A Turning Point in My Life
but shied away. It is hard to exist in this world if you can’t
read.
I missed out on a lot of simple things in life because I
couldn’t read very well. About fifteen years ago I was so
embarrassed about my reading that I decided to improve it.
For two years I met twice a week at the library to improve
my reading. I continue until today in reading classes. Now I
am 63 years old, and I am a better reader. At the age of
sixty two, I read my first real book ever. It was The
Autobiography of Frederick Douglass, and I read it from
cover to cover. If I could only speak to school kids, to let
them know if you can’t read you will have a rough time in
life. So while you’re in school, pay attention. And if you
don’t know something, don’t run away like I did. Ask for
help because in the future you will need an education to
make a decent living and to have a good life.
A Turning Point in My Life
My parents and I decided to leave our country behind.
This affirmation might be short lived. It will really mean a
lot for any family out there going through the same
situation. In my case, I remembered everything that
happened around the world. We the citizens never knew the
real truth. We don’t have the right to pick or decide who is
going to be the next president or something as simple as
expressing what we really think about the system of our
government. I remembered being a really happy child who
grew with my parents. As I was growing up, I started to
worry about not just the three of us; I began to worry about
other people, the community, and our society.
That’s when I found out all of the lies in the system; all
the missing and hidden information in the world, news that
can affect the wrong revolution created for Fidel Castro in
my beautiful country. The government restricted all kinds of
TV shows, internationals channels, and the use of Internet.
These tools were not allowed to be seen by the regular
people; only those in high authority have access to the real
truth. They changed the truth, to let you, the people know,