Issa Gakou
Nubia 2 12A
Senior exhibition
College Essays
Throughout my life, I’ve had the experience of living in different countries and in different households and while living with different households I've seen a lot and I’ve learned a lot. It all started When I was just a little baby, I was sent to go live with my grandmother in West Africa Senegal Where she lived for many years, I spent a portion of my life with her until she passed away. While living with my grandmother I’ve learned my native language which is call “Soninke” and mostly speaking in the areas of Senegal and Mali and while struggling to learn my native language I also had to go to school and learn French and Arabic which was the only two languages that were thought in the Senegalese schools I’ve also had the opportunity to learn a culture that was very important to her and exercise all her life I knew nothing about. …show more content…
And I thought I was going to be just fine, coming to realized I don’t speak any English and I don't have any friend here and the lifestyle is very different than the previous lifestyle I was living. And I had to go to school and It was hard to maintain good grades in my classes because i didn’t speak any english and didn’t comprehend anything my teachers were teaching but I still did my best, but fortunately the school end up organizing a program known as ESL “English as a Second Language” that helped student like me to speak English better and also do good in their other classes while in this organization I’ve met two of my favorite teachers, Sis. Jen and Sis. Brenda that helped me speak English the way I speak it today. I was made fun of I was mimic because of the way I spoke, but I found a way to block out all the noise and all the ignorant people that were making fun of
Nubia 2 12A
Senior exhibition
College Essays
Throughout my life, I’ve had the experience of living in different countries and in different households and while living with different households I've seen a lot and I’ve learned a lot. It all started When I was just a little baby, I was sent to go live with my grandmother in West Africa Senegal Where she lived for many years, I spent a portion of my life with her until she passed away. While living with my grandmother I’ve learned my native language which is call “Soninke” and mostly speaking in the areas of Senegal and Mali and while struggling to learn my native language I also had to go to school and learn French and Arabic which was the only two languages that were thought in the Senegalese schools I’ve also had the opportunity to learn a culture that was very important to her and exercise all her life I knew nothing about. …show more content…
And I thought I was going to be just fine, coming to realized I don’t speak any English and I don't have any friend here and the lifestyle is very different than the previous lifestyle I was living. And I had to go to school and It was hard to maintain good grades in my classes because i didn’t speak any english and didn’t comprehend anything my teachers were teaching but I still did my best, but fortunately the school end up organizing a program known as ESL “English as a Second Language” that helped student like me to speak English better and also do good in their other classes while in this organization I’ve met two of my favorite teachers, Sis. Jen and Sis. Brenda that helped me speak English the way I speak it today. I was made fun of I was mimic because of the way I spoke, but I found a way to block out all the noise and all the ignorant people that were making fun of