Green River Community College English as a Second Language Program
Student Stories - 
Fall, 2002

My Story

My husband and I moved to Kent from Cherepovets, Russia last year. At first time, I couldn’t talk to American people because I knew only a few worlds English. I didn’t experience sociability with people whose spoke a different language. I was very embarrassed. Now I’m studying English, and computer. This knowledge helps me for assurance in myself.

I like reading a book, watching TV, and watching more interesting movies. Every morning I watch News on TV, and remember interesting stories. In one story in an Old Italian city, there is a big fountain. Tourists come there all the time. People come there, and throw the coins in to the fountain, so they could come back there one more time. From 1984 to 2002, one man took the coins from the fountain. He was getting about couple pounds of day, and he lived on that money. He had $ 150,000 of year. The police caught him, and led him away. From that time there are cameras around the fountain, and man had to go find a job for himself.”

In my country I’m liked watching the movie “RAIN MAN”. This novel had good idea, and conclusion. Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise are talented, and professional actors. Just now I’m reading the book “RAIN MAN”, I’m understands this book for ESL students.

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