Below is a very heartwarming new letter from a learner:
English is my big problem. I’m going to the literacy program to improve and practice my English. Sometimes, I feel as if I’m Learning to swim in the immense ocean. To gain entrance to the society of this country seems beyond my reach.
I’m using all of my time, ears, eyes, mind and heart to learning English. Time is going on, it doesn’t care that I’m getting older. Someone comes up to me and says, “Stay home,and take care of your grandchildren”. I don’t want it that way. A bad dream haunts me many times. I’m looking for the way and I can’t find the exit. When I wake up,I talk to myself. You can’t live here without English. You can’t stop learning. I don’t understand people who don’t try to learn English. To me that is a tragedy.
- Xuan le Tran
I was born in Guanajuato, Mexico. I've been living in the United States for 12 years. I came to the Adult Literacy Program to improve my English skill. I have a 5 year old son and want to be able to help him in school. - Felicita
I really need to know English, because I have a nine year old daughter who needs my help with her homework.Every day she comes home with something new for me,and I want to be able to help her the best that I can.Another thing that I wanted to learn is to write in cursive. When I was in school in Mexico they didn't teach cursive writing, only printing. I now know how to write in cursive and I am able to understand my daughter's homework. I am very pleased to have reached this goal. - Marisol
My Letter
I would like to thank Mrs. Rita Zanzinger for the opportunity I have to become the best person I can be because I am learning how to write, to read, and to speak better English. This learning is going to help me become what I have always wanted to be. My dream and goal is to be a certified Nursing Assistant. I would like to thank my tutor and friend, Suzanne, for helping me to reach my dream and my goal. - Lilia
I would like in the future to work in a restaurant in the kitchen as the cook. I would like to work elderly care or child care,for that I will have to learn more English. I want to finish my Focus On Phonics 2B in June. I want to finish my Begin in English in May.
- Laura