Posted by: americano April 22, 2008
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...This is an interesting thread...Whatever Do_Not_remember_me said is pretty much true...I have been here for more than 6 years...came as a young freshman, now finished Masters, and recently got a new job...I have experienced almost everything Do_Not_remember_me said...But I think as a person I am in a better position than what I used to be before...
If I was in Nepal, I would have probably wasted my time hanging out with friends...(I am not saying it is bad to hang out with friends)..But when I was in Nepal, I really don't think I had any goals in life..It was all about going to college, hang out, studied only because I wanted to pass,..took money from the parents by making up some B.S. stories and spent it on taking girls out...and so on...If I was back home, I would probably still be the same as most of my friends are...Finally decided to try my luck for USA, the land of freedom...as shown in those movies someone stated above, American Pie..and other High School movies..
When I got here, yes, I did get a freedom, but not just in doing whatever things I felt like..but freedom in choosing the subjects I wanted to study..no pressure from anyone, and as a freshman I did get a chance to study wide variety of courses (zoology, music to Oceanography and so on) and then only I decided my major..Also, I had a freedom in choosing where to work...from the dining halls, building services, to the gas stations...of course there are certain legal requirements...but
.....and yes I did work 16-17 hours per day at Ocean City for first 4 summers...But hey, that is the part of the learning...By working at all those places I did learn how to interact with people, customers..Improved my speaking skills...and for the hard work I did, I got $$$ back...paid school, bought car, bought cell-phone (That time not everyone had a cellphone...)...and so on....I did work hard, everyone does...but in return, I got lot of things back too, which I would have never imagined to get in Nepal..Yes, paying college with the hard-earned money is really sad...but think about it...if you were in Nepal your parents would have done the same thing for you, at least by paying yourself here, you are saving their money..
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so here, I think I really learned to stand on my foot (back home, people said this all the time, but I did not knew what It really meant)...I learned what earning means...overall, I learned what it means to survive...maybe a little hard way...but hey there are rewards along the way too...Isn't that what life is supposed to be?...learning to live.
If I was in Nepal, I would have probably wasted my time hanging out with friends...(I am not saying it is bad to hang out with friends)..But when I was in Nepal, I really don't think I had any goals in life..It was all about going to college, hang out, studied only because I wanted to pass,..took money from the parents by making up some B.S. stories and spent it on taking girls out...and so on...If I was back home, I would probably still be the same as most of my friends are...Finally decided to try my luck for USA, the land of freedom...as shown in those movies someone stated above, American Pie..and other High School movies..
When I got here, yes, I did get a freedom, but not just in doing whatever things I felt like..but freedom in choosing the subjects I wanted to study..no pressure from anyone, and as a freshman I did get a chance to study wide variety of courses (zoology, music to Oceanography and so on) and then only I decided my major..Also, I had a freedom in choosing where to work...from the dining halls, building services, to the gas stations...of course there are certain legal requirements...but
.....and yes I did work 16-17 hours per day at Ocean City for first 4 summers...But hey, that is the part of the learning...By working at all those places I did learn how to interact with people, customers..Improved my speaking skills...and for the hard work I did, I got $$$ back...paid school, bought car, bought cell-phone (That time not everyone had a cellphone...)...and so on....I did work hard, everyone does...but in return, I got lot of things back too, which I would have never imagined to get in Nepal..Yes, paying college with the hard-earned money is really sad...but think about it...if you were in Nepal your parents would have done the same thing for you, at least by paying yourself here, you are saving their money.....so here, I think I really learned to stand on my foot (back home, people said this all the time, but I did not knew what It really meant)...I learned what earning means...overall, I learned what it means to survive...maybe a little hard way...but hey there are rewards along the way too...Isn't that what life is supposed to be?...learning to live.