My Personal Migration Experience

My Personal Migration Experience

I have lived and studied in Melbourne for nearly six years. When I came to Australia from China alone as a teenage girl, at first, I was quite excited, I felt unprecedented freedom, everything made me feel refreshed such as different food, customs, culture and architecture. However, just after a couple of days, I began to experience many culture shocks in the first two years. Due to huge differences in culture, education, life habits and so on, when I got into normal study life, I felt frustrated with my study and even lost my goal. I could not get involved with my foreign classmates. I did not know what to do and how to do, what was right or wrong to do in the new environment. The biggest problem was communication as my English was quite poor at that time. I began to miss my parents, my friends at China very much. With my parents, teachers and classmates' encouragement and help, as well as my endeavor, I gradually get adapted to the study and life in Melbourne.

As an international student, except for learning knowledge, the most important thing is to become independent and perform subjective initiative. My teachers always encourage me to think independently and critically, so as to find innovative and practical solutions for problems. Of course, seeking for help is also very important. For Australians, if I do not ask them they would not help me proactively but once I make requests, they would help me at their best, and they respect my own opinions a lot.

As for my impression on Australian people, on the streets of Melbourne, I could see easy-going, friendly and rustic people everywhere. As for the clothing, many of them like leisure clothes and do not stress famous brands. I think it is an embodiment of their easy-going life attitude. Many Australians claim proudly that they are egalitarians. For example, I have seen some children and teenagers debate with their parents, that scene is rale in China. At school, many local students often respond the teachers' questions by asking, while the teachers welcome students to make comments on their lectures or papers. The different way of social intercourse between Chinese and Australians is the most impressed characteristic for me, which has also left me the most direct impression on Australian people. In some sense, the open personality of Australians has direct relations with their physical conditions. Just like Chinese people often say, tall and strong people are usually bold and unconstrained.

Another feature of Australians I find is friendly. It can be said that friendly is the most important symbol for me to distinguish natives and people of other nations. When I go out, I would encounter many friendly Australians greet me. I feel that the friendly personality of Australians has something to do with their living environment. Marx proposes that the economic basis determine