MY SPEECH
By: Dayanara castellanos
Good morning Mrs. Dietz Mrs.German Staff students and families and of course 5th grade students. My name is Dayanara Castellanos. I was born in shady grove hospital . I am Mexican/American.
The first time I started elementary school I cried the first few days. I cried because I didn’t know anyone and I was sad angry and shy. I was in kindergarten. It was hard for me because I didn’t go to pre-k and I didn’t know anything and I couldn’t speak english only spanish. I felt like I was being pressured because other kids knew a lot more than me and I knew nothing. Every time I came back home from school I cried and cried and I told my mom I didn’t want to go to school anymore. My mom asked me why I cried so much and I told her that I felt like I was being pressured and that kids in my class were making fun of me. I also told a person that spoke spanish and english to tell my teacher what was going on. then the teacher told the same person to tell me
that the kids weren’t saying anything mean to me they were just talking to me in english but I didn’t understand. When I had heard that it was me that didn’t understand I started to like school a bit more.
It wasn’t that easy to make friends because I was new and I was a lot different from the kids in my class. I was different because I couldn’t speak english or do any work because I didn’t know how to read. At recess I met a girl named Brianna she was in kindergarten as well she knew how to speak spanish and english so she taught me how to speak english well not much WHY? well because She was in kindergarten and she didn’t know that much either. Days flew by and I knew how to speak a little english it was better for me because I could do work and understand things much better. I had made much more friends compared to when I started elementary school. Now i’m in 5th grade and my schools name is Capt. James Daly Elementary School and I have not a lot but not a little amount of friends there really nice and always there for me even if we get in fights or if were mad at each other and some of those friends are Amanda my Best Friend , Tania my best friend for life, Zahra my crazy friend, Natalya my kind friend, Aniyah my basketball loving friend, and last but not least Briana & Jamour & Esther they are my smart friends.. Not saying that the rest of you are dumb. Oh!! and I almost forgot my teacher Mr.Fitzpatrick That’s his full last name but almost everyone calls him Mr. Fitz he loves cameras He mostly carries it everywhere. I like my 5th grade class because I can understand everything and I don’t have that much trouble doing my school work or my homework and that’s because I could understand things and I couldn’t speak english. I still kept going also thanks to my mom and dad thats why im here because they helped me not give up.I am pretty proud of myself because even though I cried and cried I never stopped going to school and thats why im here in 5th grade.
I am kind of nervous for 6th grade but not much because I know I will see some of my friends from my 5th grade . I am happy because it’s like what happened when I started an elementary school except i’m leaving elementary school and going to a middle school.
In the future Im looking forward to being a pediatrician. I want to be a pediatrician because they help kids like me. They help kids that are sick or when they just go to check ups. But of course, you have to go to college. And you have to go to college for many years and study hard to be a good pediatrician. You also have to treat people fairly and be kind to them. You also have to practice to get better and better so you don’t mess up on anything I mean you can make some mistakes but not to much or else no one will come to you. Thank you for coming and supporting us. Thank you for listening to me. Have a great summer and good luck in 6th grade see you there well some of you