Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA)

On a sweltering summer day, I was in complete shock when my 8th grade English teacher said to me “You’re lazy and stupid. You will be nothing but a loser”. Her words along with my classmates’ laughter were so hurtful that they almost froze my heart and created within me a burning desire to improve my English as an act of revenge. I studied day in and day out with the hope to join Bac Giang Gifted High School (CBG) – a high school for gifted students in my province so that I can have a better learning environment. Despite my teachers’ doubts about my competencies and my parents’ impediment, I finally became the first student in the commune to study at CBG. Being a top 10 – student, I thought my English was excellent enough. However, a visit to Hanoi in 12^th grade made me realize that…