Sunday, February 26, 2012

My story with English

I found this note saved for a while on my laptop drive. It was written for more than 3 years ago I guess. I edited some of it and left the rest unchecked so that it would keep its flavor :)) As long as I am the only one who read this blog, I decided to give it a shot and share it with "Me" . Here it's:


I remember how much I disliked Engish and every thing related to it when I was young , especially that ugly question (complete the sentences ) :D May be because my father suddenly decided to study with me when I was in my fifth grade at elementary school!


I remember how he was lifting me up and throwing me onto bed with all the strength he had, just because I didn`t finish the 100 sentences of this stupid book (bit by bit) , and how I was shaking before he comes home, knowing that he will ask me about the homework that he gave me which of course i didn`t finish.


Actually, my father doesn't get nervous easily but when it comes to studying English with me, he gets nervous soooo quickly.


So when I finished this year which was (shehada), my father left me in peace,studying English the way I want


After that I started to like it in high school, I think it was because of the teachers whom I was lucky to have; Mr Ahmed abdelwareth and Ms Gamila. When I was in the second year in high school, it was the year when I liked English the best.


I remember that we had only one day and a half before the English exam for the high school diploma, I was so tired in that day that I cried as I knew I wouldn`t finish studying and I'm not going to pass the exam the day after.That day my father talked to me and said " Allah would reward you for your work through the whole year, not just for a day and a half. Just do your best and Allah will be with you "


I remember sitting at the exam among all the girls (who used to rank since we were tiny kids) asking my self "Can I get the full mark in this English exam, among ppl like those around me"


& guess what..........I did it !!!

I got 25/25 in English exam in high school ........yaaaaaaaaaay. It is true that I just got 23 out of 25 for the following year , but who cares! ! :P cuz I got full mark the year before :D

After that, we went to college and I forgot every single word I learnt from school because college is a whole new life, life with directions to everywhere and you decide which direction you want to go through.


I now remember how my passion to English came back to me, it was when "the open english day" was held in our college ,we were supposed to write a paragraph so that we will be chosen according to this paragraph. So i started writing and writing..........at this point I knew how bad my level became in English


When I was sitting with Aya, my friend before the beginning of the event ,we didn`t know what r we going to do or say but i remember that it wasn't hard for us to speak and we enjoyed it, although our instructor was speaking all the time :D that's why we left and continued our conversation alone. We kept talking and talking till we reached her home. It was a lovely day that I won't forget. Since then, I became mad about speaking English with every body till they get sick of it (of course not because of me :P)


And now I want to speak English like a native, with both american and british accents

I don't know why I want something like this & I doubt if I can make it, but............who knows?