The school is described as a second home for students. Students gain their basic education and life training from their school. They come into contact with new people, learn about different cultures and create new habits and ideas. Entering a new school is extremely difficult, especially when they are moving from another country, leaving their friends and family and entering a completely new environment. My parents decided that I should get a better education, so they decided to move to the United States after I finished my 5th grade in India. We first moved to Maryland and I enrolled at Nashville Middle School. Admission was confirmed on the second day after school started, so I was already behind in all my classes. As I entered the school, I was perplexed. I started sweating and my heart started racing because I didn't know where to go or what to do, I couldn't think of anything. I didn't even know anyone until I showed this girl my schedule and asked her where my class was. Luckily, she happened to be in my class right across from mine, so she walked me to my class. As we were walking to our class we started talking, she asked me if I was new to the area and everything. I asked her if she had classes with me and she looked at the timetable and she nodded and said, "yes, we have science classes together, period 5 after lunch." As soon as she said my heart rate returned to normal, thinking at least I know someone in my science class. We reached the hallway where our class was and she pointed me towards my class and waved her hand with a smile on her face and said, "see you in science class." I smile and say, “I’ll see you in class if I can find the class.” » With anxiety on one hand and fear in the middle of paper......being assigned to a class and you stay in that class all day and you change teachers. We didn't have a smart board or anything, so it was also difficult to understand the teachers. The school period is not as long as the school period in India. You benefit from better sporting activity than in India. In India you learn more things than here, so you have a head start on everything, but in the long run American education is more beneficial than in India.ReflectionsIt was an important first experience because after having did 6th grade in Maryland, I moved to Pennsylvania and I finished high school there and that experience helped me when I started school in Pennsylvania, it helped me made everything easier. All I had to do was find my class and make new friends. I moved back to Maryland and from Maryland to Oregon in 2015, this experience helps me a lot to adapt to the new environment..