By this quote, the author means she wishes she can make the journey of finding yourself and coming to love yourself and culture easier for all immigrant students. This will be hard for her to do because everyone’s journey is different. Her journey consisted of years of trying to not just blend in with the crowd but to be completely covered by it. She would be deathly afraid of being called on by the teacher but gained a bit of confidence with her Spectrum group. The author states, “I know that some kids want to disappear and disappear until they do. Sometimes I think I see them, in the blurry background of a magazine photo, or in a gaggle of kids following a teacher’s aide across the street. “ This is demonstrating how she sees what the other immigrant students are going through clear as day since she suffered from this since her adolescence. Shes have been going this feeling since the first grade. She is now a high school student who learned to wear her skin proudly and wants to spread confidence to other people in this category of immigrant children. Preferably without the long journey of shyness, keeping her opinions and insights to herself, and the feeling of wanting to disappear.

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