Education experience

I have yet to choose an educational experience to write about for my paper. I suppose as I write this blog post that I have to choose a topic or this will be one very short post.
I suppose I can discuss the process of how I learned another language. So far I have learned English as my first language, then Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin Chinese and now I am in ASL 1 at OC. Learning Spanish took over most of the years of my primary education; I was in a spanish class every year of school from the 3rd grade through graduation. Memorizing seemingly endless lists of vocabulary in the first years of spanish class was a tedious task. There were many quizzes and tests or exams to pass as well. In the 10th grade i grew tired of the repetition and constant ongoings of spanish teachers, I wanted to change languages; French was in my sights. When my guidance counselor told me that I would have to test in to the French class, I decided it wasn't worth the struggle. Who speaks French anyway? Besides the French.........and Canadians.
Once I decided to stay in Spanish language classes I was able to test into the higher level classes offered at my high school. "Advanced placement", high school classes that are worth college credits....only if you're going to college in your own state apparently; those credits helped when I went to my first college in New York, I didn't have to take a language, and was able to do something more "fun", like get a job so I can afford my college text books....fun...
So I was able to place in the "advanced" spanish class; on day one my jaw dropped and my heart stopped. NO ENGLISH, at all! The teacher gave all instruction and assignments in Spanish...Maybe I was in over my head? I decided it would be helpful to spend every afternoon and weekend at my friend's house. Her parents were fresh outta Peru, and spoke little english. I was "immersed", which made it so much more overwhelming, and yet easy at the same time.
Once I got the hang of "Spanish only" I was able to stop translating in my head and dissecting the statements and phrases I heard...I was becoming fluent...and I was finally able to hold a real conversation with my grandmother from Cuba and he had a lot to say.
In practicing Spanish for the majourity of my time, I neglected English, since I was in "advanced placement" classes through most of my jr. high and high school career I was not required to be in an English class after my freshman yr of high school. During high school I was rarely at home, you know high school kids their lives are their friends, and mine was my friend and her Spanish speaking family. On the rare occasion that I was at home for any significant amount of time, I would find myself slipping up and not being able to think in English! uh oh...My mother was frustrated, she only knows english, I had to find a way to allow myself to use both languages. I made a deal with my friend's parents, I would help them with their English if they would help me with my spanish