My Language Journey

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           Growing up with bilingual parents made my life so much more interesting, and better for my future. Having my father being half German, and Norwegian, I grew up with Norwegian from my grandmother and German from my grandfather. Through the course of my childhood, I saw my grandma a lot more than my grandpa, and she would always try to speak Norwegian with me. It was a difficult experience, but I absorbed a lot of the language. And also being 5 years old, I didn't want to learn German, and I liked Norwegian a lot more. My dad didn't really speak those languages with me, and to this day I don't know why. Now with my mother, she's Polish. This language I hold dearly in my heart. When I was a kid, I only learned how to speak polish. Not read or write it. So, when I started to re learn Polish, it was very hard for me to learn. Not only did it slow the process down, I had to learn the pronunciation rules, and grammar as well. And to this day, I still have many problems with the language. And after a while of not using these languages, I started to forget them since I didn't use them very much since I was getting too busy with school, and other things it just slipped, and I didn't really remember a lot anymore. But, when I started high school, I decided to take French. After a couple of weeks, I fell in love with the language. Not only was it beautiful, it was very fun to learn new things, and my teacher's way of teaching made me excited to come back to class. That is when I fell in love with learning languages. During my sophomore year of high school, I decided to start re learning Norwegian, and give German a try. I feel like that was one of the best decisions I've ever made. I fell in love with German, and started taking classes, and teaching myself the language. And with this, I started making friends from Norway, and Germany, and some I'm still friends with to this day. And now, I'm learning Portuguese, and Italian. If I didn't start making friends with these people, I don't think I would be at this level of speaking that I'm at today. Even though it's nerve wracking,  and it doesn't sound like it'll help; trust me, it helps so much. Even if you make mistakes, you will most likely still be understood, and whoever you're talking to can help you out! So, if you're thinking of learning a language, start speaking right away, and have fun in the process of learning! 

- Cam Faught