George Eastman House is a wonderful place to visit in Rochester because is a venue in which we can identify a little bit more the history in this beautiful city. I really would enjoy visiting this House and recognize its value for this society.

REPETION

In listening and speaking class we studied repetition. We listened to Winton Churchill's 1940 we shall never surrender speech. Here is my practice talk using repetition. People should discover the real value of love... people should be more helpful... people should live in peace... people should smile more often... people should forgive frequently... people should pray everyday... people should just love and sometimes to love a little bit more...

HOMELESSNESS

Homelessness is a terrible reality in Rochester city. Myriad people do not have the opportunity to attend school and then consequently they do not have the chance to be prepared for a high level education such as college or university. This critical problem does not enable people to access to jobs whereby they can get high incomes.

There is a very interesting quote from people who deal with this situation, “we are homeless but not hopeless.” This sentence makes me feel encouraged because homeless, despite their situation is hard, they have a hope to continue working for their future and keep going finding new strategies in order to propel a project of new opportunities and challenges.

SPRING POEM BY CARLOS

Spring!

Spring! How beautiful is the
Spring! How wonderful is the
Spring! How majestic is the
Spring! How fantastic is the
Spring! How tantalizing is the
Spring! How glorious is the
Spring! How melodious is the
Spring! How joyful is the
Spring! How breathtaking is the
Spring! How uplifting the
Spring! How happy is the
Spring! How magnificent is the
Spring! How colorful is the
Spring! How tasteful is the
Spring! How memorable was the
Spring! How flavorful is the
Spring! How aromic is the
Spring! How sweet is
Spring! How beautiful is the
Spring!

POEM BY HASSAN AND CARLOS

you are the wings of a bird
and the wings of the breeze.
You are the light of the sun
and the wave of the sea.

You feel the power to fly
and the strength of being free.
However, you are not an angel from the sky
but you feel free.

When you see the sea
you are afraid
but don't worry
you are the fisher of the sea
and the mermaid of the ocean.

How do you feel?
you feel like a planet in the space
and a star in the universe.

You are the wings of a bird
and you always will be the wings of a bird.

Hassan
Carlos

SUSAN B. ANTHONY

In my opinion, Susan B. Anthony was a wonderful and very interesting woman who worked for dignity of people. It is very interesting how she campaigned for the abolition of slavery, how she wanted to rescue the women’s rights to their own property and earnings, and also, her work and efforts for women’s labor organizations.

I discovered something that, really, is very interesting in this woman. She wanted to open the possibility women can vote. Even though, she was arrested for voting in 1872. She has become a historical hero in the united states because she has give the dignity to women.

FOOD INFORMATION

The food information comes from different places or persons. First of all, some people know so much about food and they have a wide knowledge about the food ingredients, its benefits for the body and the mind. Also, they know the elements that are healthier to us. For instance, I can name my parents who are very good cook, and of course, other relatives.
Secondly, the food information comes from the packages which cover the products. In these packages we can read the features of the product, its scientific ingredients, and how we can prepare it or use it in the moment to cook.

This kind of information about my food affects what I eat because depending of the ingredients I chose if the food is tasty and healthy to me. For example, if I read in the ingredients a high onion content I will not eat that food, or somebody tells me that the food comes with spicy parts I can not eat it either. Therefore, it’s very important to me to know the information about the food I like to eat.

Polish Heroes

Role: survivor
Audience: Grandchild
Format: letter
Topic: My family
February 2 2012

Dear grandchild


This letter is for you and I want to tell you how I could survive to this tragedy. As a Jewish man I was persecuted by German military army. They wanted to kill us for different political and economics reasons. We were afraid everyday because in each corner we could find the death by German government. That period in my life was terrible and I will never be able to forget everything I lived.

I was living with my family in Poland. My wife and my two children. We didn’t have many friends there. We were almost alone in that country, especially during the war.
My wife was working as a house keeper for a very wealthy family and I was working in a sell-car company as a manager. My children, all of them, just were studying. But, someday, the war became stronger and the persecution more intensive. Therefore, my wife had to leave her job and we had to move to another city.

In the new city, we met a wonderful polish man who provides support and help during that period of war. I met his family and the huge house where they lived. When the German soldiers went to the city looking for us, they couldn’t find us because this family sent us to a subway behind the house and the soldiers couldn’t discover the place where we were staying.

Thanks this polish family, I am alive together with my wife and children. I am working with this man in his factory and my wife is stayed with the children.

Someday you will tell the same story somebody else.

Sincerely

IDENTITY

First of all, everything I carry in my wallet shows my identity as a foreign student because I have my Colombian ID and Colombian driver license. Also, I can identify myself as a religious person because of the image of Jesus Christ and Blessing virgin Mary. I prefer to handle credit card rather than cash. Finally, I can say that I am just interest in important things like health (ensure card), study (library card), and driving.

People can say that I am from Hispanic culture, I often use my credit card rather than cash, I am a religious person or at least I am catholic. Also, people could say that I like to study in the library, and I have a strong connection with my country because of my Colombian identifications.

People will not be able to find familiar backgrounds like pictures about my parents and siblings. Neither things that show my passion for the music or my favorites stuffs like soccer, dance, sing, etc.

scavenger hunt

Hello everybody
Scavenger hunt was a wonderful and fun experience for beginning this new semester at Nazareth. I had the opportunity to work with Khalid and Hassam and that was great because we took pictures, picked up different things, and had good conversations with different kind of people around the campus. The most interesting conversation was with The Dean because he was so kindly and funny. A very good man. This activity is very important because it helped us to be in relationship with friends and it allowed us to discover new spaces in the campus and talk with different people.


Thank you