When I came to the United States my parents decided to put me in a school that was only for kids that were new in the U.S. When I went to IS235 Academy for New Americans I was told that I was going to be putted in 6th grade because of my age. While when I was on Ecuador I was already in 8th grade, finding out that I had to repeat two years of school again was something that I didn’t wanted to do at all. My parents talked with the principal and come to an agreement that I was going to be placed in 7th grade for the first semester. If I did well I was going to be allowed to stay in 7th grade but if not I was going to be placed in 6th grade. The outcome of this situation was that I did very well during my first semester as a 7th grader that I
