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    Gay’s short story Motherfuckers. With Gerard originally being from Haiti, he and his family are forced to find out that immigrating from another country to America, can be a completely different transition. Moving from one country to another, immigrants are forced to adapt. American culture only acknowledges certain kinds of education from other countries. This causes his father to go from being a journalist in Haiti, to working in a place where his coworkers judging him because he is from Haiti.

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    Moving: A Quick Survival Guide Change happens everywhere, every time and to everyone. Globalization and technology are leading people and organizations to move in a constant pace and faster. The United Nations’ International Migration Report (2015, p. 2) reported the following: “In today’s increasingly interconnected world, international migration has become a reality that touches nearly all corners of the globe, often making distinctions between countries of origin, transit and destination obsolete

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    one place or be moving from city to city or country to another country really doesn’t depend on us. If we still live with our parents then when it comes to moving we don’t really have an option. Even though when it feel like if you move you will lose all of your friends, moving from city to city or house to another house is not bad at all. Moving can also bring you good stuff, like new friends, new experiences and adventures, you get to met new people and if you move from country you get to explore

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    Relocating to a new city is exciting and stressful. A cross-country relocation has unique challenges. You cannot make several trips in one week, and the relocation will be more costly. Besides the financial aspect of a cross-country move, you will have to deal with cultural shock. The local laws might be different. While you adjusting to your new city, you will have to find new doctors and schools for your kids. Fortunately, there a few things you can do to prepare your household for a cross-country relocation

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    This change can also means a physical transition because the child or young person may also have to deal with going to a new school, and establishing new network of friends. If well managed this can be positive transition. If the child is moved from an unstable, neglected home to a stable, warm and loving one, it can have a good emotional effect and improve their sense of security and

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    Globalization is the process by which people, businesses and countries become more connected and interdependent. With new technology it has become so much easier to access data, from anywhere in the world. The world has many problems that cannot be fixed without globalization and by moving towards one global culture. The world is moving towards one global culture because different cultures are adapting and sharing ideas of others that are gradually changing the way people in these cultures live.

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    The being of acceptance when traveling to new places and countries can cause hardships and confusion when being somewhere new. While there are similarities and differences between everyone whose ever been to new countries have always learned the hard way of becoming accepted. Beyond stating the similarities and differences in the articles, “I Want to Be Miss America”, by Julia Alvarez, “Hot Dogs and Wild Geese,” by Friroozeh Dumas and “Global Voices”, by Joshua St. Onge, the larger idea can be seen

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    Even moving to a new house can be a little nerve racking. Will there be enough space? How will the community be? These are all questions that can go through a person's mind when moving. Now think, how about moving to a new country, with a new language, and having to bring kids. It would be a much more intense experience, like the one of Michelle Pique. She moved from france to america in 1993, around the age of 40. She already had 3 kids, none of them knowing english. In france, her husband

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    Reflection Paper

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    would like to talk about it. This changing event was moving abroad to a different country at a young age. Although moving to a different country generally broaden people’s perspectives, in my case, this experience also subverted my personality and forged my individuality. Relocating to another country, in fact, broaden my limited perspective. For instance, while school topics were the same, the content was presented differently. In my old country, the history lessons about the world wars and the cold

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    Hindus By Mukherjee

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    A person’s heritage and cultural identity may be lost when moving to a new country where the culture is different and other cultures are not easily accepted. In the short story “Hindus”, Bharati Mukherjee uses setting, characters and the plot to discuss what it is like to lose your cultural identity while being a visible minority in America. Mukherjee uses the plot to describe the events that take place in the main characters life that lead her to realize how different the culture and life is in

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