My Life In Afghanistan

I was raised in an Afghan household where the language everyone spoke around me was Farsi. Going to school was one of the hardest things for me. My parents didn't get far in school which resulted in them not knowing english. I couldn’t talk, speak, or write in English, yet I was forced into going to this world where it sounded like everyone was talking gibberish. Feeling scared and confused as to why my teachers and peers don’t respond when I tell them I have to go to the bathroom. All I ever received was blank stares. Having strangers all around me whom I had to communicate with in some way. Growing up my mother told me that I shouldn’t talk to strangers and to scream and try running away from them. Yet I was surrounded with strangers, strangers that my …show more content…
Every school fair we had, he gave me money to buy a book of my choice. Being so open to English and understanding it, I gained a new love and respect for it. Respect where my parents and teachers were all so proud of me. Proud of the fact that I became so independent and so involved in my education from such a young age. Since then, I had been wanting to become a teacher and get involved in others education and help students the way everyone helped me achieve my goal. I remember, I would always play “teacher” with my little sister and if not her than I would line up all of my teddy bears and play with them. While most little girls, would play tea time with their teddy bears, I played teacher. Even now, my favorite subject has to be english. English because you become another person from it and while English is challenging for me, I enjoy it. I love the challenge and how determined I become when it comes to English and learning new things. This has been repetitively shown in my life, taking honors as a freshman and advanced placement courses now to make it as challenging as I can for