Reflective Essay: Held Captivated In Hell At School

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Held captivated in hell: Many people say that hell exists on this planet but some do not know that we can live in our own private hell in our mind, house or school. My private hell was both at school and my house and some would say why would hell be at your own house, for when people think of their house they think of peace, tranquility and a loving stable family. In this autobiographical, you will have a glimpse of my life. The things that generated my hell life was the test that the schools would put on me making me feel as if I were incompetent and not a normal student, other contribution was my life at home for there were numerous fight and my sour relationship with my stepfather. On the other hand, I would love to inform that I am not depressed nor living a hell in college. When I was a child I didn’t know how to speak a bit of Spanish but due to my race and the fact that my mother was not born here the school I went decided to give me a test called WIDA. Now, what the WIDA test did was determine whether or not you could speak English, interpret English, and keeping a conversation. However, the …show more content…
It took me six long years to tell my mother how miserable my life was and how he would treat me like dirt when she was not around but when my mom was around he would treat me differently. On the other hand, he sees me as dirt and he constantly blames everything on me and he always has something to say such as that it’s my fault that my little sister is always in her room. The only reason why I would lock myself in my room is because that was the only place I could be me and blast music and not have to look at my stepfather’s face anymore. The only solution that I found was going to a college far away from home yet kind of

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