How Life in My Home Country Differs from Life in the US
How Life in My Home Country Differs from
Life in The U.S.
Life in the Philippines
Life in the Philippines, my home country, is very
different from life in the U.S. The United States is more
advanced in all aspects of living than I am used to in my
country. For example, in the United States I had to learn to
drive for myself when I wanted to go to somewhere. In my
country if I wanted to go to a mall or somewhere else, I had
to wait for a bus that sometimes never came or was already
filled. When the bus was crowded, I looked for alternative
transportations. So having a car in U.S is convenient unlike
in my country. In my country, I lived in a rural area where I
saw all the rice fields and farmers who were prepared to
work in their fields all day. In the United States, I see
people in nice suits driving their cars to work. In the United
States they have more to offer than in my country in
education. The schools have all the equipment to help you
in your studies. You can borrow books from a library and
use a computer to research online. Unlike in my country,
only people that can afford a computer have accesses to it.
If I have to research or borrow books, there is no library to
borrow books and I have to go to an Internet café to do my
research. Living in the United States is an eye opener for
me. There is more to learn about life in the United States
compared to life my country, the Philippines.
Carl Chavez is a student at Dunbar Community School.
Life in the Dominican Republic
I was born and raised in the Dominican Republic until
the age of eleven, when I was in 6th grade. While I was there
I had a pretty good life compared to many others. I was
attending school on a daily basis and I kept my grades in
between 90% - 100%. I was an “A- student” as they call it
here. In the Dominican Republic, I felt like everyone was
family. The attitude of most people was, “I’ll help you
today and, hopefully, you’ll help me tomorrow if I need it.”