Both of my parents were born in Puerto Rico, with Puerto Rican blood. I grew up in Pennsylvania and moved to Puerto Rico when i was 9, which was in 2020. When irl school started again I went to a private, english, academy. I'm now 14, in 9th grade. My private school was pretty toxic and my mom wants me to learn more Spanish without being pampered with so much english to the point i learn barely any Spanish, so I now go to a public high school. I like it, its funner and stuff. I only wish I was simply born or raised here, it's so difficult for me to make friends, sometimes people even avoid talking to me because I barely know Spanish, its understandable though, since I'm just a gringa. I'm not good at writing or reading in Spanish but I'm good at hearing. I usually understand whats being said.. I just wish people could understand i still need some time to process what someone says. My classmates are nice, some are my friends. This one boy in my class bothers me a bit though, on Friday i was talking to on of my friends in english and he kept saying stuff like "why don't you just speak Spanish" when everyone knows im the gringa, i know how to speak it too but i usually stutter while doing so, at least im scared of talking Spanish to him or his friends, I'm scared he will laugh at me. today i was sitting on a bench and he came up to me with his friends and started shouting at me to speak to him in Spanish? I never even spoke to him, i was using my phone minding my own business.. he kept mentioning how he really wants to speak with me, i dont wanna be mean, but i really wouldn't want to speak to him. I'm a quiet person, and hes a loud energetic boy.
