It was August 24th, 2009… I remember my first at in Vietnam for studying abroad in the American International School as if it was yesterday. I started going to middle school since when I was 7th grade. It was a memorable situation day ever in my life. First day of school, my hand clenched in my mother’s hand because I could not understand or speak any English, and also it was unfamiliar surroundings; I did not know what class to enroll me in. Even if the teacher says something, I did not understand. I was so frustrated and she put me in one class –and we had only table and chair in those days, and the teacher sat me in front. And so, I also was sitting down there and when I got sitting down, the students of other ethnic groups such as French,
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My name is Sara Parker. I am glad to see you. How are you? How is your day?” she said, and then “Pleases introduce yourself” said she.
I was ready to die and I think my face was the face of a dead person because I was too surprised to say anything, I did not understand and I have no idea what she is talking about, similar as rappers like “bla bla bla”. When she bent over me, I thought she was going to devour me. And I was …show more content…
It gave me a terrible feeling of fear and anxiety as I went to school with my mother who first thought of sending me to school. Of course I was of the school going age. When my mother expressed it, I thought that she was a heartless woman. My mind was disturbed at first. Although I had heard about school, I had not visited it earlier. My mom took me to school, which was an unknown place for me. When I entered the school, I felt nervous. It was a big building with a large compound wall. As a small child, I could not feel stable at the sight of the building. The atmosphere of the school was “calm” and “quite”. I was not acquainted with such atmosphere earlier. Teachers and students were strangers to me. The bell rang. The class teacher left our class and another teacher came. All the students in our class again stood up. Other students looked at me curiously. The teacher wrote some words on the blackboard. She taught simple English’s. Then the bell rang. Another class began. I thought in my mind
My name is Sara Parker. I am glad to see you. How are you? How is your day?” she said, and then “Pleases introduce yourself” said she.
I was ready to die and I think my face was the face of a dead person because I was too surprised to say anything, I did not understand and I have no idea what she is talking about, similar as rappers like “bla bla bla”. When she bent over me, I thought she was going to devour me. And I was …show more content…
It gave me a terrible feeling of fear and anxiety as I went to school with my mother who first thought of sending me to school. Of course I was of the school going age. When my mother expressed it, I thought that she was a heartless woman. My mind was disturbed at first. Although I had heard about school, I had not visited it earlier. My mom took me to school, which was an unknown place for me. When I entered the school, I felt nervous. It was a big building with a large compound wall. As a small child, I could not feel stable at the sight of the building. The atmosphere of the school was “calm” and “quite”. I was not acquainted with such atmosphere earlier. Teachers and students were strangers to me. The bell rang. The class teacher left our class and another teacher came. All the students in our class again stood up. Other students looked at me curiously. The teacher wrote some words on the blackboard. She taught simple English’s. Then the bell rang. Another class began. I thought in my mind