One day we were working on the and Sh and Ch sounds I found it very difficult and frustrating because I wasn't getting them right away. I was very annoyed that I couldn’t get the words to sound correctly right away even though I was trying to do my best. I was hurt that my best wasn't enough to meet their standards. Later on while I was practicing I began questioning if my speech would ever be good enough to meet their standards. I just could not get what I was doing wrong in their mind. I then began asking myself whether I was good enough as a person to ever succeed. By the end of the therapy time I was sick of speech and was feeling defeated like the Greeks did when they were conquered by the Spartans. I wished my mom would stop correcting me. I just wanted to go play with my blocks and build towers. …show more content…
Some of us would go to Dakota Meadows and others would go to East Junior High. I was very nervous for the transition. I was afraid of what people might say about me and the way I talked. So I decided to not talk unless necessary. When I finally was in 7th grade, I was talking when was only was necessary. I did see that kids weren't as mean as I thought they would be, so I changed my mind around the end of September and started baby step by baby step talking to people. I then slowly gained back my