Throughout my life, there have been several events and people that influenced significantly who I am today. Among those things, Coming to Canada has become the most important influence in my life because it changed the way I look at interpersonal relationship, cultural differences and helped me to determine my identity. By moving to overseas by myself at age 22, I learned to adjust myself to new culture that is completely different from my Japanese background. …showed first 75 words of 994 total…

…showed last 75 words of 994 total…experience, my understanding of the world and environment would have been different from the ones I have now. Despite difficulties that I have due to the language disability, I still glad that I came to here because I know this experience has changed me a lot and has important meaning in my life and self development. I also come to realize importance of the role significant others play to form one¡¦s identity and self-concept.