Asayoungboy，mylifeinHaitialwaysrevolvedaroundmyparents．Theywoulddoeverythingforme，andIwas（41）___withthat．ThenImovedtotheUnitedStates，（42）___Iwasprettymuchonmyown．"MomandDadarenothere（43

　　As a young boy，my life in Haiti always revolved around my parents．They would do everything for me，and I was（41）___with that．Then I moved to the United States，（42）___ I was pretty much on my own．"Mom and Dad are not here （43）___，and you have to take care of yourself from now on，"I would often tell myself looking at the（44）___ when washing in the morning．

　　At first，this task seemed to be（45）___； I was new to the country，my（46）___ skills were poor and I had to go to a new school．Everything seemed to be（47）___．Getting to explore this new setting was exciting，yet，since it was a（n）（48）___ that I hardly knew anything about，I could not help feeling frightened．

　　The school was a whole different（49）___ for itself．I was in the middle of my freshmen year when I（50）___，and everything I had learned in French，had to be translated to English．That was（51）___the most difficult part of the transition （过渡）．I could have been a （52）___kid and just let time help me get better，but then I thought，"Will that really（53）___ me？"Completing the academic school year was my new goal and in order to （54）___ it，I had to study twice as hard as my classmates，（55）___ learning English as fast as I could．Countless nights had passed in the（56）___，but seeing myself getting better each week made it well worth it．

　　At some point in life，we all（57）___ a time that makes us become （58）___like an adult； a time when we grow as a person．Without any（59）___ I would say that moving to New York was an important part of my life．As I was（60）___ to a new world full of opportunities，I came to realize that only I can shape my future．

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