Quickwrite #2

As a kid, I often would hear people use complicated words and attempt to use them in my own dialogue with others. I wanted to sounds more mature or intellegent, but I did not always completely understand the meaning of the word. I could asertain with the context the original person used to what the general idea of the word was, but when I used it, it was a little off. Sometimes people would correct me, other times I would just have to learn from using the words or hearing it more times. If I felt like I didn't understand enough, I would use a dictionary and find the real meaning. It would have been better if I had done that from the start, but I suppose I was too prideful or determined. A different yet memorable example is when in 1st grade we had different Giants baseball players come to our school and read books to kids in classrooms. Our player was reading a book about the first African-American baseball player in MLB. I remember, as soon as he said "racial" I thought he had said Rachel, and shot my hand up to tell him it was my name. Luckily I brought my hand down pretty quickly and didn't embarrass myself too badly.