Personal Narrative: Moving To Ireland

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I always loved travelling ever since I was little, but I never realised just how much I would travel throughout my seventeen years of life. I was born in Poland and lived there for the first 8 years of my life. Then on a hot summer's day in 2006, I received the surprising news from my parents that we were going to move, and not just to a different town, we were going to move to Ireland.
I still clearly remember how frightened I was at the thought of moving. Moving to Dublin, Ireland meant I had to leave all my friends, family and my favorite hometown behind. It got even worse for me when we got there and I had to start school. I started 3rd grade in a foreign country with absolutely no ability to speak English. Thankfully I quickly adjusted and overcame the language barrier. I spent the whole year of 3rd grade furiously learning English and since I was only eight, I learned it fairly quickly. At the end of 5th grade I entered a writing competition and won an award for composing the best poem out all the schools in my city. I lived in Ireland for six years, and on my fourteenth birthday my parents informed me that we were moving again. This time we were going to move to Canada. …show more content…
I started high school in Canada and the beginning was a bit of a struggle for me. High School can be scary for any incoming freshman but starting high school in a foreign country was even more frightening. However, I managed found myself at home after a few months. English was no longer a struggle for me because I managed to learn it perfectly while still in Ireland. I lived in Canada for two years and attended freshman and sophomore year at a Canadian high

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