Some acts of kindness I've made are: openning and holding the door for people, once when I was little I saw a poor kid that was hungry and he asks us for food, and I told my mom that i wanted to give him some sandwiches and a "Malta" a Venezuelan drink. It felt good because he was so happy and thanked us.
Other people made acts of kindness to me, like for instance once, when I went to Houston, I was with my sister in a store from the mall, and my sister was paying for something but she didn't have enough money, so when we were going to return the item, the guy that was behind us in the line gave us the money we needed to buy it. We were happy because we didn't even ask the guy for the money, he just gave it to us.
Once when a dissable guy came to our school to talk to us about drugs, at the end of his speech whoever wanted to give him a hug could go to him and give him once. I gave him a hug, and it felt nice to have a random person give you a hug, plus I was having a not so nice day, so it felt even better.
I'll try to show acts of kindness more frequently, like saying hi to people who seems like they're having a bad day, etc[
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Thursday, February 8, 2007
ESL
ESL (english as a second language) its a program for students who need help in the english language because they come from a non-english countries. Its really helpfull for some people, especially if they are new to the language.
My experience as being an english as a second language person, has been quite good, I've never been bullied about my problems with english, but there are thing that have bothered me, like when I first arrived, almost everybody ask me to say Taco Bell or Tortilla, those sort of things. Another thing that happened, is that once I was with my friends I said something wrong, and they all started laughing and called me EFL (english as a fifth language).
Other than that, I enjoy learning english because it opens alot of doors, and its fun. Plus, the good thing about being in a country where they don't speak your language, is that you can say anything you don't want the other people to know, because they won't understand you, and this kinda give them a feeling of how many non-english speaking people feel.
My experience as being an english as a second language person, has been quite good, I've never been bullied about my problems with english, but there are thing that have bothered me, like when I first arrived, almost everybody ask me to say Taco Bell or Tortilla, those sort of things. Another thing that happened, is that once I was with my friends I said something wrong, and they all started laughing and called me EFL (english as a fifth language).
Other than that, I enjoy learning english because it opens alot of doors, and its fun. Plus, the good thing about being in a country where they don't speak your language, is that you can say anything you don't want the other people to know, because they won't understand you, and this kinda give them a feeling of how many non-english speaking people feel.
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