HESSAH ALQAHTANI

I was born on a warm, sunny day at the end of August in Jeddah. But my roots is in Riyadh. The local language is different between Jeddah and Riyadh. That makes the people ask me where I am from? Because my tongue. My family lived in Jeddah but when I was eight years old we move to Rabigh . It is an industrial city and we lived there for nine years. I like it there very much. It's a quiet city. Everything very organized from the streets, buildings, gardens and shops. In fact, the most beautiful thing I like about it the school. It is vast and comfortable with playgrounds and with all the facilities. It is called the Aramco schools.
I went to the Aramco School for nine years. Actually, I was a good girl at school. I took the first grade in class every year .Although no one taught me at home as my mother was illiterate. Sometimes if I have a question I would ask my father. But all the time I figured it out myself. Also I have many duties in our home. My mother would give me and my sister a time table. One day I would do the laundry, wash the dishes and clean the kitchen .The next day I would vacuum our home and iron the clothes. And we do the housework every day.
At the school I was a high achiever and socialized with my friends .Always I participated in activities in school .when I was in intermediate school I read a poem during assembly and that made the teachers call me" the poet" .actually I am not poet but I like to read poems.
Life to me means at that time the school and family; how I could help my mother to take care of my brothers and sisters, how I could be a good girl at school. I won in three scientific competitions at the school.
Finally, if I could go back to that time, maybe, I would play more than I did because I fell when i was child . At that age, I was very responsible. I hope you have enjoyed reading my life story at that period as much as I have enjoyed writing it for you.