college essay

p Discuss a cultural , social , political , or intellectual that you have explored beyond school and explain how it has shaped who you are today

`Shaping one 's life ' is a strong phrase , holding extreme connotations like conforming to and becoming suited for (Editors of the American Heritage Dictionary , 2006 . However , as I sit and write this essay connecting it to my own life , somehow something tells me that it all sounds very familiar . I belong to South Korea and moved to the United States when I was an adolescent . As I associate

this thought to the former , something triggers inside me by telling me that a connection exists , one so strong that it has in its entirety shaped who I am today . Many years back , when my parents decided to shift to the United States the decision was purely economic and hence job related . Another huge reason was to expand horizons of opportunity for my sibling and me . On emigrating , entering a new region , facing a new kind of society language and an entire cultural shift were the kind of thoughts that encompassed me . I met with these thoughts in resistance , building up hatred against my father 's decision

On arrival , I was faced with a new dilemma of learning English language and adapting the American culture to my family lifestyle and myself Problems in speaking , comprehension , writing and learning English encircled me limiting me often times to my own thoughts and a sort of seclusion . This situation worsened in...