how hard it was going to be, having to grow up quickly, become an independent person, and aside from learning that the people
who you think would be the ones to help you end up being the one 's who try to destroy you. My mom always used to say, “You were
born alone not with people do your own thing do not expect others to.” The first months of living here were horribly lonely. I stood all
alone, and felt deserted in an unknown environment covered with people speaking all sorts of words I could not grasp.
During the month of February of the following year, my mom had enrolled me to start in my second grade …show more content…
I could not believe how far I had gotten, in adapting to a new place in such a short time, I could not
have been more proud of my accomplishments.
During my fifth grade year I was doing great, and mastering the English language. I always got excellent reading achievements
diplomas for my outstanding reading at higher level grades than that of mine. “School was never my forte, but I always tried to make
it fun, and tried making new friends.” Education has never been my cup of tea, but I value the fact that I was able to receive what
others wish they could have. Despite the fact that many people tried to bring me down at first; I learned to do things on my own
instead of relying on others to help me accomplish them.
In conclusion, sometimes we have to grow up fast for various reasons I had to, because I practically had no one to help me out
with the fact that I could not understand my school work. Even though some time had passed, my parents still had a hard time with
their English; in part this is also one of the reasons why I forced myself to learn English faster. This made me grow up in the sense
that in Cuba, I was used to living a simpler life, and always surrounded by people I knew who helped me out, but by the time I