Autobio Week 5

Autobiography Week 5

Well the first time I felt my language skills were really looked good upon was when I was in high school learning Spanish. My family does not speak another language at all and we were going on a trip to Mexico for spring break. When we got to Mexico we stopped at a restaurant by our hotel for dinner and the waiters could not speak real good English so it was hard for us to communicate. I was frustrated that it was so hard to communicate for my family that I took charge and ordered dinner for everyone and my family was beyond shocked. They had never really heard me speak Spanish before but the knew I was taking the classes. The look on their faces was a feeling of pride and astonishment at the same time. I felt my heart skip a beat and was so proud of myself. I knew at that moment that my family knew I could accomplish things beyond what they dreamed for me. I was glowing with pride and the whole trip from then on was way better then I could have imagined because my family counted on me to get them through it and I could not have imagined hoe important I was to them all because I could speak another language. I never thought that what I was learning was ever really going to have such an impact I simply thought it was just a requirement to graduate that was all. When I got back from the trip I was so excited to be in my Spanish class because I felt this language I was learning was bettering my future and creating connections for me in the future. I will never forget how much my parents looked up to me and how proud they were to know I was truly building blocks for my future.