My own experience for schooling and homes schooling. when I had a first child, he was 6 years old. Every morning, I usually took him to the park near my home for him to play a bout 20 minutes before him to school. One day, he told me:" Mom I want to play soccer with my friends in the park before I go to school". I disagreed. I thought, he was too small ages and his friends the same. They had to need their parents took care. They couldn't play themselves without their parents.
Every afternoon, after my son came home from school, he ate dinner at 6 p.m. He was permitted to watch TV 30 minutes, but only cartoons. And he took a shower before he was finished homework, and went to bed.
Every week, he has swum twice a week. In my country, elementary school off on Thursday and Saturday, so he had along break time.
I schedule full time for my son. I didn't want him to have spare time because he had to learn more English, music, sport. It would be convenient for him when he grew up.
And in the summer I usually took my children to the beach, before they going to start a new school year. And in school also was the best safety for children.
Several years later, when my son and his friends grew up, he had two friends on his groups infected HIV and when they only were 18 years old. It's very dangerous if without adult take care them.
I think schooling or homeschooling must to combine for children to feel comfortable and happy in their life. And we have to notice ours children when they watch TV. What kind do they watch TV?. Is it appropriate with their ages?. How many hours they watch TV?. We have to limit our children. It's very important in their future. Although, the children go to school or at home, we must to know what do they like? and what they don't like?. We must be concerned about our children more and more...
Schooling : The benefits
Children must to learn, play, eat, break on time, because they had scheduled before by their teacher. They had to know tomorrow what did they learn? They would be caught something they learn, and remember quickly and accurate. And they fell comfortable after they finish.
School discipline will be better for children.
Homeschooling: The benefits.
Children often take advantage of outside as: museums, parks, library... They have a lot of opportunities in their life. And they impact out side more schooling. They don't worry about the time. They think anything will be done.

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).

I am a morning person, and also a night person.

I am a morning person, and also a night person. I have a lot of work to do. I am taking several ESL class; writing, reading, listening, and talk time class.
Every morning, I wake up early at 6:30 a.m. I clean up around my house, I do exercises on the walking machine in my house for 20 minutes, I drink a cup of milk with cereal or other foods I like. I read books out loud 1 hour. I review my lessons. I practice typing. I sit at my computer anytime I have.
Everything is so new, and I have so must to learn. The weather here is a little cold in the winter, but in the spring the trees have a lot beautiful flowers. In the summer I can go outside. I fell amazed at the squirrels and rabbits that run around the houses and trees. And in the autumn I can see many trees with leaves that change color, and It is very beautiful. I love this country because it makes me feel peace and warm.

Welcome to class.

Today, I came back to my class. I wanted to review all my lessons I have learned in last summer. I came to the States. I have gone half a around the world. Everything was new. I must learned English. I must have to drive. I took a driver license test, bought a car and insurance, looked for a job, rent a house, and bought a television and a computer which have helped me study English and study about the community.
But, life is not very easy. I can't speak English and can't listen to all the people around me. I can't go to school, can't look for a job. It made me feel like a dumb, deaf and disabled person. I was very up set, but I had no choice. What should I do? Everyone is the same. I was born, grew up, and had a lot of brothers, sisters and relatives, and near and far neighbors. I went to school and met more people, made friends with them. I got married and had children, raised them up and kept moving forwars.
The time is still passing, never stop. Are you a lucky or unlucky person? Will you succeed in life or not? One day you wake up, you will have a new day, a new road, and you will keep going straight forward, step by step...

I am interested in studying English. I am reading, writing, listening, and speaking … but it isn’t very easy. Almost all people from the other countries have different sounds, so I have trouble with pronunciation, sometimes I want to give up, but the time never stops. And I don’t like to sit still. I go out, I look for a job, I read newspapers, I search Craigslist, and I ask my friends, but it is very hard for me. Nevertheless I want to learn more English.
Writing has been my passion since I was young, and I am also interested in writing in English, but it is very hard and complicated. First, I write drafts of a paper, after I read one time, I review Subject + Verbs + Article + Adjective + Nouns. I adjust sentences, vocabulary mistakes, and I summarize the purpose of the lesson or topic. But it is very difficult for readers to understand what I write! So my teacher fix for me. There are always mistakes, and these help me learn new vocabulary and grammar.