Yi's Voice

I am having a great time in school. It is very fun. Today I built a volcano. It is very cool. I tried to learn from the others. I tried to make it work and it did! I was thrilled. I was so proud! 

I am at ***. It is an inclusion private school. I have been here for a week. I like it so far. It is the best school I have been to so far. It helps me make friends. It helps me to learn. It helps me to build confidence. I feel that I belong here. I am confident that I can go to college. I am hopeful that I can achieve a meaningful life. 

I really like the train (note from mom: a toy we have at home). It is so fun, so playful. It makes me smile. It makes me want to play with it over and over again. It reminds me of the real train we took in Paris. It was a great memory. 

This has been a special summer. It is the first time that I can communicate with others. It makes me feel very happy. I especially like the summer camp. It is the best that I have ever had. I am very pleased that people recognized that I am smart. That makes me feel so great. Today I am proud.

Today I started at ***. It is an inclusion private school. I really like it. I met a few new friends. They are nice. They made me feel happy. I really like the school. I want to go to ***. It is the best school for me. Thank you mom for sending me there.

I have been reading many books this summer. I am very proud of myself. I am smart. I am brilliant. I am a genius. I am a rock star.  In the past, people thought I am dumb. People didn’t believe me. They gave me stupid stuff, stuff that is very insulting. They thought that I am stupid because I can’t talk. It drove me mad. It made me do things that I am not proud of.  Now I can prove them wrong.

I have been reading many books this summer. Some of them are about American history. Others are about science. I like all of them. There is one about Galileo. I really like it. It is sad that he had to lie to survive. The church made him say that the Sun is not the center and the earth does not move. I want to read more books. 

2020 was the year pandemic started. It was the most difficult year in my entire life. School was shut down. Therapies were stopped. Nobody told me what’s going on. I was very frustrated. I peed in my pants. I scratched myself. I scratched my family. In my way, I was trying to tell them that I am sad. But they didn’t get it. I was mad. I was trapped. I was in my prison of silence. I don’t know how I survived that. I was so sad, so sad. To this day, it pains me to think about that year.

We came to our vacation home in Russian River. I really like it. It makes me feel calm and peaceful. I like the view. We went to Bodega Bay yesterday. I had lots of fun. I like the beach. It is really warm. The sand is nice and soft. I ate rice and chicken for dinner. It was really good. After dinner, we watched a movie. I like the movie. It’s name is To Kill a Mockingbird. I like that it is not too dramatic. It leaves space for me to think. I wish to come here every weekend.