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The writer relates that being thrust into a totally foreign environment at the age of fifteen seemed frightening at the time, but it made him into self-reliant person with a strong character.
The writer describes how he first had to overcome the language and cultural barriers as well as his loneliness. Then, the writer points out that his parents made tremendous sacrifices for him, although he did not realize it at the time, and he concludes that he owes all his achievements to his parents.

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"I first had to overcome the language and cultural barriers. My host family tried their best to accommodate me but we could not communicate with each other except with gestures, making many mistakes along the way. Some situations were humorous, and others made me want to pack my bags and leave. I spent my first year in Canada in a special ESL program that helped me learn as much English as possible in the shortest period of time. When I started public high school the year after, things seemed to get worse for a while. I was in the ESL class, but it was a real struggle to learn a language I had no prior knowledge of at all."

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