Somali Bantu Youth Voices
My Goals
My name is Hawa Elmoge, and I am a high
school student trying to achieve my goals. One of my biggest goal is to graduate from high school no matter how challenging
it is. After I graduate from high school I would like to go to college and after I graduate from college I want to become
a professional soccer player.
I
know to reach these goals is not easy but I will do my best to reach my goals. I need to work
hard to reach my goals. It is just a matter of time and working hard. Since I am new to this country and I didn’t get
the chance to start schooling from kindergarten, but I will work hard to graduate from high school and go to college.
I love playing soccer and I will do a lot of practices to become a good soccer player. Becoming a professional soccer
player is not that easy, but as they said “practice practice makes you perfect”. I will practice
every time to become a perfect soccer player. I have joined the girls’ soccer team last year and we do soccer practice
every time the weather is good.
I would encourage all girls to participate soccer activities, because we can do it like the other people. I
will also encourage you to do well in school. Without education everything will be complicated, education is the key to everything.
There is a Somali proverb you all know which says “A qoon la’aan
waa iftiin la’aan” which means without education is without light.
I know the challenges we are facing here like the new culture,
the language barrier, but we can all become successful if we work hard.
I would like to thank the Somali Bantu Youth
Association of Maine for letting me share my goals with my friends.
If you would like to submit you empowering stories, please email to us at rilwan@sbyam.org.
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