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Bilingual Beginnings
Learning two languages; English and Urdu, side by side in kindergarten seems like a strenous task to monolinguals; but for me it was quite ordinary because every one in school was expected to do so. -
TV is GOOD FOR KIDS
From a young age, I was intorduced to many American and British cartoons as well as movies where I learned about the American culture of highschool romance movies and series, rom-coms and thrillers. -
English Scholarship Prodigy
At the age of 9, I took the TOEFL (test of english for foreign learners), I earned a scholarship worth Rs. 15000; I felt quite a sense of accomplishment. -
Professional Legal Documents Reader
By the age of 10, I (the eldest daughter in a brown household) was already considered mature enough to be proof reading my parents text messages, random instruction manuals and even legal documents. -
Look What You Made Me Do
I was introduced to Taylor Swift's music video Look What You Made Me Do in 2017; from there I was introduced to her compelling style of lyricism; I also started listening to other eminent musicians. -
13 Reasons Why
This book was my introduction to YA fiction; I found the book quite engrossing and soon enough like any other teenager, I started my obsession with the YA genre, I mean, it is designed for my age group. -
How I ended up in AP Lang
When I moved to America, to start high school, they wanted to check my english literacy, which I passed and I was placed in an English L1 class. Shortly, my teacher realized my strengths as a writer and offered to reccomend me for English II H, where I maintained an A+ throughout the year and thats how I earned a reccomendation for AP Lang. -
Working at Yale Lab
I applied to a program connecting high school students with yale lab internships, and after getting accepted the program's admission officer applauded my "exceptional essay writing abilties." My Pi (Principle Investigator) and other colleagues at my lab were also astonished with my writing and penmanship.
