ABOUT ME.
My name is Valentina Castillo, I’m 14 years old, I’m from Venezuela, and I’m a
freshman, in Olympic High School.
I like playing tennis, modeling, and cooking.
My grandfather was from Portugal, and I’m interested in going to Portugal.
I would like to be a psychologist.
3 IMPORTANTS THING IN MY LIFE.
 My family is the first in my life
 My education is so important to me as well
 Modeling
I’m sincere, fun, and respectful
I live with my parents and my older sister. My mom is fun, she likes cooking,
and she’s working all the time. My dad works a lot, so, when he’s not working
he likes to be at home. My sister is 18 years old, she works at chilis, and
she’s fun and active.
I like being around my friends, I don’t have a lot because I just came here to
USA, but my friends are intelligent, fun, and they love going to the movies.
I’m not interested in wars, math, and going party all the weekend.
I don’t have any job. But, in the summer I was babysitter. I would like to
do that again, because it’s not a difficult job.
WHAT I EXPECT TO DO IN LIFE
I want to learn another language.
I want to go to Portugal
I hope to be a model.
I think the most important was, when I came here, to USA, because it was
new people, new language, and new culture.
BEFORE COMING TO UNITED STATES.
Before I came to USA my life was good, I had many friends, I loved my
school, teachers, and I was always around my family. I was born in a small
state, its name is VARGAS, and I love a lot this state. Always, I went out
with my friends after school and during weekend. I was modeling, and I was
about to begin in a modeling school, but I couldn’t because I was coming to
USA. I was already in High school, there high school begin in 7th grade.
I didn’t want to come here. As a said, a love my state, my friends, and my
school, and it was a really hard decision to change my life in few days. Days
before my mom was selling everything, like the car, beds, televisions,
computers, etc, and I couldn’t accept looking people taking my stuff.
The way of life there, it’s a different from here. The school system is
pretty difficult, and students don’t have so many help from the state, like
providing books and that king o materials. But the good part is, there’s not
kind of gangs, no discrimination, black and white people are the same, and
there’s no so many problems with drugs and alcohol.
My new life in American school.
I came to the U.S on July, 24. My dad and sister were already here. My
cousin took to what was my new school. We were during summer, but she just
wanted me to meet my new school. I already had an idea about how it was
going to be, but when I got into the school, and I saw that big building, with
many flags at the top of the school and I saw my flag I got excited. Then,
came the open house. So I was looking the same school, just this time with
many people in there. I thought I could handle with the situation of new
people; it wasn’t the first time than I am around new people. Then, came the
first day of school, I knew what to do, and where I was about to go. I
thought I was ready, and I didn’t have anything to worry about. I meet one
person in my first class. She was a Mexican girl, her name is Maria. She
helped me to find the classrooms, and then in the 2nd class, Maria’s twin
helped me in that class, and to find the cafeteria. I had a lot of help,
however, I felt frustrated because the new language.
Venezuela.
National name: República Bolivariana de Venezuela
Capital; Caracas,
Venezuela, a third larger than Texas, occupies most of the northern coast of
South America on the Caribbean Sea. It is bordered by Colombia to the
west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south
Monetary unit: Bolivar
Ethnic/ race. Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arab, German, African, India
Venezuela's flag is a yellow, blue, and red horizontal tricolor with seven
white stars in a semicircle in the center. The Venezuelan independence
leader Francisco de Miranda designed this tricolor flag in 1806. The seven
stars were added in 1836; they represent the seven provinces that
supported Venezuela's independence in 1830. The red in the flag represents
courage and the blue represents Venezuela's independence from Spain.