577 Mina (Bangladesh, Age 16): English

Mina

Age 16, Bangladesh

              Hello My name is Mina. I am from Bangladesh which is next to India in asia. I have two young brother. My family lived in a small village. There were no electric in our village. There was five member in my family. My dad usually worked in a far place with my other cousin. My dad job was to create statues of Hinduism God and Goddess. My dad came and visited to us every 3 or 4 month later and he stayed with us 1 month at a time also my dad gived me whatever I wanted to buy and get. My mom job was to cook, clean and take care of the family and she did a business, My mom also made Ceramics. My mom walked really hard to make ceramics and at the same time she took care of 3 of us. My mom never let me and my brother to understood her pain and her hard work. I was enjoying when my mom was making ceramics. I always helped her to put colors into ceramics. I always smelled and feel happy when ceramics was totally copulate with colors and others. I did not wanna to soal them I felt really sad but I had to sold my lovely ceramics because they order my mom to make ceramics for them so we can get money. My mom always buy something for us when she get money. I was 8 years old when I really start to make ceramics.

       I belong to a religious family. Me religion is different than other religions. My religion is Hinduism. In Hinduism there are many God and goddess. Hinduism is a very old religion from India, that is still practiced today it was one of the first religion that had the idea of reincarnation. My religion is Polytheistic. We usually celebrate many ceremonies in a year. My family always tell me to keep my religion up with full respect. In Hinduism all Hindu people should have a small temple at their home to pray twice in a day. In some forms of Hinduism, praying is very important. Hinduism says that, “ Hindus should not treat people badly” If they don't believe in Hinduism. Hindus believe that there could be more than one correct understanding of one god. In Hinduism, life of human being is divided into fare stage.

In my country I also went to school and I had many good friends. We all were same age. Everyday me and my friends walk to school together. We always take long time to return our home. In my school all the teachers liked me when I was in 1 grade. My school had only one floor and it was a small school in a small village. In my school, there was only 5 teachers. I loved my school so much. Me and my friends always planted something in our school. We all cleaned`q our school environment. Our teachers never hate us with stick or any tools because we did what our teachers told us to do. My all teachers always wise me Good Luck before I enter to exam room. I always respect my teachers and my lovely classmate. One day I was really sad, my friend and a boy from my class (name is Mouhoda) My friends and Mouhid came and asked me “Hey Mini what happened to you and why you look so sad”? Then I told them that I have to move to another country soon. My friend was really surprised and asked me “where you moving?’ I said “I am moving to USA(America)”. My friends was really shock. They said “WHAT” and “ Well Mini you are entering to a new and far country” they wished me “Good luck for you future” after that they all hug me really tight and crying and said “We will miss you Mini” then I said goodbye to my friends and I went to my teachers Office to say goodbye to my all teachers. All of my teachers hug me and said “ you was the best studied, you never been in a trouble and bad, we all will miss you and Good luck for your future” and they give me a flag of my country as to remember my country and my school.

We moved to USA . I was really sad. My cousin asked me "what happens and why you look sad?" I told my cousin I did not wanted to come USA. At my home, I was sitting alone and I was remembering my all moments with my friends, my another family and my school, my tripe with friends and enjoying my self from my country. At my home, I felt so bored. I could not smell anything. I felt really sad and I didn't know what to do. In my country, I always smelled fresh nature things around my house and my school. In my country, my all friends had different smelled but, here I couldn't smelled anything I was thought my nose was close. Everyday I cried at night on my bad. I didn't talk to my family for while, I was showing them my disrespect. I didn't know what to do so I stay alone.

   After two month I went to school. I was really scared because in America schools are really big.   I never saw school really big and tall in my life that time was my first time to see a big school. I didn't know how my teachers and my classmates will be, how they will look like, at the time I felt really scared and nervous But, when I entered in my class my teacher was talking really nicely and she was really friendly. My teacher know I don't speak English. Luckily, my teacher understood my situations and my problems. I knew only a word of English. Everyday in my school me teacher always give me some easy word of English book so I can learn English as soon as possible. My teacher was really nice she always helped me a lot all the time   . In my school I didn't know anyone and no one from my country. I was only one person who is from Bangladesh. I didn't had any best friend in my school but day by day my classmates became my friends. They always helped me to talk in English and my classmate worried whenever I didn't go to school. I always tried my best. Now I feel USA is better for education but I think I like my country.

      Me and my family had really bad time when we moved to usa in winter time. It was really cold. In my family, nobody had any job and my dad was really hopeless even my family was really hopeless, then my dad decided that we all will go back to our country and start our life there. My mom was disagree and I was kind of happy but at the same time. I was thinking we spend lot of money to come in USA.Now we will need a lot of money to buy tickets to go our country. Then my mom said "now we are having hard time but we will have good time, we just have to wait for summer to come." Summer came my dad found a job. He got $70 per day. Day by day my dad worked hard and his salary got higher. My dad always told me and my brother “work hard get good grade in all classes, never give up for anything that you really want to reach in your life, try your best to reach your goal, my dad also told me not to do bad things.” In America, many young girls and boys smoke and becomes drunker. My dad told us not to do anything wrong. Now I feel good.