Personal Narrative: Moving To New School

1. Moving to new school and coursework explanation I moved to Taiwan because of my father’s job. We did not receive the information until late summer of July 2016. That news was urgent and my family only had one month at the time to move. During the hectic period, my parents and I tried our best to find a school for me for the school year of 2016-2017. The Dominican International School was the only affordable choice available to us. Due to the late enrollment, I could not sign up for any AP classes since classes had already started. Finally, two weeks into a school year, I was able to enroll in a Computer Science AP course when a slot opened up. Even though I did not have a chance to enroll in more advanced math and science courses to continue pursuing my passion in mathematics, I did the best I could to learn the materials myself and followed a few free Coursera Math courses.
This year, I enrolled in three classes, the maximum number of courses a student is allowed to enroll in. I truly enjoyed AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, and AP Comparative Government Politics… …show more content…
Unlike typical high school’s curriculum in Vietnam, at the Dominican International School, I had to take three years of second language becuase Vietnamese wasn’t counted (Starting from Grade 9 to Grade 11) during my two years of Grade 11 and 12 at the school. I decided to pursue Japanese. I took Japanese grade 9 and 11 simultaneously during my Grade 11 year, despite not knowing any Japanese beforehand. My parents and my teacher were skeptical at first, for it is almost impossible to not only study grade 11 Japanese with no knowledge but also do an extra course of one year. Thanks to the support from my teacher and my classmates, I was able to successfully follow the rigorous Japanese