I Had to Give a Speech in my Second Language

<p>It was nerve-wracking &mdash; but I learned a lot about myself and other cultures in the process.</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/0*-k6taYmmDUWWcCCs" style="height:467px; width:700px" /></p> <p>Photo by&nbsp;<a href="https://unsplash.com/@filipovsky?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Filip Gielda</a>&nbsp;on&nbsp;<a href="https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Unsplash</a></p> <p>Not a paying Medium member?<a href="https://medium.com/@DecafDaily/i-have-to-give-a-speech-in-my-second-language-7f090dbea3b7?sk=b5325737b36e8a0f5d0329efaab5e197" rel="noopener">&nbsp;Read for free by clicking here!</a></p> <p>Little known fact that&rsquo;s pertinent to the story &mdash; my companion is Hispanic and I&rsquo;m a southern, yeehaw, cornbread-raised white boy from the rural American Midwest.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@DecafDaily/i-have-to-give-a-speech-in-my-second-language-7f090dbea3b7"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>