Miguel's life

Miguel is 12 years old. He lives with his parents in a small city in California. The city is called Fresno. It’s about three hours from LA and about three hours from San Francisco.

Every day he wakes up early and goes to school. He starts school at 7:45. He hates getting up early, but he has to do it. His mother wakes him up every day at 6:15. 

He takes a shower, has some cereal for breakfast, and goes to catch the bus. The bus is big and yellow and it takes about half an hour to get to Miguel’s school.

Miguel doesn’t like school much, but at least he can spend time with his friends. He likes language and history class—especially learning about world history and ancient cultures—but he doesn’t like math or science very much. He finds the teachers boring.

Miguel has two sisters, Maria and Rosa. At home, his parents speak Spanish, but in school he speaks English. Some of his friends speak Spanish too.  Miguel’s father is an auto mechanic, and his mother works in an office. She’s a receptionist, so she spends most of the day answering phone calls and emails.

On the weekends Miguel plays basketball with his friends, or he plays video games. He also likes reading books from the school library and watching TV. When he grows up, he wants to play basketball for the LA Lakers, but he’s also thinking about becoming a history teacher. His parents think that being a teacher is a better idea.