Everyone has something to expect from life. These expectations are called dreams, and no matter how big or small the dreams are, there are people or circumstances that make them easier or harder to reach. 

As a foreign exchange student from Turkey, I see the First Amendment of the United States playing a helper role for me.

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is allowing the free exercise of religion, providing freedom of speech and press and also giving the right to peaceably assemble or petition the government with grievances. So there are a lot of ways that it makes a U.S citizen’s life easier.

Even though I’m not a citizen, the Constitution is giving me these rights and making my life easier. As an exchange student here in the United States, I have the right to practice my religion and to be respected. I appreciate this respect, but even more I appreciate that this country’s First Amendment gives me the right to share my thoughts freely.

My goal is to become a musician, which seems easily reachable. But the battle for me will start after I become a musician. There are a lot of musicians, so to succeed in this area, every individual has to offer something unique and attractive to the audience. This happens by writing lyrics and composing music.

The way we think and act independently, and the ideas that cross our minds as a result of that independence, make each of us unique. For musicians, the main focus is to express thoughts and feelings honestly and freely, sharing something special that is totally unique, and to be accountable to the audience.

That is where the First Amendment comes to help. Whether in journalism or in the arts, it allows for creativity. It gives me the right to share everything I want with my audience freely, and if I come here permanently, it will give me the opportunity to become a satisfied musician.

In the United States I don’t need to worry about expressing my thoughts. I know United States is the country of freedom, and I know the First Amendment is on my side.

Here I can open the corners of my mind without any fear.