Return-Path: <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id hAQGE6m26706; Wed, 26 Nov 2003 11:14:06 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 11:14:06 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <20031126161143.M77919@c4k.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "bodiorne" <bodiorne@c4k.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:2616] Re: a story X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Mailer: Open WebMail 1.81 20021127 Status: O Content-Length: 1521 Lines: 40 What a wonderful story! Many of us know from our students the loneliness of their separation from their families, their despair when they can't be reunited (immigration restrictions, politics in their countries). It takes a tremendous amount of courage for them to persevere. I give thanks for them. Happy Thanksgiving, colleagues, Bonnie Odiorne, Ph.D. Working Smart Waterbury, CT bodiorne@c4k.org On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 11:01:58 -0500 (EST), MWPotts2001 wrote > Colleagues, > > I have been told that Einstein once said that the world is not made > up of atoms. It is made up of stories. I believe that, don't you? > > Here is one: Last week, I was in Mexico, and for a couple of days, > I had a driver. He told me that his sister had gone to the US to > work, leaving her family for three years so that she could get a job > and send them money. *You can't imagine how sad it is,* he said. > *The only happy time she has is when she goes to her class to learn > English. She calls that her Adult Education class.* And then he > asked, *Have you heard about that?* > > *Yes,* I said. *Those classes are conducted by my colleagues and friends.* > > So, I just had to tell you Jorge's story and to thank you for being > the *happy part* of lonely people's lives. On this Thanksgiving, I > will remember you when I count my blessings. > > Meta Potts, Moderator 4-EFF List > Glen Allen, VA > mwpotts2001@aol.com Bonnie Odiorne, Ph.D. Program Facilitator ABE/ESL Instructor Employment, Technology
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