The first day at secondary school

I’ll never forget my first day at secondary school. I was still eleven, so the majority of my partners were older than me.

Although I wanted to go to IES Miramar, I was assigned to IES Mestres. My friends had said that in that school were conflicting people and that the level was very low.

I spent all the summer holidays worried about my future, I thought that I wouldn’t survive in that conditions.

The seventeenth of September of 2007 arrived, and with it, arrived the first day at secondary school. I was absolutely terrified. I didn’t know what kind of people would be in my class, I only knew three friends that had been with me at primary school.

When I arrived at school I could see that I wasn’t the only one that was frightened, all of my partners were nervous too.

I felt alone at class because I didn’t know anyone.

That day we left school earlier because it was only an introduction class, and then I commented with my old partners our feelings. All of us were worried about our future, but we were more relaxed.

Although my beginnings were difficult, I’ve made great friends in that school and I’ve lived some of the best years of my life there. 

My earliest memory

I'm sure that all of us have tried to go back in our memories until our earliest one.

A lot of times I have tried to remember my earliest memory, and I have always finished in the same memory. This memory is a bit fuzzy, but I can remember it well. 

It was the second September of 1997, and it was my first day in the nursery school and I was very excited.    My mum had said to me that, that day I would go to a place where a teacher would teach me a lot of things and where I would be able to play with other children. 

I remember that I was holding my mum's hand while we where walking on the street. Then we arrived to a fence, we crossed the fence and I saw a little park, it was the nursery school's playground. Then we knocked the nursery school's door, and two teachers opened the door with a big smile. While they were caressing my head, they asked my name "Who's this pretty boy?", "Roger" I answered returning the smile, but without leaving my mother's hand. 

Then I entered to the class. I can remember well the appearance of the class, there were a lot of small and colourful chairs, a long and colourful table and at the back of the class there was a bathroom. One of the teachers said me that if I wanted, I could play with some toys that were in a box. I looked to my mum, she nodded and kissed me. I sat down to play with the toys, and when I turned my mother wasn't there. I ask to the teacher "Where's my mum?" and she answered that she had just left, I started to cry and shout "mum!, mum!". Then I realized that I wasn't the only one who was crying, another boys and girls where crying and calling to their mums too. After that I can't remember anything more about that memory, only that when my mother came for me, she gave me some sweets to make me happy. 

Until that day, when somebody asked me about the school, I always answered "School pooh!".

Roger M. I.

The best way to learn a foreing language

Hi everybody!

I've been thinking about how to learn a foreign language, and I've arrived to these conclusions:

· If you don't know anything about the language, you should start learning it in an academy.

· But if you can understand the idiom at a basic level, a part to continue studying at school or academy, I recommend you some entertaining activities like:

          -Watching films or series in the language that you're learning (if you don't understand anything, it's preferable to put the foreign language subtitles)

          - Listening to music in the foreign idiom (If you want, you can read the lyrics while you're listening to the songs)

These two activities will make you improve your listening comprehension.

          - Reading books (While you're reading, unconsciously your mind is recording the words, so reading is very important to learn how to write well the words. Other than this, reading a lot is the best way to improve your reading comprehension)

          - Having a penpal friend (this is a great option to progress in your writing and you'll probably make a new friend!) 

          - But without doubts, the best way to learn a foreign language is going abroad (on your own, with your family, with an exchange...), to a country where you have to speak and listen all the time the language. At first it'll be a bit difficult, but when you get used to it, you'll probably have fun and you'll keep a very good memory about the experience.

This is the song "I was made for loving you", one of the best themes that Kiss have made. (It's with lyrics). I'm learning English, and this is an example about listening and reading comprehension. 

If you're interested on exchanges, this is a web page that organizes them. http://es.lingoo.eu/encontar-a-una-familia.html

If you want to watch a film, but you don't know any film to watch, I suggest you V for Vendetta, Da Vinci Code, A perfect getaway, X-men, Resident Evil... If you don't like any of these, please comment this post and I'll suggest another one's.

If you have any doubts or questions, please, comment them in this post.
Yours faithfully,
Roger M.