There are 1.13 million foreign students in the United States (Miriam) As of last month, I am now part of them. Moving to the United States and going to college will be a major change in my identity. Now I live without my parents and moved to a place where I have no friends. In contrast, when I lived in Mexico I went out with them every week and had fun with them on special dates. This is the moment in which I will form my identity on my own, whereas before, when I was a boy, it was formed by my parents, from whom I inherited his values and his code of ethics. In this new phase of my life, being part of new groups will be inevitable and I will have to fight to ensure that all memberships come into harmony. Especially now that I live with my roommate and am starting a new group with him. Living with a friend in the same groupThis is not only the group I have been in all my life, but above all it is where I formed my personal code of ethics and learned the values I practice every day. For example, it is within my family that I learned to be responsible and work hard because my father is like that and from an early age he influenced me to do things well, just like he does. Furthermore, patience and tolerance are some values that are part of my code of ethics. I adopted them from my mother, she is very patient with people and tolerates diversity. All these things, I learned from my parents and became part of who I am today, they form my identity. Now that I'm in another country, I'm still part of my family. Even if it's not easy to be so distant from a group I've always been close to. So, the distance will strengthen my identity because I will put into practice everything I learned from my parents on my own. I will probably later include other aspects of my personal experience and pass them on to my children in the future just as my parents did with me, but now my experience will be
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