Summary of my Ed. Narrative

I have decided to write my educational narrative on learning a second language. My mother grew up in Puerto Rico, and she taught me Spanish at a young age. Even though I do not remember first learning the language, it has impacted me throughout my entire life. During junior high and high school I learned to appreciate the language, and when I moved to a Naval Base in Cuba for two years I met many wonderful people who also spoke my language, and I found the world slowly opening up to me. I have planned out my essay and decided to not only do it chronologically, but highlight specific moments in my life that made me further understand and appreciated my language, starting with my mother teaching us our Hispanic heritage, to living in Puerto Rico, exceeding in my language studies in school, and then traveling to Cuba. If it had not been for my mother and father encouraging my to keep my language even when we lived in primarily English speaking towns, I might have never learned Spanish, and I am so happy I did. Knowing another language gives you confidence while traveling, allows you to empathize with all kinds of people, and reveals a whole new world of countries and cultures that you can now understand, literally and otherwise.