The chance to leave the place presented itself when I became 17 years old. Since Korea doesn¯t allow dual citizenship for people over 17 years old, I had to choose one citizenship. (I had both U.S. and Korean citizenships because I was born in the U.S

This summer, two years after I came to the U.S., I had a chance to visit Korea. However when I arrived there, I was very astonished. My father¯s crop experiment station, a green house, was a mess and people were working to restore it. My father explained that a tornado struck two days ago and destroyed most of the crops. Right after lunch, I went back to the green house to help restore what was left of it. However, most of the crops that my father worked on for two years were damaged or gone, and it seemed impossible to restore them.

. while my father was earning his PhD.) My strong desire to leave the rural town forced me to select my U.S. citizenship. My parents wanted me to choose Korean citizenship but I chose the U.S. citizenship in order to leave the place regardless of my parent¯s opinion. When I came to the U.S. alone, I had the most difficult time of my life because I had to learn English and adapt to a new place

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