My first school year was a real challenge because, even though I knew the subject in my mother tongue, I couldn't express everything I was thinking. However, during the first year, a teacher helped me at school and made it a lot easier to fit in with the other students. After only one year of training, I took the provincial language proficiency test.
I'm really lucky since so many people fought for me and defended my interests like my volunteer teacher, Ms. Lanteigne, and Ms. Hortense from OCISO.
However, it's so unfortunate for other newcomers who haven't had the chance to have as complete an integration as mine. You must establish integration and official language courses and provide access to them for newcomers by hiring qualified staff.
Thank you.