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Personal Essay About Moving To Canada

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I was not born here in Canada, I'm originally from Haiti. I came to Canada when I was young and I only spoke French and Haitian Creole. In the beginning it was really hard adjusting to the new culture, life, school, making new friends, etc. it was like my world just turned upside down and I had to start all over again. Although Canada is a bilingual country where I was living, which is Windsor Ontario the majority of the people spoke English, most of the schools and government facility were also English places. I used to be really shy and quiet because I was afraid to be judged for not pronouncing or not understand what the words mean that is why when I went to school or any place that required me to speak English I just stayed quietly in a corner. …show more content…

I'm studying social service worker because I want to return to the community/world what these wonderful people had given me when I first moved to Canada. I know how challenging moving to a new country can be, I've been there, I know all the struggle to even though it was not as bad for me because I knew French, but some other newcomers had a harder time than I did. This is why I want to help them and make a different in their lives just like my teachers and other social service workers did for me. I've choosing to become a social service worker because I love helping people, giving back to the community, and I take pride in doing so. Therefore, I think I'll be a great fit in this program. I will try my very best to assist anyone that will need my help in the future. Back in Windsor I've volunteered with a lot of newcomers, I represented the ESL department in student body for two years, I was also a peer tutor for the ESL students. Therefore, I have some ideas of what to expect when I start working in the field and I'm super excited about this opportunity in

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