All life is an experience

Bravo, Michell
English 51
Professor : Murphy
09/29/09


“All life is an experience”


All life is an experience. The most experience you make the better. In my life I
felt as an outsider when I first got into my new classes this semester at College of the
Desert. Everything started this fall semester. Back on June, I registered for all my classes.
Then I received a call from school. They were telling me that my classes were canceled
and I needed to enroll as fast as I could in other courses. I went with my counselor and he
told me that there were no courses available regarding the ESL program. I felt very sad
and worried. In order to get my classes I needed to move to the morning classes.That was
impossible for me, because I am a full time worker. The counselor was trying to help me and he recommended that I could move from ESL program to English classes. After all, I
went the first day of classes to add the classes of English 51 and Reading 60.

That day, when I got into the classroom the first instructor said
“If your are not on my list please take your books and let me the seat available for somebody that is enroll”.

I was nervous to be there, but then the instructor shocked me. He did not give us any change. After that, I though that is ok I am still have two more opportunities to get enroll in my classes that I need.

Next day, it was a Tuesday. I got into the classroom en the professor said.
“I am going to start the class if you have any questions about adding the class the answer is no, because we do not have enough seats, so I am not going to be able to add nobody.
He added, “Go and see a counselor he will be available to help you find another class.

Then, I though I just went to see Dr Ortiz, he told me to come here with you Dear Professor, and you are sending me back.
It did make sense to me at all.
I felt very disappointed and sad. Then I left the classroom.









The third day that I try to add my class was a Thursday, I did not want to go and waste my time trying to add another class, but at the end. I went to try for the last time.
I got into the classroom, it had seats available and the Professor was very kind. He kindly said.
“if you want to enroll on this class write your name and give it to me”
At the first time, I could believe it, but it was true. I gave him my paper and I enrolled in English 51.
The Reading class was easy to get in. The professor was very kind. She was happy to have more students taking her class.
At the end of the week, I could register in my two classes and my new experience started.
I have being studying English for the last two and half years. All my classes in the
past were international courses. I have met people from all over the world and learning
about others culture and traditions. They were students like me English was their
second language, so we pretty much had the same level of English.

Secondly, my first day of class was awful. Al l my classmates spoke clearly and
fluently the language. In addition, they understood perfectly what the professor was
telling us. I think for my first time, I felt as an outsider. I wanted to cry or to run even
though, I stayed and I faced the situation.
English classes are very different from the ESL program. The instructors are
pretty similar, but the classes are hard. Also, the classmates speak very different and
fast. Their vocabulary is very different too. They never use their dictionary and I do all the time that I do not understand a word. In addition, we never talk about ourselves like in the ESL program. I hardly know the name of one or two of my classmates. Another point is that they do not ask too many questions to the teacher. Even though, I am very happy to be in my class English 51, I need to class in order to move on into 1A.

As a result, I am still struggling with my classes, because I do not feel confident at
all. Even though, I am putting all my effort to pass my classes with a good grade. I am
taking this experience as a goal in my life. This is my experience for this Fall and I am putting all my effort to learn as much as I can and at the end I will be proud of me, because I am going to pass this class with a very good grade, that is my goal for this semester.