Autobiography Of My American Dream - 2036 Words

AMERICAN DREAM Vu Nguyen It has been forty-five days since I landed off in Chicago International Airport, become an official international student in the United States of America. Jonesboro is a quiet city in Arkansas, but A-State – Home of the Red Wolves is not. I feel so proud to be a Red Wolf at this moment but I still remember the days that I was â€Å"fighting† and working with two hundred percent effort to realize my American dream. Those were a bunch of struggling, tiring but happy days during a long period until April of this fabulous year – 2017. A throwback to when I was a little boy in secondary school, I was dreaming of America every single day. I love everything relating to America or has images, symbols of this great nation. Going†¦show more content†¦However, I just realized that I literally couldn’t do that when it came to a study abroad fair taking place in my high school. As a class monitor, I was put in a priority to be arranged to do an English placement test for high school students with no-cost. If my result was above the standard score, I would get a full scholarship to study in the US as an exchange student for one year. My aspiration had been again raising up until the day I received the result. I was the student who got the highest score among over 400 contestants, it was such a most surprising news ever to me. However, it was also the worst day ever in my entire life. I came home with a sense of excitement and smiles appearing on my face during the way home. That was not an ending of a day as happy as the Korean romantic dramas, I showed the result to my parents, immediately, my father said â€Å"No† as if he was the judge in American Got Talents saying to contestants who failed at their performance. Yes, â€Å"No† meant that I wouldn’t be allowed to get that scholarship and had to stay in Vietnam to continue my study, graduate and enter a well-known Vietnamese college. I feel like everything in the sky was falling down onto my head after hearing that word. All my effort one more time was thrown away. A bunch of negative thoughts had begun coming out into my mind. Without any responses, I went to my room in silence and torn down all my American stuff,Show MoreRelatedEssay Benjamin Franklins Autobiography 1120 Words   |  5 PagesBirthed after fourteen other siblings, Franklins family structure is only one deciding factor in the way that this legendary tale pans out. A hero of American Revolution, this novel depicts 18th century realism accurately while logging Franklins personal conception on human nature and social community. 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