Believing That You Can
Now, I have a good job with benefits. My advice to
everyone is that if you want to succeed in America, learn
English, stay focused, and sacrifice your time to do it. In
the long run you will receive the reward. I am going to
continue studying, because my ultimate goal is to be an
accountant one day.
Alina Castro is a student at the Adult and Alternative Education Center
in Key West. Her teacher is Ms. Josephson.
School Life
During my school life, I have had many ups and downs
in school. I have gotten in trouble and I have had struggles
but most importantly, I have always had good grades and
great friends. Grades were never the problem. The problem
was when I got bored; I would talk and it would lead to me
getting in trouble. I also felt like some of the teachers didn’t
like me but also I felt like most of them loved me.
During my Elementary and Middle School years, I did
very good and never got into trouble and had good grades. I
also participated in different programs and different events
that kept me busy. In those school years, I always had
something to do for school before I even thought about
getting in trouble. I don’t know why but when I hit High
School my whole mentality changed and I started getting in
trouble. I think my whole mind frame changed the summer
before I started my first year of High School.
When you’re in school, the main thing people try not to
do is not get in trouble. Well in my case, I got in trouble a
lot. Not because I was bad and did major things but mostly
because I was either talking or I was sleeping. The school
work most of the time was self-explanatory and not hard at
all. I would always get finished with my work early and
then have nothing to do for the rest of the period, which was
very boring. I used to lie my head down and fall asleep.
Don’t get me wrong now, I did have some struggles
with the schoolwork to the point where I got frustrated and
took a break. My hardest subject was Math; it was just
difficult and would always get me mad because I always did