Asayoungboy,mylifeinHaitialwaysrevolvedaroundmyparents....

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As a young boy, my life in Haiti always revolved around my parents. They would do everything for me, and I was __1__ with that. Then I moved to the United States, __2__ I was pretty much on my own. “Mom and Dad are not here __3__, and you have to take care of yourself from now on,” I would often tell myself looking at the __4__ when washing in the morning.

At first, this task seemed to be __5__; I was new to the country, my __6__ skills were poor and I had to go to a new school. Everything seemed to be __7__. Getting to explore this new setting was exciting, yet, since it was a(n) __8__ that I hardly knew anything about, I could not help feeling frightened.

The school was a whole different __9__ for itself. I was in the middle of my freshmen year when I __10__, and everything I had learned in French, had to be translated to English. That was __11__ the most difficult part of the transition (過渡) . I could have been a __12__ kid and just let time help me get better, but then I thought, “Will that really __13__ me?” Completing the academic school year was my new goal and in order to __14__ it, I had to study twice as hard as my classmates, __15__ learning English as fast as I could. Countless nights had passed in the __16__, but seeing myself getting better each week made it well worth it.

At some point in life, we all __17__ a time that makes us become __18__ like an adult; a time when we grow as a person. Without any __19__ I would say that moving to New York was an important part of my life. As I was __20__ to a new world full of opportunities, I came to realize that only I can shape my future.

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