Grace Akkad Elia
Story of my life
Mar 28, 2016
the story of my life in some parts based on Esperanza´s style from house on mango street.
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Grace Akkad Elia!
Dedication I would like to dedicate this ebook to all my family because I feel his is a part of me they need to know. But most of all I would like to dedicate it to the best english teacher ever: Teresita Soto Albarran. Thank you for everything.
Table of contents
• My name-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐4 • A special family member-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐5 • My neighborhood-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐6 • Advice from an adult-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐7 • A special holiday-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐8 • A happy Fme for me-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐9 • A special birthday-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐10 • Games or toys from my childhood-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐11 • A posiFve story from school-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐12 • A negaFve story from school-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐13 • A Fme I got into trouble-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐14 • A Fme I saw someone else get into trouble-‐-‐-‐15 • Going to work-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐16 • A birth-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐17 • Being Jewish and living in Mexico.-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐18
My Name
I know every name is special, like every person or every heart. But I am going to tell why my name is so special to me. I was named aPer my grandma, my father´s mom. I have five cousins who have the same name as me, but each one has her own nickname, mine is “Gracita”. “Grace”, is a name used in almost all religions and prayers, it means finding peace and tranquility along with luck in God´s presence. My name means a lot to me, I think it is a beauFful name and it goes well with me because I am a very calm person. I don´t know if everyone knows the meaning of my name, but to me has so much more meaning than just “ Grace”.
Gracita!
A special family member
My family is formed by my dad, my mom, three sister, two brothers and me. We are a big family and we get along very well. But there is someone special for me, and it´s my dad. My dad is a doctor and he also works on plasFc. He is the most intelligent person on earth that I know of. He is very kind and always gives his Fme to other people. He knows so much about life and experiences that people all around the country call him for advices and big important decisions. He is the type of person who is always looking for the best to provide to his family. Even though he comes very Fred from work, he gives us Fme and talks to us before we go to sleep, He is the kind of person a will always want to be. I love him!
My neighborhood I live in Mexico city, in Tecamachalco, in a street called “Aguilas”. I love to live there because it is a very calm and quiet street, where you can go running, walking, or just hang out with anything happening to you. It is very safe and you can breathe fresh air any Fme you want to. Many people in my neighborhood have dogs, and you can see the owners walking their dogs through the street,. I like to walk a lot because I can think clearly and resolve my problems be[er than when I am in school or home. There are old people, young-‐adults, children, etc. living in my neighborhood and every Fme I see someone I greet him or her because it is a place where we all live in harmony.
Advice from an adult We all know that adults have more answers than us, so we go to them for advice or for guidance to make a decision. Once I was very stressed from school because we had a lot of projects to turn in so many li[le Fme, I was near crying and I was in a very bad mood. So my aunt told me something that has helped me through all year long and that I will never forget. She told me that if I know I have given my best, then I don´t have to worry because I have to e saFsfied with myself, if not then I will have to put more effort Fll I get what I want done. I know it is not a very complicated advice, but I think it very wise and it helps me not to put so much pressure on myself, cause when I do, I use to get sick. Having advice from adults it is wise, but it is up to us to apply them to our reality.
A special holiday I like almost all holidays, but my favorite one is Passover. I like Passover because it is the one Fme when my whole family is together, my grandparents, my cousins, my aunts, everyone. We make this holiday in Cuernavaca every year and it is very cool and fun because we are all the cousins together having fun in the pool, in the garden, or just hanging there. It is a holiday when we have to eat differently from other regular days of the year, so we have fun cooking special food. Passover is the Fme when I feel and realize the importance of having a united family that take car of each other. Near this Fme of the year, I always say thank God for giving me the pleasure to be born in this type of family.
A happy time for me I live happy. But there is a special Fme during the day that is one of my happiest Fmes. This is when at night my li[le brother Salomon, comes to my bed and sleeps with me, he does not always like to sleep alone so he comes to me for comfort. He is a person that makes me happy and whom I love, so I have a great Fme with him. Also when he comes to sleep with me, I feel like nothing ma[ers but him. I make sure he is warm, that he is sleeping well and that he does not fall from bed. I have a great Fme during the whole day, but when I am with my brother, I feel rather in peace than actually happy. He makes my world stop.
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A special birthday The birthday i remember most was when I was 7 years old. I did it along with my sister Nicole, who was five. We invited all our friends from school and our cousins and grandparents. We had our cake, which was delicious, and many candies and food like pizza and corn. But the best of all was yet to come. Our show was one of a kind, no one ever did it, it was incredible. Suddenly two huge sea lions came sliding through the door and stood up in a bench, where the coach was guiding them to start the show. They clapped and made acrobaFcs, we fed them fish and they gave us a kiss. We were all stunned because we never saw a sea lion that close. They were very funny and I was very happy because they made my birthday special, different from the others, but most of all, memorable.
Games or Favorite Toys from my Childhood
When we are li[le we like to play with almost everything that is in front of us. We don´t have any problem in having fun because we did it anyway and anywhere. But we all have a favorite toy that define us while we are li[le. Mine was a cabbage patch. It is a li[le doll that was very popular in those days. The one I got came with her bathing suit and her goggles along with her dress. I brought her with me everywhere I used to go, only not to school because we were no allowed to bring toys. I also used to bathe with her and took hours in the tub “swimming” with her and shampooing. I remember I had fun with almost everything, but my cabbage patch was my best partner in everything.
A Positive Story From my Experiences at School
I love school. I think school is the place where every kid belongs. It is where we learn and we have fun with our friends so, I actually don´t get the people who hate school or who is always whining abut work, that is what we are suppose to do! I know what means having school stress, I have it very oPen, but that doesn’t mean I hate school or that I rather be in some other place. Honestly I have learnt many things about life in school besides the basic subjects. My friends are the main reason I love going to school, I think it is a period in my life that I will never forget and remember with love indeed. Almost every day is a posiFve story, that is why I can´t really remember one that pops in my mind. I am glad of it.
A Negative Story From my Experiences at
School There are no negaFve stories from my experiences at school because I think that everything that happens to you teaches you something. But there is one day I remember clearly because that was a bad day for me. It was Friday, we were having Hebrew class and I was very happy. Suddenly I received a phone call form my aunt telling me that my grandpa was very ill, she told m because all my family was on vacaFon except me. In that moment, I went pale with fear because I knew what it meant. I got out of school and want directly to his house where everyone was gedng things ready and I didn't’t want even to think about it. It turn out that my grandpa died one hour ago, I felt my world crumbling because I knew how my dad was going to feel. I don´t want to remember anymore. That was a bad day.
A Time I Got Into Trouble
I don´t really get into trouble much, I that kind of person who stays away form anything that can get me into trouble. The only Fme that I remember for gedng in trouble was like four months ago when I went to the club with my friends because of m friend´s birthday. Everything went great, I had the best Fme, and I was glad and proud that anything went wrong. But at the end when I was gedng home, I didn´t realize that I was one hour late, besides my parents were not in Mexico. When they came back and they got the news, they almost grounded me, they didn´t because they know I'm responsible and I promised it will never happen again.
A Time I Saw Someone Else Get Into
Trouble When we are li[le, we don´t realize that when we are playing we have to be careful because there are things that we can break. I remember when I had nine years old, I was in my grandma´s house playing with my cousin with some skaters, we didn´t realize we were surrounded by fragile things that mean a lot to my grandparents. Suddenly, my cousin lost balance with the skaters and he fell on top a jar that was brought from China. My grandma was very upset and my cousin did not know what to say, he just apologized and went away. Obviously he was grounded for a long Fme.
My cousin when he was li[le.
Going to work I haven´t worked alone and on my own yet, but I have experienced what is going to work. One day I didn´t go to school because my bus leP and I couldn´t catch it. My dad saw me and told me to go to work with him, and that seemed a wonderful idea. I went to the office with him and helped him making charts in excel and in other computer programs. Later on, we went to the factory, where all the stuff were made and he showed me how the machines worked and I realized they were like robot working on their own. I saw how people worked and how every person had a special task to do and if one fails, then the whole work is wrong. People are very dedicate to their work because that is what provides them money to live, I respect them for that. APer we finished in the factory, I congratulated my father because I was really impressed in how much Fme he dedicates to his work and I told him tat now I understand why he is stressed someFmes.
A birth A birth i remember well is when my li[le brother Salomon came. I was eleven years old and it was June 7th, 2007. I remember well it was Wednesday 11:45 and I was in school taking English class, suddenly the classroom phone rang and when the teacher answered she told me that I was leaving school right now. They told me my baby brother was born and that I had to go to the hospital to welcome him. It was ironic how I found my sister in the stairs and we both yelled at the same Fme: It´s a boy!!! We were all so excited because he was the first boy in the family aPer four girls. When we got to the hospital, all my family was there cadng and congratulaFng one another. When it was y turn to see the baby, I was stunned at how beauFful and small he was. My mom was very Fred but she was happy as ever. But my dad was the one who couldn´t believe it, he was ecstaFc, his joy was beyond normal. And obviously I was very happy too because once again I would be this li[le baby´s old sister!
Being Jewish and living in Mexico
Being Jewish is great. But being Jewish and living in Mexico is even greater. I feel very grateful with this country because it welcomed us very good and properly and thank god, we have a good and kind life here. I respect Mexicans a lot, because I know they have been through a lot, all the crisis and earthquakes. But I am very glad to say I certainly am a proud Mexican. It is good to know we always have fun wherever we go, and that is a fact, also we have a sense of humor that not every naFonality has. We are special. Thinking what happened in the holocaust or in Spain in 1492, I always hope we will be sFll welcome in Mexico, the country my grandparents chose to start a new life. I like Mexico a lot, all its landscapes and wild, although I would like all this to be more protected. I think it is very important to love your country, because you never know when you will leave either by force or by self decision.
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