Personal Narrative: My Physical Science Class

I was in 10th grade at the time in my physical science class. I didn't have many friends, all I focused on was my schoolwork and my extracurricular activities. The girl that sat beside me was quite diffident, she never spoke to me unless she had a question about something. I noticed her different ethnicity, hispanic, which interested me. I find it unique to have different ethnicities joining all in one place. I watched her struggle throughout this class, and the grades she received were distressful. One day we had just received our grades for a unit test. The teacher preferred calling out the grades in front of the class thinking it would motivate us to do better on his tests. The young hispanic quietly whispered into my ear after class that day that she needed help and wondered if I could help her. Aroused by this opportunity, I cleared several days on my schedule to help her. I began tutoring her after school, expanding her knowledge on the concepts we learned in class. The drive behind this girl opened my eyes and made me realize how truly smart she was when she applied herself. The following month we …show more content…
“You mexican cheated off of Aly”, “No way a hispanic can make a 91.” At this moment it was time for me to stand up for her. I knew she felt like whatever she had to say wouldn’t matter, being overruled by the other people in this classroom. The look on her face shouted minority. Her ethnicity set her apart from the others, not in a bad way, but to these harsh people it was an excuse to shame her due to their jealousy. I stood up from my desk and explained to the class about the drive this girl had behind her, about how i had been studying with her for weeks, exploring her intelligence she had no clue she had. Angered at this situation, I pulled the girl's arm up to mine. I showed the class that skin color was what they were judging her on right now, ethnic backgrounds,