Personal Experience With Education

I was fortunate enough to have a top level education while living in such a impoverished country like El Salvador. I went to the only American school in the country, meaning all of our classes expect for one hour long class were in english, and most of our teachers where American. Following it's name, American School of El Salvador, we followed the American system, which differs from the Salvadoran system. This allowed me opportunities that only a couple of other schools in the country have, like access to  a higher education in the US and a great learning of English as a second first language.

Being in the top rated school of the country is not always a good thing, other people assumed everyone there were rich spoiled kids that look at everyone else as inferiors. This is something that I had to deal with often, people made assumptions about my personality based on a generalization about the school, so I fought hard to break that stereotype. Having the necessary resources in the school to help the many who didn't, we were always trying to give back. There were countless fundraisers and clubs that landed a hand to those less fortunate education wise.

I decided to open a club called Interact, the young branch of the Rotary Club to be able to help others in need. We mainly helped orphanages, small schools, and the elders, by providing them school supplies, food, and just a simple distraction from their daily lives. This is what I liked the mots about going to such a resourceful school, that we were able to give back and help those that needed it the most.