What Are The Challenges Of ESL Class

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Time was running out and fear started taking over. Moving into a country of unfamiliar cultural and strange society, my family and I faced a lot of challenges. However, the most frighten challenges were their constant hunt for a job and indignity they faced. Communicating in English is an essential requirement in order to live in The United States. Therefore, my parents were forced to take ESL classes and learn about many unfamiliar responsibilities such as healthcare, housing and bills. Both of them had a rough time finding a place to work due to their English problems and when they did find one, it would often prove to be too laborious for them. Usually they would come home late and would be lead to only 4 hours of sleep. While my parent …show more content…
No one was willing to talk to me; instead of helping, people seemed to take advantage of new kids. I was bullied for any and every reason. I was small, skinny, quiet, did not know English at all, and had a different dressing style. Life was an awful thing to love everyday and there are so many times I wanted to quit. Just end it all. I cried everyday and tried everything I could do to just fit in. I recall walking in my math class with the joy and hope of making friends. As I sat in my chair, one student called my name saying, “Do you like me?”. I did not know how to react or answer, so with embarrassment and anxiety, I answered, “no”, then someone else called on me saying, “How about me?” I answered again with “no.” I ignored everyone, and …show more content…
I thank those boys because they gave me the experience I needed to be a stronger person. With a proud voice I can tell the world that I can survive anything, from the first day of school in America, to tolerating those foolish people bullying me, or learning how to speak English from scratch. I can survive any curveball thrown at me. I can overcome anything.
Overall, Overall, art can’t be easily defined as simple as any ordinary because it implies values. Life is boring without art, that 's how priceless it is. There is art in our everyday life. In this paper, I have talked about the importance of art in our daily lives. Art is not only used for entertaining purpose, but it is also used to express feeling, and medicine.
P.S - I want to thank you for making me do a project or paper like this because there was no better way to share what I had gone through. This is very first time I have shared and put my very personal piece of information and thoughts on a paper. While writing this paper - it refreshed everything about that one

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