We Can All Relate Somehow
As Amy Tan shows embarrassment over her mother’s English, my parents didn’t know any English. They could understand more of it over the years but they couldn’t get themselves to speak it. I have always felt limited by my English skills, especially in school. In the reading by Amy Tan, “Mother Tongue” I relate to the whole essay. Has I was reading along in my head I was remembering all my own experiences as she mentioned in “Mother Tongue.” With my limited English I had no help from anyone with homework, I was helping my parents more with my English, and I feel ashamed of own English.
Amy tan is a writer that wrote, “The Joy Luck Club.” She and her parents are Chinese. Her mother speaks English, but Tan describes it …show more content…
As I was growing up I learned English first, then I learned Spanish. It’s funny to say but, I learned English off of watching TV. I was the oldest, therefore when it came to homework I had no one there to help me. I had no relatives that lived in New Mexico, still to this day I don’t have any family members here. It was hard growing up over the years when it came to doing homework. I had to learn and do everything by myself even in high school. I really didn’t know nothing about the process about applying for scholarships and financial aid. As tan says in her essay, “I think my mother’s English almost had an effect on limiting possibilities in life as well.” I agree with this statement because, I had to teach myself everything that dealt with school. My parents couldn’t even help me with my math homework because they said that here in the U.S. they taught it differently. I didn’t understand my parents when they said this to me, so then I sat in the kitchen lost on how to do the math problem. My ACT score showed my strong subjects. I wonder every day what score I would have gotten if I grew up with parents that did know English. My lowest score on my ACT was in English and reading. The fact that both my parents spoke Spanish and no English most definitely affected me in many possibilities in
As Amy Tan shows embarrassment over her mother’s English, my parents didn’t know any English. They could understand more of it over the years but they couldn’t get themselves to speak it. I have always felt limited by my English skills, especially in school. In the reading by Amy Tan, “Mother Tongue” I relate to the whole essay. Has I was reading along in my head I was remembering all my own experiences as she mentioned in “Mother Tongue.” With my limited English I had no help from anyone with homework, I was helping my parents more with my English, and I feel ashamed of own English.
Amy tan is a writer that wrote, “The Joy Luck Club.” She and her parents are Chinese. Her mother speaks English, but Tan describes it …show more content…
As I was growing up I learned English first, then I learned Spanish. It’s funny to say but, I learned English off of watching TV. I was the oldest, therefore when it came to homework I had no one there to help me. I had no relatives that lived in New Mexico, still to this day I don’t have any family members here. It was hard growing up over the years when it came to doing homework. I had to learn and do everything by myself even in high school. I really didn’t know nothing about the process about applying for scholarships and financial aid. As tan says in her essay, “I think my mother’s English almost had an effect on limiting possibilities in life as well.” I agree with this statement because, I had to teach myself everything that dealt with school. My parents couldn’t even help me with my math homework because they said that here in the U.S. they taught it differently. I didn’t understand my parents when they said this to me, so then I sat in the kitchen lost on how to do the math problem. My ACT score showed my strong subjects. I wonder every day what score I would have gotten if I grew up with parents that did know English. My lowest score on my ACT was in English and reading. The fact that both my parents spoke Spanish and no English most definitely affected me in many possibilities in