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Related: About this forumWHAT I LEARNED FROM LIVING IN THE US
bY YumiI MOVED TO CALIFORNIA FROM A TINY TOWN IN JAPAN AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL. IT WAS A HUGE TRANSITION TO SAY THE LEAST. I DIDNT SPEAK MUCH ENGLISH.
LOOKING BACK, I THINK TO MYSELF..HOW DID I PULL THIS OFF? QUITE FRANKLY, I DONT QUITE REMEMBER. BUT MY STRONG WILL DID THE MAGIC.
WHEN YOU WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN BAD ENOUGH, IT WILL HAPPEN.
So today I want to talk about five things that I learned in the U.S.
http://www.yumitolesson.com/what-i-learned-from-living-in-the-us/
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WHAT I LEARNED FROM LIVING IN THE US (Original Post)
yuiyoshida
Jan 2016
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Sanity Claws
(21,852 posts)1. Wonderful blog
I really enjoyed reading your story. Best of luck to you!
yuiyoshida
(41,861 posts)2. Yumi wrote the blog
I just brought it to DU. I will pass on your compliments
Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)3. Interesting insight.Thanks.
I'm trying to imagine examples of some using aggressiveness ( rude? ) when assertiveness was the really actual goal.
Shandris
(3,447 posts)4. Hah! I'm trying to imagine the friend now. =)
"Hey! Motherf*****! I want a large drink and a Big Mac RIGHT NOW or I'mma jump that counter and stuff my foot up your rear! HAYAKU!"
Feeling the Bern
(3,839 posts)5. I could do the same thing about what I learned living in China
But it would come out really stereotypical.