Why Did I Decide To Take This Chance

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This poem came up with an idea by using a questionable title and the body of the poem are the answers from the title and the answers have to start with word "Because". And here is mine.

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Why did I decide to take this chance

Because I am Putri whose dreams so high. Stand tall like I am tall enough to reach all of my dreams that I spread out on the sky.

Because chances that has come will not come back twice and a year as an exchange student only happen once.

Because when I was a child, I said to everyone that I didn’t want to be a doctor, but I wanted to be the President of United States of America.

Because I am Indonesian and I want to promote how freaking incredible and awesome my country is.

Because I want to challenge myself to live far away from people that I used to know.

Because I don’t know how to make my parents proud of me, so I decided to go.

Because I don’t have a lot of money to travel here, but I do have this holy brain that made me passed the test and now I am here.

Because being the only one who wear scarf at school is kinda cool.

Because when I think about future, this chance is one important thing that I have to take.

Because I know where I have to stay if someday I got another chance to come back here.

Because I can learn anywhere and anytime, no matter what time and what places. Learn is not always about something that relate to school, but learn to be tough when my life is getting harder and harder is a part of learning.

Because every time I see everyone here is one of a big chance that I won’t miss. Because, I know I can not see you all again next year. That’s why I actually try to record all of you on my mind. But it’s hard. Although some of you think that you don’t know me that well, but having you guys payed attention at me when I was presenting my presentation about my country, I felt happy and I totally appreciate it.

Because there are no burrito, Wallmart, Marshmallow, honey butter, Pretzel, and lots of things here that I can’t find in a place where I belong, so I take this chance.

Because my real family doesn’t like to watch movie and play games, so watch movies and play games every weekend with my host family here is such a good chance.

Because time gives me a lot of chance to learn music by myself.

Because taking lots of pictures are a big chance to capture all of the place where I’ve been passed.

Because on July, I’ll have a new chance to tell people who I used to know there about what I’ve seen and done here.


By Wahyuni Putri.