November 2006 Volume 2, Issue 2
ESL Student Newsletter
“Through which to see the world”
Contents:
We Will Miss You!!
1. We Will Miss
you!!
2. Dr. Sparkle/
The Winner/
3. BLOG
4. Student Poem/
Readers
Theatre/
Costume
5. Chocolate
Party/ Laugh
Out Loud
6. Restaurant
Review
7. Freedom
Museum
8. Calendar/ A
Message
Interviewing Peggy
How did you become a teacher?
I was interested in theatre. I LOVED performing, directing, speech and I taught theatre
for 14 years. Theatre was and still is like a medicine for me. I then started to teach
speech in the ESL.
Is there a motto in your teachings?
Expect a lot of yourself and expect a lot of your students.
Teachers are in love with teaching.
Some people may ask, why don’t you run for the president?
I really wanted to. I had a dream of becoming one since I was a little girl. I couldn’t
because I wasn’t born in America. If I were to be a president, I would change the
textbooks for education, because children inevitably learn hate and I don’t want that to
happen.
Are you aware that you are a strict teacher?
I’m strict to myself and strict to my students, meaning that I want students to succeed.
What was the most memorable event that happened with students?
Few years ago I had a student who was very silent. She never spoke in class and
always sat at the back. One day we had speech and I wondered how she would speak.
Surprisingly, her speech was perfect. It was brilliant! Later I invited her to go to a speech
contest. She denied at first, but I begged and even called her house. She then decided
to take it. Eventually, she got in second place. Two years later some girl called me,
“Hello? Peggy Shapiro?” …When I turned I didn’t recognize because she was thin and
beautiful.
Continued on page 2
Letter from
the Editor
Hello ESL students of HWC!
Are you still caught in the traffic
jam of the “study zone”, or
daydreaming about the happy
holidays? Well, we are glad to
present our 2nd issue of the Extra
Sparkly Lens. As you may know,
I would first like to express my
sincere gratitude to Peggy
Shapiro who dedicated her 31
years of life for the ESL
department, especially her effort
toward making us realize the
value of English language.
Moreover, I would like to thank
for her support towards
broadening our horizons. Even
though she is quite a stern
professor, we will surely miss her
superb teachings. Again, thank
you Peggy and we all hope for
your future!!
Regards,
The Editor
The
WINNER!!!
Congratulations
SANY MUI!!
Sany is the winner of the Truth
or Lie Contest!!! We are now
happy to offer her a $25 Borders
gift card. You may also be the
next winner to win a prize, so
keep challenging and don’t forget
to submit!
(The answers of last issue: Olya1, Tia2,
Bayas3, Shannon3, Ling2, Min1, Waka2)
The “Extra Sparkly Lens” Newsletter Page 2 of 8
From page 1..
She was the very same girl in my speech class. She came to me and said “2 years
ago, because of the contest it totally changed my life. I lost weight, got a great job
and moreover, I gained confidence. You changed my life.” I couldn’t stop but cry.
For 31 years (WOW), what was your motivation for teaching?
Students
What is your future plan?
I’ve been working as a freelance writer with Elie
Wiesel who’s a Holocaust survivor. He won the
Nobel Peace prize and I’m still working with making
his anthology.
Did you enjoy teaching and would you still like
to teach?
Every minute. I’ll always teach.
Any message for the students?
Thank you. You made my life rich.
Ask Dr. Sparkle
Responses
Hello Dr. Sparkle,
My dear Anonymous,
I have a problem. My classmate brings
his notebook every day and questions
about it, which is quite ignoring. He opens
his notebook and starts to write
something and I feel like I want to tear out
all of my hair! Sometimes I want to punch
him in the eye, in order to get him out my
sight. I don’t know why, but I feel
uncomfortable every time I see it. My
question is how I can tell him to stop
doing this without hurting his feelings. Is
there any way to not hurt his heart?
Sincerely yours,
Anonymous
No, no! Please don’t tear out
your beautiful hair! I think I can
help you. If you really care about
him, try to explain your sincere
heart that you’re not interested in
his notebook. He should
understand if he has feelings for
you. Also, why wont you give him
to read this newsletter if you are
afraid. He may realize how you
are feeling. I hope this will help
Good luck.
Dr. Sparkle
Students of HWC!!
If you have any trouble (i.e. school, job, relationships,
etc.) do not haste to send a letter. Dr. Sparkle will be
happy to help you. hwceslnewsletter@yahoo.com
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“This is my fiancé Ahmed.
The picture was taken the
last time I saw him this year.
He a very important business
man at large corporation in
Belgium so, he is always on
the move. And I miss him so
much. We talk on the phone
everyday but I still need a
physical presence.”
Rama Diallo
“Last summer, I visited in Korea.
Over there I meet a woman. Our
fist meet was very fun because I
meet her at middle school. Our first
place was washroom and second
meet was washroom. She is not
height but she has cute face. Her
face looks like a Reese
Witherspoon. Her eyes have star.
Her skin’s color is milk and her
smile is a girl not a woman. So this
summer I will go Korea after I will
go washroom.” Jung Hee Lee
ESL 5 Class Blogs
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”Frankly, I don't know what
my personality is. My
colleague who made this
photo said to me "Your
personality and appearance
are similar to sheep.” My
mother in law observed and
judged by my appearance
and personality and said to
my husbad "Your wife is like
a fox. She has a charm and
wise in her eyes.” I think that
my presonality is well mixed
charaters of sheep and fox.”
Ji Young Ko
“Haha, do you want to be that lazy cat? I think I will say yes. I was
became so lazy and.....lazy. I have a motto in my mind. If I can sit
down, I am never stand up. If I can lie down, I am never sit down. You
can see how lazy I am. Another reason I chose this picture is I love
money!!! Some one said: We live for the money. I think it's 50% right
and 50% wrong. Except money, I think the family and friendship are
so important in my life also. If you got a lot of money, but you lose you
family and your friends, that's be not worth the candle. Because you
can't share your happy with anyone, you are alone. I am selfish
guy,(*_*) so I hope I can have a lot of money, and still have a
wonderful family and my great friends!! Haha, don't kill me, I am just
day dreaming!!” Chris
“The place I love the most is the old style
house where I grow up, because I have too
many precious memorise which happened
in the house. The house is very old. It
almost has 100 years history. It was built by
my grandfather's grandfather. So it is the
traditional chinese style.I like it very much. I
grew up here. When I was a child, my
grandfather always held me and sat on the
balcony. At night he often told me some
stories and sang with me. These are happy
memories. At the age of 5, I moved to a city.
But I have never forgotten the house,
because I had spent the happiest time in my
life in the house.” Bilin
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Student Poem
Babyhood
English is the
entrance of my new
life.
It is like the time of my
babyhood-trying to
talk and know about
everything.
At the same time a
number of words come
and revolve in my
head back and forth
just need to know
where I put them.
When I talk English is
like my mom always
asked “What are you
saying?” and I cried
and thought why she
didn’t understand me
Bayasa Baatar
A Dictionary
When I think of English I
see a dictionary.
So much information like a
dictionary
So confusing like a
dictionary
And too many words like a
dictionary.
I don’t know what they
mean.
I hate English like many
People hate a dictionary.
Learning English is like
learning All the words in
the dictionary.
My head hurts
I can’t think
I don’t want to think about
English
I hate a dictionary and I
hate learning English.
Sany Mui
Readers Theatre
Lev 5 Book clubs
My Everything
English my love,
English is my everything and my passion.
Without English my life is dull and worthless.
Be not like me, English is all I have and want.
English is my world, my everything.
Kristina Alvarez
Don’t read, speak!!
HALLOWEEN
This is a little late
PRIZE!!
announcement but I
admit to say that
Christian Chavez is
the winner of the
Halloween costume!!
Congratulation
Christian!!! He is now
awarded with a
global t-shirt from Mr.
Morris. So let’s give
him a hand of
applause!!
Bubbles!!! Lev 6 Speech
CHOCOLATE PARTY!!
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Laugh Out Loud!!
1. An engineer walks by a pond. He
hears a voice that says "Help me."
He looks down to see a frog on a
lily pad. The frog says "I am truly a
beautiful princess but I am under
the spell of an evil witch. If you kiss
me I will turn into a beautiful
woman." The engineer gently picks
up the frog then puts it in his pocket
protector. The frog says “Hey,
aren't you going to kiss me?" The
engineer says "No, anyone can
have a beautiful woman, I've got a
talking frog."
2. A little girl is watching her mother
brush her hair and suddenly says
Mommy you have some grey hair.
The mother thinking this would be a
good lesson for her daughter says
yes every time you tell a fiber you
ate naughty I get another grey hair.
With that the girls eyes get real
wide and she says WOW YOU
MUST HAVE REALLY MADE
GRANDMA MAD
3. A woman gets on a bus with her
baby. The bus driver says: “That's
the ugliest baby that I've ever seen.
Ugh!” The woman goes to the rear
of the bus and sits down, fuming.
She says to a man next to her: “The
driver just insulted me!” The man
says: “You go right up there and tell
him off, go ahead, I'll hold your
monkey for you.”
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Student Restaurant
Review
We need your attention!
Please mind to send any of your awesome
writings and pictures to…
hwceslnewsletter@yahoo.com
Fresh and Spicy
Can you imagine how a day would be without tiredness and no hassles? I
worked all day on Saturday so my decision was to treat myself with fresh
delicious seafood at my favorite Red Lobster Restaurant despite the
higher prices. . I went to the one at Lincolnwood but it was filled with
people so I drove to the one at 50 West Ohio at Chicago which was also
packed with people. The interior was designed with red mahogany wood.
The middle section had chairs arranged in circles. Everyone seemed
happy with a lot of smiling faces just happy be at their favorite Red Lobster
Restaurant. The music at the background is so soft as lullaby.
I chose this restaurant to be my favorite because they serve scrumptious foods. For example they serve lobster,
shrimp, rice and other sea foods that when you eat you feel your tongue craving for more. Looking on the tables
around me it appeared that shrimp feast was the favorite dish ordered by most people on that day. We sat at the
middle section for our dinner. The main dish was shrimp feast, rice mixed with vegetable and lobster. Some of the
food we ordered was the one above. For appetizers, I ordered thin crust shrimp. The rest of my family ordered stuffed
mushrooms and ceasar salad. I had Sunset Passion Colada blended with Malibu and rum topped with strawberry so
red like blood. The day was windy and drizzling with a temperature of about forty degrees so the drink makes me
tipsy I love Red Lobster because their seafood is very delicious. They have high quality service that makes you enjoy
the food. They ask you many times if you needed something. It is the best seafood place I enjoy dinning at especially
when I have friends visiting. Go Red Lobster. Yummy.
2324 South Archer
312-225-2652
It’s not just the king; it’s BBQ king. That
BBQ king house located in Chinatown,
the room always cozy, there has many
kind of oriental Chinese style food,
especially the BBQ food. With my friend’s
highly recommendation, I stepped in this
restaurant with full of surprises.
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Restaurant Review Blog for Lev 6
The Taste From Oriental
I’ve tried the original HK style food, which was the best Chinese meal I’ve
never had before. I like the tasty food, pleasant service, amusing design,
and reasonable prices.The origin Peking duck and BBQ pork are very
famous. In particular, I like the salt and pepper shrimp, and cashew chicken
and Mongolia beef. Also the egg rolls, which were made with shrimp,
vegetable, and pork, you can mix it with sweet and sour sauce. They served
many variety of drink, like HK style milk tea, milk shake, and honey lemon
tea, but except alcohol. Therefore, you can bring you own wine. The room is
designed to match the oriental Chinese, so there are many calligraphies
handing on the walls. I would like to sit down and enjoy the special views of
the calligraphies. While I sat down, the waitress immediately seats us down
and offered us a teapot of oolong tea. They served the food fast; we didn’t
have to spend too much time on waiting the food. The prices are very
reasonable; the foods are all less than 10 for a large size meal. They have
lunch special every day except weekend. This is one of the place I felt
satisfied for both appetite and spirit. Yanting Huang
ESL 5 class visit
to the Freedom
Museum
What is a library? A library is a
building in which collections of books,
tapes and newspapers are kept for
people to read, study or borrow. In
my opinion, there is no limit to ban
books in the library. However, the
librarians must separate every
section. On the other hand, if the
government says that certain books
are harmful for certain people, the
librarians should make signs on those
books. Thus, people can choose the
right books to read. I think
newspapers should not be limited
because newspapers tell us what is
new, and what is going on. If some
news is harmful for young people, the
parents have the right to teach and
explain to their children. Moreover,
newspapers are helpful for the young
people. For example, if a newspaper
publishes an article about a sexual
harassment case, the young people
would get the information from
that. Thus, the young people will pay
attention to that situation. Therefore,
the libraries and newspapers should
not be limited. Binhua Mei ( Rain)
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Note: Any comments or questions for the
newsletter please send them to
hwceslnewsletter@yahoo.com
A Few decades ago in Korea, there were banned books by the government.
Korea has been separated into the North and South since the 1945. The
North has a communist government, and the South is a republic. Thus, most
banned books were related to communist ideology. Nevertheless, people got
the books and spread them among universities, and no one could stop it.
Some students brought books when they came back after their study abroad
programs. They used those books' pages as wrapping paper of dish to pass
the customs at the airport. At last, the government gave up censorship on
books. On the other hand, in Harold Washington College library, there is a
reference book section behind the librarian reception desk. However, we
cannot go in to search or find a book. Only when we ask a book, librarians go
in there and get us the book. It is so uncomfortable and unfair. We do not
know which book we need before we search, and searching on the computer
is complicated. As a result, the important
books for the semester are very likely to sleep
untouched in the deep place for that
semester. Furthermore, if the government
decides to not provide that, it is hard to say
that we have freedom. Nobodycan be sure
that their government is right. Even though it
is, we can not hand over our judgment to
others. We should be able to access to the
information that we want. Heaju Pomerleau
Freedom is autonomy. Without autonomy, freedom is weapon. In fact,
freedom of press is a good way to propagate news and knowledge. Although
freedom means you can do whatever you want, it should be under certain
limitations. If freedom is used in improper ways, it’ll become an indirect way to
hurt somebody. For example, if the news in newspapers is false, or the news
will impinge on someone’s privacy, this will have a damaging negative effect
on someone’s image or reputation. In my opinion, books in elementary or high
school libraries are definitely different from public libraries. In elementary or
high school, students’ thinking ability just reaches a certain level. They can’t
analyze or appreciate certain kind of literatures or masterpieces. Their thinking
is naive and simple. Therefore, school should readjust the books, which are
suitable for these ages and reselect the books according students’ mental
level. In addition, sexual or violent related books should be totally banned from
school libraries. These kinds of books will influence teenagers’ thinking and
cause society problems. In public libraries, it will be more open to everyone
except who are under 18. Sexual or violent related books should be banned
from public libraries except if those sexual or violent books have educational
elements. It doesn’t matter whether it is school libraries or public libraries,
these are the places where provide knowledge to everyone. In my opinion,
freedom of the press comes into existence under certain limitations. If freedom
of press crosses the line, it will be an invisible weapon turning society into
chaos and confusion. Freedom is autonomy; autonomy has freedom. Sok
Chuen Chow
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Foreign
Language/ESL
Department
Harold Washington
College
30 East Lake Street
Room 611
Chicago, IL 60601
PHONE:
(312) 553-5870
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30th Annual
Holiday Sports
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Shapiro
Retirement
Dance Party
E-MAIL:
Newsletter
Crew
Olya Birkus
Tia Choi (Aa-young)
Ling Zhang (Adie)
Waka Nakamura
**Please note that the
submissions from the
students’ writings have not
been corrected but may
have reduced in scale
Faculty Advisor
Gitte Maronde
Denise Maduli-Williams
Ji Young
Sun
Merry
Christ
mas!
Message to Peggy:
“I really miss you Mrs. Peggy. You are the best
and the best teacher I ever had in my life.” Afia
Parveen
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Christmas
Eve
31 New
Years Eve
HAPPY SEMESTER
HAPPY HOLIDAYS and
SEE YOU ALL NEXT
YEAR!! (maybe)
Students of the ESL,
Thank you for reading the Extra
Sparkly Lens Newsletter. Have
you enjoyed reading? I hope so
Undeniably, this is the final
newsletter of the year 2006. I
personally assume that we were
gifted, obviously because of you,
the reader, who gave us the
energy to make the newsletter so
genuine! For that, I hope the
newsletter was a source that
broadened your horizons in any
way. Thank you so much for your
concern and support. Lastly, we
would very much appreciate your
kindness to respond to
hwceslnewletter@yahoo.com if
you have any comments or
wishes for the newsletter.
Again, thank you and see you all
on 2007!!
Yours,
The Editor
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