Personal Narrative: My Schools In The United States

Mexicans have a strong loyalty to family, church and close acquaintances. Children are raised to toward an ideal versus the appreciation for the uniqueness of the child (Segrest, 2003, p.13). Also, Mexico fits into both predictors of a collectivist society. It is a poor country and it has a very warm climate.

Yes, that was me. I was the girl who Incubated like flowers in a green house for years . Long time ago, I started to ask my parents let me transfer to American high school, because i expected the freedom an the leisurely lifestyle. However this idea was always denied, according to my mom’s opinion, i can not even do one right thing without them, and how am supposed to do if i live abroad by myself? I was stimulated by it, and tried not to depend on them. With no more patient on me after i request them so many times, my parents decided to send me to American high school. That is the sentence came from, my mom emphasized threatening but worried.

In the past year, a lot has changed for me. I lost a grandfather to cancer, then a month later an uncle to a gruesome semi accident. My grandmother on the other side of the family barely remembers me due to alzheimer's, and my mom lost her job but is now working over 1300 miles away in Florida. If someone would have asked me at the start of my Junior year what I expected to happen, I wouldn’t have listed any of those. As anticipated, it was not easy dealing with a downfall of events like that, but the way I was raised helped me cope with it all. I started out at a small private school, where Religion was just as important as Math and English. How we were to act was drilled into us, and after I switched to public school, there was a noticeable

Little Falls Community Schools have taught me so much knowledge in my thirteen years. I thought I knew a lot of information when I entered the high school, but I guess I was wrong. These past four years I have learned so much material from my teachers. Four years ago, I thought economics only dealt with money and that calculus would be really hard. Turns out, economics is not just about money but also about externalities and market structures; however, calculus is still hard. I have absorbed many different kinds of knowledge in my four years at Little Falls Community High School.

Beginning my elementary school career, I attended Indianapolis Public Schools. When I entered school, Kindergarten was only half days, and we were working on materials such as, learning our alphabet and counting to 100. The workload was a far cry from the addition, subtraction, early reading skills, and science that my daughter is learning in kindergarten this year. Following the first grade I left the Indianapolis Public School System and entered into a new school system. Embarking on second grade we started working on the skills that would help us read proficiently. I was absolutely struggling, but I was also so distrustful that I didn’t dare to say anything to my teacher. Thankfully, even without me saying anything to her, my teacher noticed

I moved to the United States in 2003 to live with my mother who then resided in the country for five years. The thought of escaping the war in Monrovia was thrilling but I soon realized that my country’s war was not my only battle. After my arrival into America, I was faced with oncoming waves of challenges. The war had prevented me from attending school for two consecutive years. The knowledge I had was incomparable to that of my peers. My inability to speak English, along with the overwhelming burden of my native tongue made learning in a new American school difficult. I was a foreigner left to present my capabilities clearly through black lenses with no words spoken depicting that I came from a third-world country. I accepted these faults

I grew up in a small town in Conway, Arkansas. From a very young age my mother always instilled in me how important education is; encouraging me to always put forth my full effort no matter how small or large the task may seem. Naturally, being the young child that I was, ready to absorb any little bit of information I could grasp, I took that to heart. I didn’t go to one of the big fancy schools that are seen on the list of “America’s Top 100 Elementary Schools”. However, I was doing rather well where I was. I always had straight A’s in each of my classes and I was even one of the school student ambassadors for multiple years. I was not only seen as an intelligent student, but also a leader. Then my mom got married and right at the start of

Mexico does not have as many educational opportunities as America may have. Many countries in Mexico are rural and do not have as much access to things that America does have. “The child lives, studies, works, and plays in an environment where he or she is constantly surrounded by a large, extended family and people known by the child. Time may not be measured by clocks” (Mount-Cors 2008). Mexicans are more concerned with family life and making sure things are good around the house. The educational system in Mexico is not as great as it is in the United States. Since most of Mexico is rural many people ridicule the students because they may not speak the same way that they do. There are many different things about school in Mexico in relation to schools

The schools in the united states are divided between different district that helps them have a better control and they also try to have the necessary materials and teachers for a marvelous education. They also offer breakfast, and lunch for free so students can have a better development in their education and so they can be able to focus during classes. “Another interesting feature of U.S. Education is the focus on the development of an all-round state of mind. This means that your talents are recognized and nurtured by encouraging you to participate in extracurricular and outdoor activities, round tables, researches etc.” U.S has a variety classes you will be able to find what you want like sports, other languages, dance, theater, automotive, etc. in difference with Mexico education is totally different public school will charge you a fee at the beginning of the school year and materials are not included in the fee. Mexico does not demand a specific age to drop school. Many kids barely graduate from elementary school to start working and help their families they do not

I grew up in small town known as Kinston, where most of my peers were underprivileged like myself. Instead of starting out in public school, I was enrolled into one of the two local charter schools. I was always put in the “smart” group in any activity, but once I started talking with public school kids and learning that we were being taught different made me doubt if I was truly was smart. When I was put in various community groups with majority public school kids, I felt outnumbered and uncomfortable because we had nothing in common. I started high school as a social outcast, but I made some really good friends. After I was put up against the public school kids, I did excel educationally. Instead of hanging out with my friends on the weekend,

When my mom told me that a letter had to be written for me to be able to attend the LIFE Charter school in North Shore, I said I wanted to help. I feel that by me explaining, you may be able to understand better why I chose to switch. It may seem unusual that I chose to switch schools for my last year when I have been going to Richmond since I was four. Trust me, I understand this. I’ve been told enough times. There are a couple of main reasons as to why I wanted to switch from Richmond, to LIFE. When I have told them to you, maybe you will get a better idea of why this switch was something that I wanted to make happen.

“Hey! Do you want to go to the bonfire tonight? I can drive if you want!” I heard the question my friend asked me, and it gave me anxiety. Sure, I wanted to go to the bonfire. However, that meant I had to ask my parents if I could go. I did not want to answer their list of annoying questions. That meant I had to change my clothes from the sweatpants I was wearing. I did not feel like wearing jeans and a cute shirt. That meant I had to socialize with people. I did not have that kind of energy right now. What was the alternative though? My evening would otherwise go as follows: eat dinner, sit on the couch, and throw in a good movie. Pondering the question, I typed back to my friend. “Let me ask my parents!” I did not ask my parents and instead chose to not be social with my friends and stayed inside my comfort zone; that bothered me.

When I was born, my mother threw away my father’s marijuana pipe because it was, what she called, “time for him to grow up.” However, this never deterred him from continuing to drugs and alcohol resulting in him never consistently being in the picture. After twelve years of marriage, my mother divorced him. Leaving her a single mother of three children, all under the age of five, to put through private school because the Baltimore Public School system was not as good as the private schools. However, she still managed to find time to take my sisters and I to our soccer and lacrosse practices, games, and tournaments while squeezing in family visits at least once a week.

My school is so vital when it comes to the community. I can’t imagine what Royal Center would be like if we didn't’ have our rural schools, and that goes for all communities around here. Communities in rural areas especially revolve around their rural school, and that is how our school is. The Pioneer School corporation is a great school to be at. While they focus on giving a good education, Pioneer does also help the community. I have always loved to hear about these different fundraisers and events that go on to get the community involved. Lots of kids at Pioneer believe it is significant to support the community.

The US has many options on where to educate your kids you have the options of charter schools, public schools or private schools and home school. In Mexico, there is Primaria which is 1st to 6th grade. Secundaria comes next which is 7th to 9th grade. La Preparatoria is 9th to 12th grade and it is not enforced for you to go to high school in Mexico like it is in USA. In Mexico, there is only private and public schools and sometimes some schools called Tele secondarias which are schools found in rural areas where there are televised lessons for those students who can’t get into regular