Taking off

This is the first time I wrote a post in English, I didn't do it before because I think I wasn't as good in English as in Spanish, my native tongue; then, I realize that I don't need to be as perfect in this language as I thought, I just have to express myself as I feel and need.

This doesn't t mean that I won't effort myself to do it in the best way, but now I know that I don't have to be perfect.

I'm proud of how I came to this point. I start studying English in my early years at elementary school, I can tell, that I have very good teachers, it wasn't a bilingual school, but we have a few good hours of classes in English; I spend 7 years in this school till I was 13 of age, after that, the rest of my education had awful English classes.

So, in a time that learning another language wasn't so necessary as now, and with no economic funds to pay for English tuition, I decided that I would learn the language on my own.

The resources I had was music and movies in English; the movies I saw with subtitles and try to listen and understand what the actors said.

Music, I heard and try to sing them by repeating them over and over until I knew what they said and their meaning.

Then, after a few years, I decided that I was ready to take a proficiency test for the English language, I did it and get very good punctuation, above the average, I was very proud.

After that, I continue practicing in this same way.

I had the opportunity to travel to North America and practice my English by speaking with people to get what I need; the first time, it was scary, but then, it was easier.

People don't judge me for my pronunciation or my vocabulary, neither for my grammar, people value the effort of speaking in another language.

In my old recent job, I had a native English speaker as my boss, he was from Canada, and even that he's been living in Mexico for many years, he likes to speak in English, so I was able to practice.

I worked in a company that received tourists from all parts of the world, most from the USA because the nearest to both countries, so, again, I was able to practice my English; on some occasions, I was congratulated on my speaking, who could tell.

For me, an auto self apprentice of the English language is satisfying that I can speak, understand, and being understood.

As a funny comment; by now I'm looking for a new job, I was asked to send audio via WhatsApp to probe my proficiency in the English language to a Mexican recruiter and after she listens to it, she told me that my pronunciation wasn't good enough, even when I have recommendations of the opposite, things like this happen, so be it.

So, no matter what people might say, I will be writing in English, and in time, I would be better and better every time.

Next step, auf Deutsch!!!

So long. 🖐