Growing up in Rwanda, I didn’t know I was going to meet most of the friends I have now in the United States. I was not thinking that at one point  in my life I will be having many friends from different parts of the world especially China, Indonesia and the United States itself were Cornell University is located, but since I had a strong attachment to school (Cornell University). I got to meet a lot of other friends who had also strong attachment to school. Some of my friends we got to develop a strong relationship, while others we have a weak relationship. Whatever the case the school brought us together. If it wasn’t for the school I would have not had a chance to meet them or they would have not had a chance to meet me. So school fulfills a triadic closure. School is a gate I went through to meet my new friends, and is a gate I am going through to get my bachelors degree.

Rwanda is a social network on its own, and the United States is another social network on its own. Both of these countries have different cultures and different ideas. If there was not movement cross these two countries, idea and cultures would remain in their native countries. That is, People in Rwanda would know nothing, but their culture and same would apply to the people in United States. I consider myself a bridge that is connecting Rwanda to the United States, the ideas that I will acquire from Cornell University, I will take them to Rwanda, where I will be sharing them with my fellow Rwandese, and this will make Rwanda better off because I will have introduced new ideas which they would have not otherwise received, if I had not bridged the gap between the United States and Rwanda.