From V8 to Roxette: my English journey
The school in Florida It was the late ’80s. My parents were divorced. I was living with my mom and my sister in a tiny house in a town near Buenos Aires City called Victoria, located in the northern area of Buenos Aires Province. I was quite young—just about ten years old—when I asked my mother to enroll me in an English class. Those were difficult times. She was working hard for the money, and we weren’t getting any help from my dad. Still, she didn’t hesitate to look for a course. You know, moms are like superheroes when they’re in charge, and somehow, she managed to find an affordable school where I could get started. And off I went! I began learning English in a state-run community school in Florida, a nearby town. I had to take a bus that ran along the Panamericana Highway, and it would get me there in no more than half an hour. I remember loving the idea of learning a second language, it became my little world. We used a book called V8 , and the following year, one called Sn...