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Growing Up in Chardonnieres

 

Marie Jean Sebastienne

 

I started school when I was seven years old. I walked to school with my sister. My class had forty students. Everybody wore a uniform.

After elementary school the students went to the different villages for high school because we didn't have a high school in my village. Now the parents had more problems with the students. Some students stayed for a week and came back on weekends. Some came home everyday. The students studied grammar, sociology, science, philosophy, math and history etc. Sometimes a mean teacher made the students dislike school. The school year began in September and ended in June. The vacation started after the school year was over.

 

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Marie Jean Sebastienne is from Haiti and has been studying in the Power Program for two years.

“I have been here for seven years. I’m married and I have two kids. My son is fourteen years old and my daughter is five years old. I’m working in the Five Stars Hospital in Woburn. I’m a hard worker, and my job can be tough at times. My goal is to learn better English because I want to become a nurse. When my kids finish school and grow up, I will go back to help the people in my country. I feel my goals are very important and I will accomplish all of them.”