Shyness?

In kindergarden, I used to be the girl with all the popular guys as my boyfriends. WOOT! We told each other that we were "going to get married when we grew up." Now, I don't even remember their names. I was friends with everyone!

But in grade 1, everything changed! My grade 1 teacher was the WORST teacher I have ever had. If you were to become a grade 1 teacher, would you ever hit your students? Imagine a grade 1; they are so small, with their little eyes and teeth. Would you have the power to get a wooden stick and hit their hands until they were bright red? Well my teacher did. To make it worse, after she hit us, she would make us stand in the corner. She would make us put our arms up in the air for 2 hours. Do you know how much that hurt?

I wasn't the brightest kid in grade 1. Let's just say I was "slow" for my age. I couldn't read or write that well. My teacher hated me. OMG. I want to find her and smack her. She caused me so much pain and a bad memory of korean schools. She even went to court with one of the previous mothers. That's how bad she was.

After the first time of grade 1, I moved to Canada. Not even knowing my ABCs I was really shy. I would never be able to talk to my classmates because of the language barrier. I guess even now, I have a hard time talking to strangers. It's different when I have a friend with me when I'm in a different environment. When I'm just by myself, I turn into the really quiet girl that seems to never speak.

My dad told me koreans have this thing where they can't stare into people's eyes when having a conversation. I think that too. With really close friends, I am not shy at all, but with people I'm not, I can't. LOL (this is a random paragraph).