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I am Sharon and even though my name sounds American, I am Italian. I'm 26 years old and I've just gotten married. It's weird how my life has changed in a few months; I used to live with my parents in the country where I was born, I used to read write and speak my native language, I used to eat different food, I used to work and now …….well, not anymore. Even my name here in the U.S. is pronounced differently! It's a really huge change in my life in every sense. I had never thought it possible to go back to school again. I considered myself too old to attend class, do homework and receive grades. However, now I'm immersed in this new reality called Lewis & Clark. As far as I can see, being here for just a week, I must say that I am pretty excited even though it's hard to begin all this again at my age. I am really motivated to go on and learn as much as I can from this experience. Not everyone in Italy goes to an American college, so I feel lucky that, for many reasons, this is happening to me. About my future I don't feel like saying anything because, less than a year ago, I never thought that it would have been possible to come to the U.S. and study. I was working and I thought about my future from that perspective. Therefore, I consider myself open to every change; I learned from my experience that I must be prepared for any possibility, trying to take the best out of it. |
Anonymous: The Writer
