have a lot of friends that are participant in your happiness and sadness and they do whatever they are able to do for you. So, it’s clear to have problem when somebody comes from that culture and try to make friends in the U.S.
In conclusion, it’s possible to call so many differences in these different lives but these reasons that I mentioned are the most important for me. In addition, I should get use to live in United States adapt myself in the best way I can. In my opinion, it takes time to adapt you with a new life but it’s not impossible. I hope, someday I would have no more problem to solve and I would have deal with every single problem and beat them all.