Personal Narrative

Disclaimer: This was initially started on a word file on a VMI compute, but when I tired to finish it on furlough after saving it on an email, I could not open it in a format that would enable editing or copying, so I had to screenshot what I had and post it as media while finishing it in this format. I hope that this logistical error does not take away from the time and content that I have put into this narrative, and my apologies for this inconvenient scenario.

Disclaimer 2: This is not exactly the same type of narrative that was given in the example, but I believed that the best way for me to give a narrative that can honestly be called personal on my spanish education is to essentially”rant” (for lack of a better word) about my experience, rather than tell a story.

Personal Narrative:

A Journey into my Honest Thoughts and Perspectives Regarding my Spanish Education

And so, despite my seemingly pessimistic attitude regarding my Spanish education, I have come to enjoy my progress through these small victories, and wish to continue to develop my overall understanding of the language. I especially wish to one day be able to fully understand the spoken Spanish language, particularly when it is spoken with the accent and speed of a native speaker. Conversations with classmates who are at or around my skill level is a great way to practice, but it is not the same as speaking with someone who has been raised speaking Spanish. And as I had stated in my introduction, I like to think of myself as a man of utility, and the best way for me to put my Spanish education to use is to communicate with native Spanish speakers who would not entirely understand my native English.

I am reaching the end of my education in Spanish, so in order to reach my goal of maximized utility in the time I have invested, I need to take it onto myself to go out and apply what I have learned in the real world. I’m going to need to initiate conversations with my friends who speak it at home. I’m going to need to try to have an extended conversation with the Venezuelan landscapers. (whether they want to or not) I need to test myself in comprehending both written and spoken Spanish in order to achieve what I could not have achieved in the classroom. I know that with the growing population of Spanish speakers in America, my education in the Spanish language will not end when I walk across the stage and receive my diploma. It will continue throughout my life and hopefully one day I can honestly look myself in the mirror and say that I am bilingual and on that day I will know that I have maximized the utility of my Spanish education.