In elementary school they were teaching me English and when I say teaching me, I mean they were teaching me. I had speech and reading class to help me as well. In first grade they told my parents that I had to learn English and I could not speak Spanish. If I didn't learn it I was not going to be able to move to the second grade. Yes, you can say I had a lot to learn in so little time. I did what I had to do, I promised myself I was never going to talk Spanish ever again and I didn’t.
By making that choice you can say my grandma was highly upset with me. I told her I had to do what I had to do. It’s a shame, something that was part of my culture and that I knew so well, was in a way taken away from me. …show more content…
Some reason it never fails when I’m writing, reading a book, or dealing with anything English my mind get to wondering off. I don’t blame anyone but I because I had a chance to learn it and me always took the easy way out. By me taking the easy way out there is more to it that is holding me back from writing and I guess it had a lot to do with me growing up. Usually something that happened this traumatic will help a person be a better writer because they can express their feelings. I was the opposite way around, I tried one day writing a letter and the person laughed in my face not only did that make me feel low but what happened after that made me feel less than