HIGH SCHOOL - MY EXPERIENCE
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Is your Queen Bobs!!
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So recently, not so recently but you know, I finished High School. For once and thank God, I finally finished High School, because High School is both the best and worst place of your life! And this post is dedicated to that!
High School for me was markable in so many ways, but mainly for its negativity. High School years, are usually those, where everyone and everything around us is changing, and I wasn´t exception! For that reason, I will tell you my story at High School.
I started High School properly said, in Portugal when I was 12, but I only stayed there for few months, as I was going to live in England. I was a bit like the girls in my class when I was in year 7 (equivalent to year 8 in England), and I didn´t wear make-up, at all, I didn´t straight or curled my hair, as my hair is straight at the top and curls as it goes down. Yes, sometimes sucks having hair like that! It was a struggle for me to speak any decent English, as I only started learning in year 4, and the English that I was taught, was basic and I had horrible grades in that subject.
When I came to England, I only had school two weeks after we came, as Easter Half-Term was coming, so the school suggested that I should only start after Half-Term.
Then, my first day came, a new school, a new country, a new language and new people within their own community. I perfectly remember, I most had called my dad about 5 times in that morning. I was lost after leaving form (from 8:30-9:00), and I thought that I would have the same class next, however, in form at that time, people were from different years (year 7-11) and soon as I saw different people, I completely panicked and I refused to go in, as I though I was in a different class. Later, I was found by two teachers, and they brought me to class, and keep in mind, I didn´t know to speak any useful and understandable English, at that time.
Then, the worst thing came!
The next lesson I had, was the French lesson. Soon as came inside, the teacher was really nice, totally opposite to the majority of the people who were in that class. Soon as they heard my name, they all started laughing.
I´m going to be honest right here! I used to not like my name, but since I came here, it is something that is my watermark, is something unique and my name used to be rare in Portugal, being slightly popular now, and I doubt if there´s more that 5 girls, with the same first name as me in this country. But you never know!
Let´s move on!
And has they were laughing, I heard only this year, by one of my friends, who was in that class and came up to me immediately helping me after class, and she said to me that, some people actually called me a zombie because of my skin tone. SKIN TONE!! English people, who are totally tanned, calling a Portuguese girl, who faced 300 days a year of sun, pale. I know I´m not the most tanned or brown person in the world, but I´m not totally white!!
That scene of my French Class, simply will never get out of my head, and when I started understanding a bit of English, people would mock about my accent! When you are in High School, you are always, and I repeat, ALWAYS a target to certain people, who find you different to them, just because you are in your corner, without saying anything to anyone. We will always be a target because we have a different accent, a different origin, a different hairstyle or different aspects of life. People picking on you, for things you can´t control, such as your origin, your accent, your race, culture or color of skin, is ridiculous and we should all respect each other when it comes to that. We can´t control things like that! I get discriminated for where I was born, is just unbelievable and shouldn´t be happening in any way.
Things like this, will stain in our minds, for possibly, the rest of our lives! Things that people don´t acknowledge that they will stay with us. With this, I just wanted to bring some light, goodness and positivity to those who suffered from the same struggles as I did and I´m sure I will be discriminated and labeled for the rest of my stay in England. A thing that this people forget, is, that we know we´re all different in many ways and we accept our differences, because our differences become useful to complete this puzzle that society is. They simply like to remind us, of our difference and suffering for being different.
But I will tell you something, right here! In year 11, the fortunately last year I had to experience in that school, we had a new English teacher (Ms Martin right here!), and up to that date, we didn´t have any decent English teachers, who could help us getting our grades. I asked her at the beginning of the year, if she could help me at lunch times, with English, because, English was my biggest struggles!! Some problems happened, because of one of my friends, but after Christmas, I was already seing results from all of my efforts. By just before Easter, we had a series of mocks that were marked, and for English Literature (Shakespeare and Dickens) I was either second or third best mark in the whole class.
It was unbelievable!! I´m foreign, learning a whole new language, specially, Shakespeare, which is not easy at all, and I was at the top of the class, meanwhile, English people, who speak English everyday at all times, were struggling more than me! Is not magical powers, is simply making an effort and being humble to those who want to help you. I started the year with grades 3 and I ended with grades 5 and 6. If I can do it, you all can do it! It is just a matter of trying and believing you can do it. Is just like a full-filling prophecy! If you think to yourself "I´m able to do it!", trust me, you will do it.
You have teachers that will see your potential and you will go so high and far!!
I just wanted to leave this message here. If you guys want more High School themed posts, just comment down bellow!! We all complete each other in a certain way, and a defect to you, might be a perfection to others!
Remember guys, Treat People With Kindness!
I will see you next time,
Queen Bobs!!
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