A Bad Experience...

Dear New Immigrant,
BE CAREFUL! NOT ALL FELLOW IMMIGRANTS ARE HONEST!
Just last week, I got hired by a classmate. I didn't have experience. I thought about it simply. She was going through a divorce. She cried and told me to help her pick up her children at school. She would to pay me. She took a copy of my green card copy, social security number, driver's license, and apply to Department of Social & Health Services (DSHS). She told me:" Government will pay for me."
Every day at 8:00a.m I drove my car and took her children to the bus, and I went to the supermarket bought some foods for her family. And at 11:00 a.m I picked up her children came home. I worked for her for several days . Finally, I asked her:" How much will you pay for me? Do you pay for me hourly or monthly?". Did you sign the contract I gave you? She suddenly was angry, and didn't answer me. After that, she called me and gave me only $40 dollars for the 4 days I worked at her home.

I asked her to return my green card copy, social security number, and driver's licence, but she didn't return my documents. I called her over 10 times, but she didn't answer. I went to her house and called her, she didn't open the door. I still haevn't gotten my copies back.
I want to write a letter to new immigrants about my experience be careful when you find a job. Always ask for schedule and contract before you work. And don't give away your information.

I lived in a small backward country, uneducated and with a lack of knowledge. After the war ended, the just lile everyone else, my family wanted to move to an other country, but we couldn't afford it. I tried several times to leave my country, but did not succeed. I had to work a lot; I lost track of time. In my mind I was constantly, thinking about how much I wanted to leave. I always thought about it .
For a long time, I was married; I have two children, I still think I will be to go to the U.S. I sent my children to English school.
In my country, the tuition for English school is very expensive, but I still struggled to earn money for my children to go to school. I hoped that one day my family would go to the U.S.
Today, I have an opportunity to came to U.S. I am very lucky, and happy. I want to open my hands to help all the immigrant people like me, and work together.
In my experience, we must to learn, and learn a lot. If we stumble, let's stand up and continue to go forward.

Pursuit of Happyness.

For a long time , I didn't go to movies in the theater, because I didn't have spare time. I was too busy, but I like to see movies.
Last summer quarter, I watched the movie: "Pursuit of Happyness" in my class. I'm interested in Will Smith, who acted as Christopher in the film. He was a good father. He was a strongman, and very smart. He has trouble to his wife Linda, who leaves him and moves to New York. He has to take care his son. The life is very hard in that time, the economy bad. He sells scanner machine. But they don't sell well, so he wants to look for a new job.
One day, he send his machine for a hippie girl, and lose it while he is applying for a job.
He has a parking ticket when he is marketing for sell machine to the doctor.
He has to go to jail for unpaid parking tickets. After he leaves prison, he gets a chance to fight for a stockbroker internship position at Dean Witter, offering a more promising career at the end of a six month unpaid training.
No home, no job, no money: he becomes homeless. He has to stay in a bathroom at a train station, and must scramble from learn stockbroker class every day to the Methodist Church which offers shelter to the homeless.
Despite more and more hardships, he didn't give up. Finally, he got his dream job. He cried when he walked out on street between a lot of busy people walking past him. He rushed to his son's day care, and held him. He became a successful in (stockbroker).