Personal Narrative: A Year Behind In School

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In 1998, my father, Hassan, left my family from Africa to go to America. Since my family didn't have enough money to go to America, Hassan went by himself to get a well-paid job. In 2006, he saved enough money for us to migrate over airplane. Even though I have already gone to preschool in Africa, I've had to repeat it; that’s why I'm a year behind in school. Being that it was hard in E.S.L, I was still a straight-A-student until middle school. That school I attended was a top-notch private school, which there was a fee of 400$ each month, located in Irving. Their academic level was so high, that it had a difficult entry test based on what you've learned so far, luckily I passed. I was successful in most of the classes and wasn't struggling
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