Three events in my life
There are many events that have had a big
effect on me. Most of them are related to languages, because I love learning
them so much and I also consider them as the key that opens the door to a new
world, culture and customs. It’s for this reason that I’m going to mention
three of these events in which languages will be present.
The first event that influenced me was the
moment when I decided to study French for the first time in my life. I was
about ten years old when my father said one day “Would you like to study French
with me? It will be funny!”. At that moment, I was really excited about the
idea of studying a new language, besides English obviously, so I accepted. My
father taught me the language for two years until the big day arrived. He told
me that he wanted us, my brother and I, to go to a French secondary school in
Málaga. However, in spite of passing the entry exam, the school told us that we
couldn’t be in the class we should be regarding our age, because we hadn’t studied
there before and it would be difficult for us to adapt to their level. Anyway,
it was a positive experience and I consider that now I know why my father
wanted us to have this experience, which had a big impact on me.
Secondly, I’ll write about the moment when I
passed my English and French B2 exams at the Official Language School in Motril
at the same time. I was in the last year of the secondary school with all the
exams of “Selectividad” (the exams to enter the university) and I also had to study
for my language school exams. I was really busy at that time and I had to do
fourteen exams in eleven days. The exams at the language school consisted of
four parts (Listening, writing, oral expression and reading comprehension) and you
would have to resit other exams in September if you failed any of the parts. As
I expected I passed some parts in June and fortunately the rest, in September.
These two weeks were two of the hardest weeks in my life and it’s for this
reason that I included them in this list.
Last but not least I’ll write about my first
day at university. For this event, I don’t know why, but I was really nervous.
Like many students in my class, I don’t live in Granada, but the difference is
that I live a bit farther from Granada. In my case I live in Motril with my
family. Therefore, the fact that I had to take a coach every day to go to
university was one of the reasons why I was so nervous: I didn’t know if I would
arrive in time or if I would stop at the correct bus stop. Moreover, the
university is not a secondary school and there is a big change between them.
I hope you liked my three stories. See you soon!
