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Coming from Mexico and having to be able to adapt to a new language where los acentos are not needed, and some words that sound the same but are totally spelled differently. Like for example when I was writing my notes for my Spanish class I wanted to write "de," but I would write "the," and up to this day I still make that mistake sometimes Remembering the struggle and the costume to want to write photo with and f like foto. Telling my parent to -"put the papers on the carpet.," thinking that carpeta and carpet are the same because the spelling is close to the same. Buying a lot of book from Family Dollar and Dollar General and trying to connect the word with the image, and connecting the whole story together. The language is the first material that everyone has to learn when coming to a new country. Without it, I would not have been able to progresar here in the United States of America.
I do not only live close to the border but actually, I have two houses one in Los Fresnos and one in Matamoros. In Los Fresnos, I lived with my grandparents while in Matamoros I live with my parents. Sometimes it gets …show more content…

My kinder garden years to first grade I was in a school in Matamoros. Then starting my second grade everything change I was going to start school at Los Fresnos Elementary. Comparing how the education system works in the U.S.A to Mexico I had to pass the TASK to be promoted to the next grade, and in Matamoros, the test was created by the professor with the materials that they covered. Also how in Matamoros every Monday you had to sing the national anthem, and here in the U.S.A was only on patriotism days. Also, in Los Fresnos, I was allowed to wear a shirt either blue, white, and red and jeans or khaki pants. While in Matamoros I only had two uniforms the one for the lectures and the gym

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