... classes started I entered the second grade, still not speaking a word in English. I remember the first day like it was yesterday. The teacher was speaking to the class and passing out a math worksheet. I had no idea what to do with it, so I simply copied the whole thing from the girl next to me. For reasons unknown to me at the time I ended ... school, I would sit in front of the TV and watch cartoons I could not understand. Because I watched so much TV the English language started to sink in, also with the schools help. I rarely played outside anymore. The children on my streets never ...

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