Friday, April 22, 2011

Migration to U.S.

 
My family came to U.S. for a better education and work opportunity. My family migrated to U.S. in 2004 when I was 14 years old. Urdu is the main language spoken  in all of Pakistan. there are also few different tribal languages spoken but Urdu is the main national language. knowing not very good English have affected my dad and mom in work field a lot. It has also have affected me and my sisters in the early years of school in U.S. eventually i became very fluent in English by watching american cartoons and listening to songs. and so does my sister by having a lot of friends and talking to them in English. but it didn't affect my parents social life much because most of their friends were same age and spoken the same language. after being in U.S. for 7 almost 8 years i am still very fluent in Urdu. I am also planning to teach my children my mother tongue and about my family roots. it is very important for them to know about our family roots so they will know what is our family and religion is about and how important it is. I will teach them the same way my sister is teaching her 3 year old son right before he goes to sleep she  say all prayers with them and stuff. have to start teaching them at the early age. We celebrate  Pakistan independence day which is at 14 august. other than that we celebrate all of religious holidays together.