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From janitor to head teacher: how a Ukrainian realized his American dream

From a janitor to a deputy school principal - this is exactly the path that Ukrainian Taras Petryshyn followed towards his American dream. At the age of 16, he moved to the United States with his parents.

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When I went to get a higher education, in order to earn money to live, I got a job as a janitor at an elementary school in New Jersey. Having received a diploma in education, he became a teacher at this school, and then a head teacher. Journalists "Voices of America" visited the school where he works and learned the secrets of rapid career growth.

Schoolchildren call him "Mr. Pi"

“He’s cheerful, he gives high-fives, he never shouts,” says one of the students, who also emigrated from Ukraine and adds that with “Mr. P” you can speak not only English, but also Ukrainian.

Another student says that it was the head teacher who encouraged him to study better.

“Last year, I was having a bad day, he talked to me, told me his story, how hard he worked and it helped me. I remembered our conversation well and decided to start studying better,” shares 10-year-old Omar.

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Taras immigrated to the United States in the 1990s. Life abroad was difficult - he worked at a construction site, in a restaurant, in a store, and later went to college and got a job as a janitor at a local school.

“Cleaning the school was also good - they paid money. Also, the schedule coincided - I studied in the morning from 08:00 to 13:00, and worked from 14:00 to 23:00 approximately,” says Taras.

For 6 years he worked as a cleaner.

“20 rooms and a toilet on each floor. Everything needs to be swept, wiped, toilets washed, if the doors are dirty, wipe them too. Everything should shine. If it’s winter, then you also need to wash the floors, not just sweep them. To the 3rd floor they carried boxes of paper, 25 kg each, 2-3 were picked up and carried. Yes, it's hard. But a person adapts to everything,” recalls the head teacher.

Taras never hid his ambitions: “I did not want to get out of school all my life. I wanted to be a teacher. ”

Once Tarasa noticed the director of training programs Jenin Kuselevich.

“Sometimes in the evenings, when he was cleaning my office, we talked about his education, about how he sees his teaching career. I’m glad that I was the person who told him that there was a job opening in our school district that they were urgently looking for a person to fill,” says Jenine Kuselevich.

Taras then completed his studies, so he immediately submitted documents and got the job of a teacher of the 5 class. He did not stop learning from this, he took part in all the training programs offered by the department of education.

“A strong work ethic and a great desire to learn can motivate anyone, if you really put work first, are not afraid to try something new, expand your horizons, then you can achieve success,” says Kiselevich.

Taras says that in order to achieve your goal, the main thing is not to give up.

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“People come and say: “They laugh at me because I’m an immigrant,” “They laugh at me because I don’t speak English.” I can’t say that they laughed at me, I can’t say that the children laughed at me. They said: “Oh, you were cleaning,” yes, I was cleaning, but now I’m here, this is an example, learn to never clean,” says Taras.

When the head teacher opened a vacancy in elementary school, Taras decided to try his hand. He was taken for a year of internship with the salary of an ordinary teacher.

“We have 385 students and 105 school staff - that’s a lot of people. Everyone has their own needs. He should always come when they need to support them. Every day when you come to work, you need to leave your problems at home,” says school principal Jason Gebedank.

Taras perceives his work as a mission: “I try every day for children to grow - in behavior, in science, in everything. I want them to love going to school. I also try to help teachers grow.”

The story of Taras Pertishin is an example of the American dream, as Taras’s colleagues believe.

“This is really an American story about what we believe in. If you work hard, you will be rewarded. And this is exactly the case of Mr. Petrishin,” says a teacher at the school.

Taras himself advises immigrants to choose a goal and go to it.

“Learn a language, get an education, set a goal and work towards its realization. I know this is hard, but in this country there are many opportunities, you just have to use them. ”

Petrishin’s plans are to become a school director, and then even more. He believes that he will achieve his goal, the main thing is to be true to his life principles - work hard, be fair and love children.

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