Having come to live in this age is as though one were to have entered another country. Learn its language or risk being left out.
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Believe me, you can get into a lot of trouble being sixteen years old in a foreign country with no adult telling you when to come home.
Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.
We moved to Gambia from Sweden when I was six years old because my dad was from there. It was definitely a culture shock.
I've never been in any country for more than four years, and I'm learning different languages all the time. It gives you a different attitude.
It is much easier to learn another language when you are young, enthusiastic and unembarrassed.
In this country, it doesn't make any difference where you were born. It doesn't make any difference who your parents were. It doesn't make any difference if, like me, you couldn't even speak English until you were in your twenties.
You just have this freedom when you're younger - this lack of concern to fail or do anything wrong. It comes with an ease that I've found has kind of deteriorated over time.
I want to go to a country where I don't speak the language. I want to be lost in translation.
Travel early and travel often. Live abroad, if you can. Understand cultures other than your own. As your understanding of other cultures increases, your understanding of yourself and your own culture will increase exponentially.
Moving to a new country is always difficult, but the fact my dad and my sister came to live with me was a huge help. That made things easier.
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