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Personal Narrative: My Spanish As A Mexican

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I have a crush for Mexican’s I spent my last three years of high school and it was amazing, there is a lot to see and to do in Mexico, I actually improved a lot my Spanish because it’s the main language. And I have created the best friendships and I graduated with my best friends and I obtained the B.A.C ES beginning July 2015.

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