"She is so stupid!” a girl told her friend. They both laughed at me. Even though I could not speak any English at the time, I still understood what they said about me. Those words would haunt me for the rest of my life.
During the summer of fifth grade, I learned that my family and I were going to move to a new country. I was heart-broken and confused. We had a good home in the city of Sai Gon and a great school where all my friends attended. I didn’t understand why we had to move to a country that was so far away. On the first day of school in the United States, I was anxious and afraid. “What if they start talking to me? How would I reply to them? What if they think I am stupid?” I was afraid, but what could I do? I couldn’t speak
During the summer of fifth grade, I learned that my family and I were going to move to a new country. I was heart-broken and confused. We had a good home in the city of Sai Gon and a great school where all my friends attended. I didn’t understand why we had to move to a country that was so far away. On the first day of school in the United States, I was anxious and afraid. “What if they start talking to me? How would I reply to them? What if they think I am stupid?” I was afraid, but what could I do? I couldn’t speak