Believing That You Can Believing That You Can
The Turning Point in My Life
I grew up in a neighborhood where all the people knew
each other. We lived like a family. Because of the
economic situation in my country of Haiti, most of the
youth are jobless and some of them dropped out of school
early. This may be the reason that, even though I had a
profession, I didn’t really push myself. I did not have any
challenges until I came to the United States in 2011. That
was a turning point in my life. I had never lived in a foreign
country. I did not really know what an industrial country
looked like. I have learned a lot since I arrived here. I have
learned that I need to fight for a good living. If I want to
reach my goals, I have to do my best. Every single day I try
to learn some words, how to pronounce them, and in what
context to use them. Even though I miss Haiti, I have no
regret being here. I have more possibilities now to reach my
goals. This is the turning point in my life.
Ifeta Tiresias is a student at Dunbar Community School.
Turning Point in Life
There comes a time in your life when you try to figure
out what is happening, why your thinking is different than
before, why you have some feelings you never had before.
The answer to these questions is that your life is changing
and you didn’t see it coming or maybe you saw it but you
didn’t pay attention. When I was in high school in my
country, Haiti, I wanted to become someone famous in my
future like a doctor, a lawyer, or even the president of my
country because every year my classmates chose me to be
their leader; they believed in me. However, I was never an
intelligent student, but I always thought I could change
something in my community because I am someone who is
responsible, who loves his family and his country; someone
who never stops having new ideas. One day my French
teacher saw an essay I wrote about my country in my free
time. At the bottom of the page I wrote these words: “I just
write because the ideas come and I play with them.” After
reading the whole text, he told me that I had great ideas that
could help others and if I continued writing, I was going to