Believing That You Can Believing That You Can
is not true. I could stay here forever and never learn about
the principles or culture underpinning American English
and its speakers. Thus I am focused on closing this gap, and
now I realize that the four months I have spent here is just
the beginning. I believe this will be an investment in the
future of both my family and myself. This will then be our
turning point.
Marco Magalhaes is a Brazilian business analyst who has worked for
Nestle since 1998. He and his family arrived in Tampa in August 2012.
A Turning Point in My Life
Even at seventeen years old, you still come across
those moments where, just one little decision or choice, can
be a turning point for you. The turning point I am facing
now is making the decision to finish my high school
education and get my GED. Some people have turning
points that turn out unsatisfactorily, but I believe my turning
point is marvelous. Several things have changed for me
since I've made the decision, and I'm sure completing my
education will open more doors for me in the future as well.
Obviously, every decision can affect someone one way or
another. Before I made this decision, I was depressed. I'd
lost contact with most of the friends I had while in school.
Furthermore, I had no real drive to get up and go out of the
house to make friends and do something with my life.
It wasn't until years after I had left school when a friend
of my sisters was over that I made this decision. He
mentioned the GED program that the nearby college had,
and before I knew it, I was at the college registering for the
program. Making this decision has changed me for the
better, and I refuse to go back to how I was before. Of
course, now that I have made this decision it has changed
me in various was. Where before I was depressed, now I am
energetic and happy. I'm enthusiastic about doing simple,
everyday things. I'm excited about studying, and working
on tests. I am working hard; more so than I have for any
other thing I have ever done. Now that I've made this
decision, I am looking more toward the future and what is
best for me.