Sergey Strelov

07/14/2014
CLIP Class 1B/2A-Summer 2014
Draft 3
Reasos for !mm!grat!g to Amer!"a#
$or last 2% years Russ!a &as ma'e &uge "&ages# (&e "ommu!st "outry &as ture' !to a
"a)!tal!st "outry# *ell t&at !s )asse' )ea"eful +ay, -ut t&!s tras!t!o )er!o' greatly "&age'
)eo)le.s l!ves# Peo)le sta'ar' of l!v!g strogly 'e"rease'# It "o"ers t&e e'u"at!o, me'!"!e a'
average !"ome# As +ell as )ol!t!"al system ture' out su"& "otrols +&ere oe )erso to maagers
+&ole "outry "alle' t&e Pres!'et# All ot&er !st!tut!os of govermet 'o ot +or/# (&erefore my
+!fe a' I 'e"!'e' to go to Amer!"a for t+o reasos, for future of our "&!l're a' -y )ol!t!"al
mot!ves#
(&e f!rst reaso !s o))ortu!ty to get for our "&!l're goo' e'u"at!o, so"!al -eef!ts a' -eaut!ful
so"!al l!fe amog lo"al )o)ulat!o# 0y f!rst v!s!t ! Amer!"a +as ! L!"ol, "a)!tal of 1e-ras/a, a'
I sa+ &o+ strog '!fferet of l!fe -et+ee t+o of "outr!es# L!fe ! Amer!"a "alm a'
'!verse, +!t&out -!g of s&o"/s, !s "of!'e"e ! t&e tomorro+# 2'u"at!o ! Amer!"a eve ! )u-l!"
s"&ools -etter a' '!verse t&a ! Russ!a a' re"og!3e &o+ oe of t&e -est ! t&e +orl'# Peo)le !
Amer!"a are "alm, /!' a' sym)at&et!" t&e ! Russ!a# 4overmet ! Amer!"a &el) all e+
arr!v!g )eo)le &o+ ! /o+le'ge of laguage, me'!"!e a' f!'!g of 5o-# All t&!s !s very '!fferet
from l!fe ! Russ!a# *e "ame to t&e 6!te' States four years ago +!t& t+o "&!l're# 1o+ our
"&!l're lear!g ! Amer!"a s"&ools a' +e sa+ -etter e'u"at!o "om)are +!t& Russ!a# (&e!r
-e&av!or !s free a' t&ey ofte sm!l!g# (&e!r surrou'!g )eo)le are fr!e'ly a' )leasat# (&ey
&ave fr!e's a' are lear!g +ell#
(&e se"o' reaso !s a '!sagreemet +!t& )ol!t!"al system ! my "outry# (&e Russ!a Pres!'et
+as a-le to arrage everyt&!g so t&at all )eo)le ! t&e )o+er are u'er &!s "otrol# $or e7am)le !s
"urret s!tuat!o ! t&e 6/ra!e, +&ere t&e Pres!'et 'e"!'e' everyt&!g &!mself# As +ell as ot
+or/!g 'emo"rat!" !st!tut!os, ele"toral a' 5u'!"!al systems# 1o fee'-a"/ from t&e )eo)le -y t&e
govermet# Peo)le "a ot "otrol l!fe ! t&e "outry# All t&!s "reates a u)leasat a' 'agerous
s!tuat!o ! t&e "outry a' a )erso "a ot -e "of!'et ! t&e future# It !s very '!fferet from l!fe
! Russ!a for t&e +orse# (&e )eo)le ! Russ!aa' a' myself "a ot "&age t&!s system of l!fe a'
t&erefore leave t&e "outry#
L!fe ! Russ!a !s s!m!lar to t&e -etter -ut !t !s u"lear +&at +!ll &a))e e7t# 0ay-e +!ll -e
-a'ly,-e"ause t&e "outry !s u)re'!"ta-le# So I 'o ot +at to stay a' "a ot +a!t# I &a' t&e
o))ortu!ty to leave a' I too/ a'vatage of !t# *&!le our l!fe !s goo', r!g&t a' a""or'!g to our
)la,+e &o)e t&at +e &ave "&ose t&e r!g&t )at&#