Week 1 Day 3

My high school was very diverse with people coming from Sweden, Germany, and many other places. We had many foreign exchange students who had accents that I had never heard before. I thought it was interesting because I never heard such thick German or Swedish accents.
In high school I took two years of Spanish. My teachers were not very good so I ended up not learning that much Spanish. This kind of gave me a bad impression of the language which probably isn’t fair but it is the only real experience that I have with the language. Although I can still speak some basic Spanish if I were to have to talk to someone who doesn’t speak any English. My grandparents are both Italian so I have learned a few phrases here and there but I can’t speak or understand it. It is the second biggest language in my life because it runs in the family. I wish I could speak more Italian because it would be a way for me to relate to my grandparents better and it is a very romantic language. It still makes me feel as if I am connected to another culture which is really cool. I like to hear other people speak Italian because it reminds me of the holidays when I eat dinner with my family and reminisce about the past.
School has affected my language because I talk a lot like the other people at my school. When you are around certain people for long periods of time you begin to say the same things they do, whether they are good or bad. School has also helped because teachers make you speak proper English which eventually wears on you and makes you speak proper. It happens whether or not you want it to!