Personal Narrative: My First Spanish Classroom

School has never been a walk in the park for me. Stepping into my first day of kindergarten, I was greeted by warm faces with native tongues. I remember always being confused in class because I didn’t understand the language; thankfully, it only got better from there. With the help of my teachers, I was able to become proficient in English; I went from not knowing the language to receiving an “A” in every English class from middle school to high school. This includes AP classes that I took like Language and Composition and Literature. Being able to advance in a language that was once foreign to me, has always been a proud accomplishment of mine. While my peers were learning how to read and write in elementary school, I was learning two languages,

For once I was able to learn the same curriculum as my peers and I even felt like I had the upperhand, for I was bilingual. But my overachieving-self wasn’t satisfied for long. On my second year of middle school visited my roots and set a goal to excel in my native tongue. I decided that I wanted my English to be equally strong as my Spanish, so I set foot in my first Spanish class. At first it all seemed fundamental. The alphabet, numbers, colors, and simple objects were things that I had been familiar with. It wasn’t until high school when I attended Spanish 3 as a freshman, when I learned how to properly right in my native language. I learned of many tenses and rules to follow when writing and discovered that accents weren’t optional. After a year of hard work and effort, I felt accomplished, for I was the only freshman that passed Spanish 3 and that remains true till this day. Fast forwarding to my junior year, I received an academic letter from the Spanish department, and a four on my Spanish and English AP tests. In general, I have always been determined to perform well in school, but academics hasn’t been my only strong suit, I have accomplished many things through extracurricular activities as

On my second year, I received a tennis varsity letter and an Academic All State First Team Award. I am especially proud of these achievements because they acknowledge the balance that I make between school and sports. I also won the Les Schwab academic award; this award is granted by Les Schwab Tires to recognize athletes with academic achievements in my community. These awards demonstrate that in college, I will be able to balance my school work with extracurricular activities. At CU Boulder, I also plan to participate in volunteering opportunities because in high school, that was also an achievement of mine. Over the course of two years, I have completed 52 hours of community service and am excited for those to