Personal Narrative: Growing Up In A Hispanic House

Growing up in a Hispanic house taught me various experiences.From being born in the United States, to moving to Mexico when I was four years old and living there up to my tenth birthday. It’s very harsh coming back to the country where I was born not knowing how to speak English. I was born in the United States August 15, 2000. Both my parents born in Mexico, not having a completed education and having to come to the United States, the land of freedom and opportunities to find a job and support their families back in Mexico. It was a dream come true for them. My mother was 16 when she crossed the border. She was the second member from her mother side to ever come to the United States. She risked her life in order to find a better life in order to support my grandmother in Mexico, which she was struggling financially and needed help from her two younger children. My mother never had the idea of improving and expanding her education, she had in mind only one thing, Opportunity. Opportunities which is a set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something. My …show more content…
From Spanish being my first language and having to learn English at ten years old was very frustrating because, I had to overcome obstacles and embarrassing moments in order to learn from them and not commit the same ones again. As I started to learn the basics I would always have in mind, I need to find someone who can teach me to learn English because I only had a few years to learn before I graduated eighth grade and enter High school. I have been a girl that grew up in Mexico but, I was able to learn fast and get familiar with the American ways. The American way was different. For example way school was established. Like I was more free in Mexico than here. As I more familiar with everything I started to notice life has many rules and we all need them in order to live