Is graduating high school at the age of 19 weird?
I was born in November of 1999, which allow me to go to high school and starting my freshman year in college by 2019. Should graduate school this year( 2018) at the age of 18. I have moved to many countries and gone to different schools that is why my school records are not aligned with Massachusetts curriculum. I was not speaking English at all, so the school system held me back for 1 year.
Was born in a small Caribbean island called Haiti, the only language that I could speak was French and my mother could speak French and Creole. If she wanted to talk to me, she would speak in Creole or French but when I answer, it’ll be in French. We moved to Florida when I was about 6 or 7 years old, then we moved to Massachusetts when my parents got married. I went to Brockton elementary school and did not pass in all my classes, except math; Math was my favorite class. Apparently, the school didn’t know that I fully have spoken and understood English. The district placed my sister and I in an ESL( English as a Second Language) class and made us to repeat second and third grade. It was very difficult learning a different language that I didn’t know. I was confused to describe a noun or vocabulary with definitions. I disliked vocabulary so much, such as describing and making them into your own sentence. Don’t even get me started with words that sounds the same, but have different meaning like there, their, and they’re( like what is that).
When I was in ESL Class(English as a Second Language) it took me a while to understand English because I was a really slow learner. I would have English class and ESL class( during an elective class), and once I had the ESL class, I felt more fit in with those around me. I had read a lot of books,newspapers,watch english movies, talk shows, and study a lot of english words.
My sister will graduate high school at the age of 18, and will I the age 19. My two friends and I, were giving up and always embarrassed of our age. Now, they are not embarrassed about their age, except me. I acknowledge that I shouldn’t worry about our situation. We will be a year older than everyone else at the time. The important part of leaving high school next year ( 2019) is that ¨ I made it through¨ and that I’m ready for college and will be part of the real world. It shows that my friends and I are responsible and mature to graduate even though we are one year behind the other peers. Regardless, what people say or do about our age, we will make it.
I’m very sad and disappointed because all of my friends from different schools graduated( 2018) while I´m still in school for one more year. I hope my other friends will not find out the truth about my age because I kept it a secret. The only people that know about my age matter are my parents, a few relatives, Anatomy teacher. Sometimes I feel embarrassed to leave high school at the age of 19, but my plans were to be in college, take some college classes while I am in my senior year.
Now if there is something I didn’t understand, right away I checked the dictionary or searched it on the internet. It took me about 10 years to finish the ESL class. Now I’m actually doing great in all my classes and that I don’t mind graduating at the age 19. In fact, in my situation appeared to be more were impressed by the fact that I wanted to finish then quit all together. The idea of getting my high school diploma is more important than anything else.
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