December 17, 2009, one cold, chilly morning. The sky seemed covered with a layer of gray yarn; the snowflakes like the thousand butterflies flies toward the windows, some naughty hitted the one side of window glass, and some danced to the other side. I stepped into a brown building and straight to the main office. After I registered, a lady with an amiable smile, who I know laterly as Mrs. White, greeted me with a zealous voice “ Welcome to Hillside Middle School, Yiwen.” My first school day in United State was begin.
Mrs. White tried to use the simplest English to communicate with me while accompanied me to the first class, and I smiled and nodded my head to appreciate her effort, but no one notice that the sound of cracking my knuckles had betray my relaxed mood. In the few minutes, I will meet the people who I will spend next three years with. “You will be fine” I told myself. …show more content…
I could feel they were observe me; in this primarily white school, my color is enough to ignite their curiosity. My English teacher, Mrs. Bell swiftly strided from the back of the room with a genial greeting, just like the one of Mrs. White, and then she ask me to if I would like to introduce myself. I nodded and opened the memory of the short introduction I spent two days to memorize. First, I said hi, and pause, and then nothing spill out of my mouth. Something stopped me. The previously relaxed atmosphere had become very formal and quiet. I don’t know what to do instead twist the adjustable strap of my
Mrs. White tried to use the simplest English to communicate with me while accompanied me to the first class, and I smiled and nodded my head to appreciate her effort, but no one notice that the sound of cracking my knuckles had betray my relaxed mood. In the few minutes, I will meet the people who I will spend next three years with. “You will be fine” I told myself. …show more content…
I could feel they were observe me; in this primarily white school, my color is enough to ignite their curiosity. My English teacher, Mrs. Bell swiftly strided from the back of the room with a genial greeting, just like the one of Mrs. White, and then she ask me to if I would like to introduce myself. I nodded and opened the memory of the short introduction I spent two days to memorize. First, I said hi, and pause, and then nothing spill out of my mouth. Something stopped me. The previously relaxed atmosphere had become very formal and quiet. I don’t know what to do instead twist the adjustable strap of my