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Personal Narrative: My Award In High School
I never imagine that I will take any academic award in high school or any time for all that matter. When I stepped excitedly and nervously into the stage to get my third academic letter award in high school, it was the most amazing moments in my life; and without a doubt, it was a fantastic fantasy in between my hands. Arriving at my new school excitingly, Marshall High School, I met my new counselor, who was the first person I met in school. She told me about the school system, the teachers, clubs/organization and my own classes; all that was eagerness and thrilling. We walked around the school; I started imagine who I will be and who I will be friends: one of the popular students, the normal students, or the losers. Back to the counselor’s office, surprisingly and sadly, my counselor told me that I will have to stay in high school for six years because my English skills were weak and low for my grade, and that I needed to take an English improvement classes (ESOL). I was so sad and disappointed in myself that I won’t have the opportunity to graduate on time. Everything around stopped …show more content…
Learning English was neither easy nor hard because I was in the environment in people who speak English; everything around me speaks English. As consequences for all the hard work, I did not have any time to do enough extra-curriculums or even join sport team in high school; for instant: NMHS (National Math Honor Society), NSHS (National Math Honor Society), biomedical club, and finally the soccer team or the tennis team. I made these decisions, so I can finish high school in four years with the best grades and needed knowledge possible. In the end of my sophomore year, I finish the ESOL program in the first two years: I went from ESOL 2 in 9th grade to ESOL 4 in 10th grade, finishing the ESOL program with an improvement of my English

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