A major conflict I had my senior year of high school was trying to prove to my parents that I was mature enough to move away and attend college in southern California. I struggled to explain to them that college life is supposed to be spent on-campus, and if I didn’t live on campus I wouldn’t get to experience all aspects of college life. But they insisted that all 1 st and 2 nd year students who live on campus just end up getting drunk and the students usually end up dropping out of college, and don’t achieve anything in life. Even after my persistence of trying to show my parents that moving out and attending college would be the best thing for my education, they refused to change their minds. I went and spoke to my English professor and explained to Mr. Sullivan what my problem was.
He explained to me that my parents only wanted the well- being of my future and they were taking whatever steps they had too, because they really didn’t think I was ready to leave and live life away from home. I heard what my teacher was explaining, but couldn’t understand what he meant because I thought I knew best for myself and my parents were just over protective. And for many months to follow, I was very annoyed by my parents and their rules. But soon I realized that it wasn’t really my parents fault, what they feel is very natural for people to feel when moving to a different country.
After observing the differences between the environments that my parents and I were raised in, I understand why it is difficult for them to change their views and adapt to the American society.