Today marks my 3rd month in the USA. Like joke like joke what seemed like a plan is progressing so fast!!!. Seems like yesterday when i got my visa on the 23rd of August this year and now i'm in my third month in the US. It's been a very eventful journey to say the least. Infact, it seems like i've been here longer than the three months. In 3 months, i have completed a semester, written midterms, written finals, written projects, gotten my final grades, registered for new semester course, e.t.c.
Will like to share with you a few lies we've been told about the US which i have found out to be totally untrue. We've been told that:
1) America is next to heaven, a taste of it gives you an idea of what heaven is like,hmnnn not true.....
2) The streets of America are paved with gold, rubies and precious metal, fa-fa-faoul!, not true. Just like Naija, you'd see a lot of run down areas with very hungry scary looking people begging for alms, Yes!
3) America is filled with loads of glam & prop, another lie!, people here dress & look really simple, there's nothing exotic about the way people look
4) People back home believe all their family, friends & loved ones living in America live in big houses, have great jobs and are living large, Lie! As i got out of JFK Int'l Airport (which i think by the way is not half as fine as Dubai Int'l Airport), i saw a lot of black & African looking men asking if i needed help with carrying my load (imagine them as alabaaro) so i began to imagine the family of these people back home hounding them for money with the thought that they are living large....very ironic (**Disclaimer, this is not to say that everyone living in America does odd job, a million to one Nigerians living here are doing soooo well**)
5) Schooling in America is easy, if you can survive the Nigerian educational system with all its flaws, you can survive any where in the world. This is the biggest lie so far, LIE!..... the school system here will drain you (i mean this in a good way).... it will stretch and take everything from your grey matter, it will cause you to think, work hard & be the best. There's no room for failure, you are constantly engaged in coursework, homework, projects, research, e.t.c., it can be really demanding i tell you. So if you are planning to come here for school, Ensure you are prepared, mentally, emotionally, physically, financially, e.t.c., No cutting of corners here!, it's either you are on top or you are out! (Hope i did not succeed in scaring you, pls don't be, it's worth it at the end of the day. So i'm told)
It's exciting living in a foreign land, you experience new cultures, meet new people, try out new food, visit new places, it is fun but you'd miss home. I miss Naija, i miss my family, i miss home. From next year, i will try to update my blog more regularly & share with you my grad school experience. I've heard people say in the past that Grad school sucks but for me, i'd say Grad school rocks!!! (Hopefully) :)
This is wishing you a merry Christmas & a prosperous Newyear in advance!!!!
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