Unusual Food

What is the most unusual thing you have ever been offered?
My cousin offered me a bottle of tequila with a snake inside the bottle, it looks weird. I didn’t try it, but my cousin loved it. He says it is like an aphrodisiac drink and expensive. He almost pays two hindered dollars for it. Then this was that unusual drink my cousin offers me.

Ruben

Proverb

“Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today.”

This proverb means that you must finish today, don’t leave until tomorrow.
My mom always talks about that. She wants me being organized in my life. Usually I doing schedule on a week, and I try doing on time. If needed doing something so important for my family I doing first.

Oksana

My Favorite Meal

My favorite Meal is dinner because I like to eat pierogi. This dinner I make almost ones a week. First I must buy white cheese in Ukraine store then came to home and cook potato and bake onion. When potato and onion I ready I put the potato, onion and chesses to bowl to mix with salts, pepper and vegeta adds flavor to it. Then I mix flour, eggs and water to make pastry. Next step is use water glass to make round shape pastry. After all I put everything inside the round shape pastry and stick in shape of a half circle. And last step is boiling pierogi in hot water until they came up on top. The pierogi is very delicious and smell very nice. After cooking I have a lot cleaning because a flour is everywhere, but I like cooking this dinner because my all family like this dinner.

Hanna

Level 3 Students

Laves 3 students have interesting lives. Dina speaks five langua ges Romanian, Ukrainian, Russian, Italian, and English. Lesly has a very big family. She has tow sister and four brothers. Kabembe lived in Africa for more than ten year. Dagolous is single. He lives with his uncle, unit, and cosines. Livbove likes winter because she likes to play snow bolls outside. Wisom has three children. She has two boys and one daughter. Dougolos watches TV more than three hours a day. He likes action movies. Iryna knows how to draw. She draws pictures of Animals, Flowers, nature, and other things. Amazing !
Sevtilana likes to kook. She cooks soup and salad. Yadviga traveled to many places. She traveled to Poland, Germany, Romania, and around the U.S. Inna speaks English at home with her doughter and husband. Jowd has a job in the U.S. He worked at a grocery store as a cushier. Serghei comes to school every day because she wants to learn English. Iryna likes to drink tea. She drinks fruit tea, green tea, and mixed tea. She drinks more than three cups a day. Wow!

Tolera

In my country couples get married in church. Men are usually 20-25years old when they get married women are usually 18-25years old. When they get married, In my country the marriages are not arranged by parents. For the wedding the bride wears a white dress and nice shoes and groom wears a black suit. The parents of groom and bride pay for the wedding. The guests give flowers, cards and money. Husband and wife wear rings on the right hand on the ring finger. Bride always takes husband’s family name. Not everybody goes on a honey moon. Sometimes couples live with a family if they don’t have enough money to buy a new house. The divorce does not happen after in my country. One of the superstations says that he groom shouldn’t see a bride before a wedding day. In church one special person gives advice to the groom and bride.

Sergey

Classmates

Level 3 students have interesting lives. Irina has a very big family. She has 4 children ; 1 daughter and 3 sons. Irina has boys who were born on February 14 but not in the same year . Wow. Irina loves to draw pictures. She likes to draw flowers and stillives. Sergey loves to drink green or black tea with cake. He loves to be with friends. He likes snow, winter, and cold. He likes to make and eat shishkababs. Douglas likes to watch TV more than 3 hours. He likes to watch sports especially hockey. Svetlana loves to be in the kitchen. She likes to have guests set the table and serve food. She likes Moldovian food. Lesley wants to know more English. She likes to study English. She likes homework. Dina speaks more than 3 languages. They are Romanian, Russian, Ukrainian, Italian and English. I love my friends!

Liubovi

Classmates

My classmates have interesting lives Lubovi has a very big family. She has 5 daughters and 1 son. Dina speak five different Languages : Romania, Russian, Italian , English, Ukrainian . Tolera lived in Ethiopia , Africa for 26 years . Jwad is single. Yadviga likes to cook salads, meats, Belarus and American food . Tatsiana traveled to many places : Sweden , Finland , Belarus , U.S. . Ina speaks English at home with her daughter who is 16 years old. Douglas has a job in U.S. cleaning office . Douglas likes to watch TV more than 3 hours a day; movies , shows and many things interest for him. Irina likes to draw sometimes . Serghei (M) likes drink green tea together with friends and eat cake. Sergei ® goes to School every day because he needs to study English and have a good job. Wisam has tree children : 2 boys and 1 girl . Sergei ® likes winter the most because he likes cold weather.

Elena

Nursing School

Nurses are in very high demand. Hospitals, clinics, and allied health facilities are clamoring for nurses and are willing to pay top dollar for individuals even with entry-level experience. There are several methods of earning your nursing degree, which includes either a one-year diploma, two year associates, four year bachelor's degree, or a master's of science in nursing that can be used to become a nurse practitioner. There are many specialties to choose from, such as obstetrics working with sick infants or geriatric helping the elderly.

Other areas of interest include:
• Travel nursing in which you can choose to work in any location in the nation that you want. Assignment are generally 8 to 26 weeks then you can move on to the next location.
• Military nurses work in the armed forces and can work world-wide.
• Forensic nurses work with law enforcement, documenting injuries, collecting DNA evidence, council victims, conduct physical exams, and act as professional witnesses.
• Legal nurses can work as consultants and become expert witnesses in medical malpractice and personal injury cases.
• Surgical nurses prepare patients for surgery, assist surgeons in the operating room, and monitor the patient's vital signs.
As a nurse, you will have the opportunity to work in a hospital, health clinic, rehabilitation center, healthcare insurance, or other related fields, or as a teacher if you get your master's degree. Nursing is no longer considered a profession dominated by women. Men have become a prominent presence in the field and have the same opportunities to make a great living in a fulfilling and lucrative career.

Xuan

Classmates

Level 3, students have interesting lives. They’re from different countries but we’re all in level 3 now.
Tolera and Kabemba are from Africa. Tolera is from Ethiopia. He came the U.S 3 months ago because he wants to have a better life. Iryna is a hard working student. She goes to school and does homeworks everyday. She likes to travel so she studies and works for her dream to come true. Liubovi is happy because she has a big family. There are 8 members in her family: 5 daughters and 1 son. Her children like to go shopping with her. After school, they help her to do housework. Douglas watches TV 3-4 hours a day. His favorite kind of movie is action. Tatsiana likes to drink green tea. She drinks 3 times every day. The most interesting maybe Iryna K. she enjoys art. She can draw everything when she feels interesting about any topic. She learned in art school in 4 years. I hope to see her pictures on of these days. Person fits life in Minnesota is Helena. She likes winter most. “Snows are very beautiful” she said. Serghei is friendly. He wants talk to a lot of person, He thinks, every country has special feature. He can speak more than 3 languages: Mondovia, Ukrania, Russian, English and little French. Ina speaks English with her daughter at home. Sergey went to travel many places as: Algeria, Latvia, Turkey… he might travel other places if he had a lot of money. Wisam has 3 children: 3 boys and 1 girl. They are going to school. Jwad has a job in the grocery.
We are friends. Come ESL to learn Eng to can talk to everybody.

Xuan

Classmates

Level 3 students have interesting lives. Liubovi has a very big family. She has 5 daughters and 1 son. Wow! Tolera lived in the country Ethiopia. He is 26 years old and he is single. Sergey likes to cook. He makes salads, cakes and meat. Tatsiana traveled to many places. She drove to Poland, Sweden, Finland, and Austria. Helena speaks English at home. She speaks with her daughter and husband. Douglas has a job in the US. He works as a custodian in the office. Douglas watches TV more than three hours a day. He likes movies and sports. Irina knows how to draw. She draws pictures of nature. Wad likes to drink very hot tea. He likes to get together with his friends and drink black or green tea. Irina comes to school every day. She likes to study and She needs to speak good English .She wants to get a good job. Wisam has three children; one daughter who is 5 years old and two sons who are 10 and 12 years old . Liubovi likes winter the most. She likes when there is a lot of snow. She plays in the snow or makes snowmen with her children. Svetlana speaks more than three languages. She speaks Russian, Moldavian, Ukrainian and English.

Sergey

Traditional Wedding in my Country

In my country we have a traditional wedding. The man should walk to the bride’s house.
He must have money because the people who have his girl ask for the money.
Then they have to go to the church. In church they do the same thing as American church.
When the church ceremony is over they do to the groom’s house and have a party.
During the party they kiss. Depending on how long they kiss means how long they are doing to live together. While they are kissing all the people are counting. Some people can sing at the party. Some dance. Family members can sit by the couple. Young couples can dance on one chair until they fall down. Then family members steal the bride and hide her. The groom has to find her and pay money for her. And then the couple has time for themselves.

Dina

Thank You

DEAR: MOM
Thank you for everything because you are my friend and I can to talk with you when I need help or when I need advice in my life.

With love ALEJANDRA.
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SARA
I want to thank you for being here with me.
When I always need someone to carry me in
My bad days and for bean such a good friend…
I REALLY THANK YOU SO MUCH
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Dear Keng,
I would like to say “thank you for you “. That you always fix my car and do everything I want. You are the wonderful husband in my heart. Thank you, my sweetheart.
Love baby
Ka Chang
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Dear all the teachers in the Metro North ESL,

I would like to say thank you to all of my teachers. For the long time I had been in this school. Teachers helped me a lot in the class.

Again, I want to say thank you very much to all my teachers.


Kim Nguyen
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Dear Hanna.
Thank you for being wonderful daughter. Thank you for helping me cook, clean, keep your room organize and being smartest in a class. I am so proud of you. I love you!

Oksana
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Dear Manuel,

Thank you for feeding my dog when I was In Mexico. I will do the same for you.
Thank you so much.

Ruben Pina
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Dear Sarah Tomme,

Thank you
for take my
case, and
finding time
to meet me on
weekend.

From : Silvia
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Dear Nataliay

Thank you. You are a really good mother and a nice wife for me.

With love your Vladimir

My Winter Break

I have an interesting story. My family and I went shopping in search of gifts. When we selected gifts and went to the checkout, we saw that, we forgot our credit card at home. We wanted to leave everything there. The woman who stood behind us in line decided to pay for us. We wanted to give her the money back but she refused and said, “Merry Christmas!” We left the supermarket very happy. This was a very good day!

Iryna R.

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I like holidays, especially Christmas. This winter break I was sick. But I still have very good memories about this holiday’s season.
When I moved to America I was surprised by bright lights and sings. I really liked this. But when Christmas came I was shocked! I am grateful to American people for making this holiday so bright, colorful and beautiful. I love Christmas decorations. In our neighborhood there is a special house. I think the owners of this house are nice people because their house looked like a fairytale at Christmas. There was Santa Claus, Disney characters, reindeer, Christmas trees, and lots and lots of bright colorful lights. It was magnificent! I walked by this house and enjoyed the view many times.
I like Christmas decorations because it brings me joy and happiness.

Iryna K.

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My winter break was very interesting. I felt very happy because I went shopping, celebrated New Year together with my friend. I cooked Lebanon food and Iraqi food. On New Year’s Day was birthday my husband. My son and I went to a dollars store to buy dishes, spoons, forks for the party. My son was very happy. Next day my husband gave me gifts. It was nice to spent time together.
At 5:00PM I went to put on makeup. After I went to the kitchen to make coffee, watch TV, listen to music, dance together. I spent very nice time with my friend. Our children played games on the computer. At 8:00PM we set the table and put our food on the table.
We gathered together in the room to eat dinner. During the dinner I took a picture for them.
After the dinner was over I went to wash to dishes and make some tea.
They stayed to watch TV. When the clock struck 12, I didn’t hear it. Three minutes later I saw my
Clock read 12:30 AM. Everybody said that it went fast but everyone wished to each other happy
New Year. The clock read 3:00AM and our children to bed but they didn’t want sleep to yet.
We took our children to bed but they didn’t want to sleep because they wanted to play more. The next day we woke up and made breakfast. We ate together and drank juice. I made a wish
for a life and to go to my country to celebrate it with my family.

Jamila

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I like December. There are 3 birthdays. December first we celebrated Emily’s birthday with the
Family. Then we celebrated Christmas and Liza’s birthday. We cooked for the holidays and
Birthdays the same time. Then came New Year and another birthday. This time it was
David’s birthday. We celebrated with the whole family, giving presents to each other,
watching TV, waiting for Jesus, and waiting for the holiday and birthday. I love my
family and I love December.

Liubovi

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I had a good winter break on Christmas day. I had a big family get together. We cooked a lot of food and we ate. We played the blackjack game for fun. All the children talked with other and played some games. We talked and some people sang. At 10:00 p.m. my brother in law gave some toys and candies for my children. They were very happy. We played games until 4:30 a.m. and then we went to bed. Next morning we woke up late.

Ngoan

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I had a good winter break. The first day of New Year was Saturday. When I woke up in the morning I started cooking because I had new friend coming over to my house when they came at 3; pm set down to eat . They liked my food. Then we talked about Iraq. My older son had meeting with the boy scouts. The rest of the family went to the theater to watch a new movie, Alvin and the Chipmunks. My kids liked the movie then we went home and rested.

Wisam

My Winter Break

My winter holidays were wonderful. I was glad to spend more time with my family. We were preparing for the holidays . My daughter helped me cook the cake . Before the holidays I received a letter from Anoka County to come and get help for children in the form of gifts for the holidays . To our surprise, we received many things : dolls , toy cars, games and even a bicycle that my daughter wanted . The children were very happy. We are so grateful to those who are engaged in charity . On Christmas and New Year , we met with the family . The following days, visitors came to us , or we went to visit friends.

Elena

My Winter Break

My winter break was short but fun. I spent Christmas with my family and we had a party with many friends and lots of food. My family and I went skiing; and it was great.
I celebrated New Year at my friend’s house where we had a little party.
My winter break was also amazing because we had great presents and everything was nice.
The presents were the best part: my husband got a beautiful watch and a nice perfume.
I got some clothes and perfume, and my kids got a lot of toys.
This made me very happy.

Dina