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In this world an abundant amount of people, mispronounce or misspell words, but with speech therapy, practice and English classes people are improving their ability to read and write. I have, and I’m sure a few others have as well. I was in the third grade when my English teacher handed the class a writing assignment, the class was assigned to write a story about our future; afterward, we were required to present it in front of the entire class. The stories were due two weeks after the teacher passed out the assignment, which left the class enough time to write the story and practice presenting. Two weeks later, the day came when it was time to present our stories, the lights in the classroom were off and the hallways were noisy. I did not …show more content…

That did not work out too nicely with my parents, and that made the day even more frustrating knowing that English class was approaching. When it was time for the class to present our stories, I felt uneasy about presenting in front of the class, all things considering it was required for me to receive a superior grade.While I was walking into the white, brick walled classroom with the banner of letters from the alphabet, my heart began to beat so swiftly I could feel it throughout my body. I distinctly recall feeling as though I was going to throw up, but could not. The teacher extracted our names from a hat individually. The hallways were noisy and the class was silent often at times. After each presentation each of us were instructed to ask at least one question for each paper read, which I felt was the best part of the project. As each name was called I sat in my seat saying to myself, please do not chose me. Eventually, my name would be chosen; however, I did not expect it to be so …show more content…

You may be wondering what the uncanny word was that I mispronounced and misspelled, but people today still have difficulties with the word, “specifically.” My classmates could not believe that I mispronounced the word “specifically” incorrectly, which later, I found out was the reason they all started making fun of me that day. While writing my story I did not think that the word “specifically” would be an issue for me when presenting. It truly is amazing how an abundant amount of people have a rough time with that word, after all, “what's so difficult about it?” I ask myself. That day was tough to overcome, but with the help of my teacher, I was able to conquer it, as she taught me how to be overly prepared and creative with my

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