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An Immigrants Silent Struggle By Robert Kosi Tettes Analysis

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When I was still in my country Nigeria, it was my everyday wish to travel to the United States. Like most people in my country would say, America is the second heaven things are gotten with ease, good degrees are gotten with ease, houses are owned with ease, money is made with ease and foods are gotten with ease. When I finally arrived here, I discovered that the reverse was the case. Now at the age of 18, I have to work in order to raise funds for my education and to get good grades are not easy. Without hard work a student cannot make an A. Right now I am a bit confused with either going back home to live dependent with my parents or I stay here to bring out the best I can be and be dependent on myself. In Robert Kosi Tettes article, An …show more content…

He never took his studies seriously because he gave himself the impression that he was surely going to travel to America. When Lilian, his close friend travelled to America. Her travelling increased his urge to travel abroad, and He began disturbing his relatives either to send him money or to help him with his travelling. However, they told him that life in America was not an easy one. When Lilian came back, she spoke to Okocha based on life and everything in America. Ever since then, he changed his view towards life in abroad, he faced his education seriously, and now, as I write he presently owns the one of the largest petroleum companies in Nigeria. If my uncle could change his view towards life in America, I do not see the reason anyone who reads Tettes article would change his or hers. In addition, Tettes article can serve as a preparatory to prepare the African youths for the challenges ahead of them on arriving here. For example, I had a close friend named Natasha I have never seen anyone like her that have longed to travel abroad. She played the visa lottery three times but unfortunately, she never won it. She eventually bumped into an old classmate of hers who helped her in travelling to abroad. Natasha sold her all her belongings and travelled abroad. When she arrived, she found out that things never worked out the way she thought. She had to work twice a day, at the funeral home in the day and in the restaurant at night. Natasha got fed up and

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