 One of the things that really affected me was that it got to the point that I didn't really understand what was happening. I didn't want to ask my parents. They looked so anxious. It was starting to affect my schooling to the point that my mother had to teach me to read and write in Spanish. After that, I began learning Czech. Then I had to start learning Russian. At boarding school in Russia, I used to look out of the windows when it snowed.