Personal Narrative: My English Learning Class

As a child, I had an admiration for learning. Using my mind and problem solving was always so fascinating to me. I was advanced in mathematics and expanding my knowledge and challenging myself was something I desired as a child. However, I was quick to realize that having an interest on one subject and struggling on the other subjects lead me to difficulties. Although I had interests in math, I struggled with reading and writing. The education system in my elementary school sought to underestimate my education because I was behind in my reading levels. As an Asian American student in the elementary school I attended, I was looked down upon for my race and the stereotypes that lead to the assumption that I did not understand English. For this reason, I would always feel ashamed when I could not process the context we would have to read in class. I was frustrated because although I was sufficient in math I was …show more content…
This class is specifically made for students where English was not their native language however, in my family English was indeed our native language. My race placed a huge factor in their decision for me to be placed in this class. I was already embarrassed for having a difficult time with reading and writing in general and being in this class and excluding me from my friends made me feel humiliated. Humility and exclusion is caused by oppression. I was frustrated that I had to give up my love for learning math to be in a class I did not feel like I entirely belonged in. In this class we learned both math and English at a slow pace, but learning math at a slower pace than what I was used to ruined my enjoyment because math was effortless to me and the only problem I had was struggling in English. This proves that education is oppressed because I had to learn both subjects the same way as all the other students did in that