Spanish 1 Reflection

I nearly flunked Spanish 2 sophomore year. I transferred to a new school known as St. Joseph Notre Dame High School, where we had a strict teacher, Mr. Mueller. The second day of his class, we were given a quiz, and given my past history with Spanish 1, I knew I had this one in the bag. How I was farther from the truth, as it only took 2 failing quizzes for him to come up to my desk and say to me "I recommend you try again. From the beginning." He was not wrong; the school I transferred from served public education, whereas in St. Joseph the education was more competitive than the former. However, no matter what, I was devastated about the truth. I loathe the drop from Spanish 2 to Spanish 1; I felt defeated and wanted to scream at the world for my problems. I formed a mental barrier, that shielded me from reality because I hated the harsh truth. Rather, I was afraid of accepting it. But my Spanish 1 teacher saw right past that, and she understood. I didn't think most teachers want to understand their students; I thought their only goal was to grade what we bring to the table, whereas my goal originally was to pass Spanish without support from anybody. She told me that "no one is successful on their own. Even in the lonely times, there must be someone out there who brought them to where they are at." We didn't build trust …show more content…
The Global Glimpse program is a 3-week summer immersion program is an opportunity for students to travel abroad and become immersed in the country. It involved seminars lectures, field trips, reality challenges, and community action projects that address the country's: History, Culture, Education, Poverty, Global Business, Politics, Human Rights Aid and Development, and Immigration. The country that I selected was the Dominican Republic. I selected the Dominican Republic since it was a Spanish speaking