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Fifth Grade Experience Failure
Fifth grade was the year when I experienced failure. I had spent one whole year in Mexico, my four grade year. After I completed fourth grade I came back to the United States of America specifically Dallas Texas. I knew that fifth grade year would be a complex year due to the fact I no longer had a clear comprehension of the English language furthermore know how to write it. Speaking English now seemed quite arduous to me. For example, I would attempt to talk to a person in English and sometimes that person would look at with uncertainty of what I was trying to communicate with them. I would also have troublesome searching for the precise word in my head to say. Once I entered school in Dallas Texas my first day was full of complete confusion

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