As you read this section, think about your country and the life you led there before coming to the United States. How would you respond to the following questions and situations if you were in your home country?

- When you learned that you were accepted at NYU and were soon going to leave your country to go abroad, with whom did you share the news? Family, neighbors, friends, teachers? Were these people happy for you? Did they say they would miss you while you were abroad? What other reactions did they have?

- If you had a medical emergency in your country, who would visit you in the hospital? Who would visit you several times? Who besides your family would offer to help after you returned home?

- If you were feeling sad or depressed because things were not going well in your job or studies or your personal life, would you share your feelings with others? Are there only certain family members with whom you would want to discuss these matters? Would you discuss them with some friends? How would they respond to your need to talk to them?

- If something wonderful happened to you, such as an unexpected job promotion, and you decided to celebrate, whom would you invite to celebrate with you?

In all these situations, you may well turn to those people near you whom you know, trust, and like, and who are willing to share your life when things are going well and when things are not going well. Family members, friends, teachers, and other people you know are the people who provide companionship, to whom you turn in times of need, to whom you can express your true emotions, people who are concerned about you. These are the people who may also turn to you for support, help and companionship.

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