What does it mean to me to learn english

When I was at school I wasn't much interested about learning English, actually I didn't care about learning anything, I only studied because I was supposed to.

As long as I grew up, like in 7th or 8th grade, I realised that it was easy for me to undestand the English contents at school, I didn't need to go over the themes to have good grades, so I started to like it, and I started to participate in different extracurricular activities involving English. like summer/winter camps with children from other schools, and even once I acted in a play in English for the younger childs of my school.

I think that period of time when I started to like English, coincided with the moment when I became interested in some bands that usually were from anglophone countries, and also I started to watch so many movies with mi dad and my uncle, that I begin to get used to hearing people talking in English, so I guess that was the reason why it became so easy for me in school, although several times I didn't memorised grammar structures or anything theoryc, I knew which words could function toghether and which wouldn't.

When my parents realized about my abilities for learning English they were proud I think, because English as always been very difficult for them, and I was able to help them sometimes for example when they needed to translate some instructions or wanted to know what their favorite songs said in Spanish.

Also when my classmates became aware that I had good grades in English, they started to ask me for help. Sometimes I wrote pronunciation of the typical dialogues that school teachers make students memorize, so it was easier for them to memorize the correct way of speaking.

Today I think for me it is very useful to keep learning English, mostly because I spend so much time watching movies and sometimes I download very rare films and I can't find the subtitles anywhere, so over time I have been able to watch and understand a few only with the English audio and sometimes with English subtitles too. Also, I have very unrealistic plans to travel around a few countries when I finish this studies, so I want to learn as much as I can before I go, because I think English is the language that most of the world can speak, so I could communicate with the people of the countries I want to go without major trouble.