When my dad first fell in love

by Genesis

   This story is about my dad when he first fell in love. He's 43 years old but he looks young just like me because he exercise everyday also we played Basketball  if it's his day off then we hangout like we went to downtown and  then we watched movie I would like to introduce my father his name is Romeo his from the Philipines  but he was here in United State because of his job  so let’s talk about when he first fell in love with Flacida  she is  beautiful my dad told me that and she was glamorous helpful to other persons who needs help .She is a sweet girl that's why my dad fell in love with her. The place where he fell in love with her is when he was in in the school then my dad felt when he first saw her is happy and inspired because the girl look beautiful  then my dad is making a noise in our home when he first saw the girl and after 5months my dad is always thinking of the girl everyday. After school then they went to the mall they are talking about their own love life my dad tried to courting her so my dad   brought a flowers for her before he going to school because the reason my dad did that because he really like a girl and he want to be his girl after  8mounths  the girl decide to answer my dad finally my dad answer  him .my dad get ready to make food wine for their dinner then my was like exited they very sweet when they eating in our home they always goes to mall or park after 1years ago my dad  want to go to school and he’s study in manila because he Want to be a cap when the girl  know that my manila is so far way in our home so the girl was worry about what’s  gonna happen if my dad going to manila so the was very sad and she cried the girl she decided to break up him because  the girl don’t like a long distance relationship  then my dad finish his school and the girl find her husband end

My Brother's Love Story

Sunny GU

       I interview my old brother, I ask him about his love in china. He is in U.S.A now, and his love is still in china. They already marry, and after 2 years, my brother’s wife will come.
       He told me that in china, when he was 24 years old, he worked on the airplane ticket seller. After few months, he met a girl who was just got a job in airplane ticket seller. Then she and my brother to arrange to the same group, and my brother were responsible for helping her. At first, they were just like usually help. After a month maybe, they started to talk more. When boss walk them, they stop talking, and when boss left they start talking.  And she waits for my brother until he done the work every day. She was just into the job, so she doesn’t have to do a lot work. Gradual, they love each other.  And my brother told me that she said loves him first. I don’t think so, because I secretly in old brother’s home’s toilet heard my brother said love her, and she sounds amazing. They are married now, and before marry they go to Korean and Europe for travel, they tried the different foods and some ting else. I think that is very sweet.

Immigration Story

by Kalven



I interview my sister. I asked her about her immigration’s story.

     Her name is QI ping li. She is from a city called Taishan in GuangDong province in China. She currently 23 years old, she moved to the United States when she was 17.she moved here because her parents decided to move here. Also, she has other family relatives here.

    When she first came to the United States, she stayed at her aunt’s house in Santa Rosa which is a small town in California. She thinks Santa Rosa is a small town comparing to San Francisco. However, she likes it because things are going move slowly there. If in the city, everything is moving in a faster pace. Also, the majority residents there adjustments when lives in a new country.

    Actually she started her high school back in China but she finished her high school and got the high school diploma here. She stills in school, she studying in San Francisco State University and majoring in business administration. The classes were focus move on listening and writing she did not have lots of chances for speaking because Chinese in the primary language. It was hard to study business classes in English, because she was new to this field. She needs to get familiar with all those business terms in English. But now, she feels her doing all right.

    She said she love came to the USA, and really happy that her has this chance to come to a foreign country, to study and to live, living in the United States. Not only can improve her English language. But also she can travel around, to meet interesting people, and to make new friends, to taste different food, and to learn new stuff.

    She thinks USA and her country different. First, obviously she would say language. Secondly, since one is an eastern country and the other one is a western country, so culture and customs are definitely different. In Asia, umbrella is not only being used when it rain, people like to carry umbrella around with them for sunlight blocking during summer season also, but here people will only use them when it rains. During summer, they like to have move sunlight so that they can tan their skin.

    She would go back and forth to China and the United States because she has her first home in China. And her second home is in the United States, she think it is always good to go” home”.

My Friends Childhood Story

By Kevin Galvez

In El Salvador was a woman named Maria del Rosario she has three brothers end 3 sisters she lived in island what’s call corral she thinks what’s living in a island was a cool think and why she love her  childhood she like to play a game that calls looking for the ring she doesn’t remember if she have a nickname when she was little she only remember that she used to go buy and her mom used to got mad at her because of the she thinks the something the she loves the mast about her childhood is when she learned how to read

A Story About Love

by Khaled
I interview my friend Mohamed, he is from Yemen, he lives now in San Francisco, then we talking about his story, I asked him some questions about his story, his story was in his school in San Francisco, his story about love, he was 16 years old when he loved, I asked him can you describe your lover first, he said my lover was so beautiful, her hair was black and her eyes was big and black, she was taller than me. Then I asked him about the most difficult things when he loved. He starts to say the most difficult things when he loved, he said the person who he loved ignore him in the binging. And I ask him about the strong memory when he loved. He side the strong memory when he loved the first time he feels in the love is when he saw his lover. I said can you tell me your lover name, he said he can’t say any names, and he can’t say any more clarification, because his story was difficult. Then I ask him, how was your story, sad or happy or funny, he said his story was sad in the binging and in the end, but between that was very happy, I  said  why  your story was like the, he said in the binging I was very shy I wished to speak to  my  lover but I was very shy, but one day I see my lover then he start to speak to me then we start talking for a few days , then we start to make appointment  after school, we met in Indian restaurant . I ask Mohamed  your meeting was her every day. He said Alost every week. He said those days were very happy, those days were the best days in his life. I ask him, what about the end, how was the end, he said the end was sad, in summer directly after school my family ready to go back home with me, they said I will marry in my country, then I went to my country and I get marry. I ask him do you love your wife. He said yes I love my wife she nice and very smart.

Tiananmen Square

             I interviewed my mom, she talked about something important in china called

Tiananmen Square my mom is 42 years old.

            Tiananmen Square started by May 4th 1989. A lot of students started this thing

because in china a man called Hu yao bang worked with government

maybe he didn’t like the leader so the government killed him. Many students felt mad,

so they go to the government outside to protest. Almost 3000~4000

People protested the government tells them to leave. If you don’t leave we will used the

violence but the student them don’t want to leave so the government

Used gun to shout the student also they use the stick too , to beat the student so many

student dead. OH MY GOD it is crazy !!

            One important people the name call Li Wang yang. he didn’t like the

government too and disagree the government idea and do it thing. so the

Government took him in the prison . he live in prison almost 22 year in May 22th 2012

the new said Li Wang yang he dead in the prison for the suicide

but the people said he by the government. Affect tianmen square and Li Wang yang

thing the china government they said they didn’t do it. Just the people kidding .

           

An Immigration Story

By Alexander

My friend Jonathan lived in El Salvador with his mother and father brothers good for many things life. He feels very sad because  he is not with his  family. I feel good but not. Be alone well maybe not but if visiting work and move on are a little because they know that. I’m okay are happy because they know  I’m also happy because they are well 

Jack’s Childhood Memories

I interview my uncle about his childhood memories. He name is Jack. He has a pair of kindly eyes. He always smiles to everyone. He is taller than me just a little bit. But he is stronger than me. His hand has a lot of cocoon, because he works very hard. He is from China. He has three sisters. He is the eldest brother. When he learned to walk and talk, he was around 2years old. When he learned to walk, my grandmother with he played a game. That was my grandmother let him standing by himself first, and stand have one meter with him. My grandmother took a cookie to seduce him to come over. When he almost walks over with my grandma, my grandma was very tricky to take a step back and my uncle look at the cookie gets away for him. He was unconvinced. Then he follows my grandma to step forward. He looks so funny, like a tumbler. He started elementary school at the age of 7. Their classroom wasn’t beautiful anymore. Their classroom was made of mud brick, and their chairs and desks were made of the wood. There are some trees, grasses and flowers on the edge of the playground. Their playground also made of soil. When he went to school he lived in the countryside. Everyday he needed to walk almost 1hour to school. That’s when you know, there no car, no bike, he must to step on the filed, walk mountain roads to school and walk the same time to go home. Even so, he still likes to go to school. He favorites class was Math because of elementary school mathematics easier than Chinese. Then most interesting things that happened in this school was when he go home with he friends talk about what toys they like, and also talk which girl was beautiful. He felt went to school was happy and interesting. But anything we are unexpected, he say he only go to school for 5years. Then he didn’t go to school anymore. Because his family didn’t have enough money sends him to school. He didn’t went to school, but he needed to helped his family to plow and cattle. After, he had a first job in he life. At that tome, he was 15 years old. His job was building apprenticeship. This job was so tired, because everyday he need to carrying a stone and wood. His first job was in other town. During his working period he lived in the dormitory. HI life was so difficult, he always eat sweet potatoes as a meal. He felt that life was poor. His strongest memory is when he was 8 years old, he got a car accident. The doctor said he can’t walk and medical expenses were very expensive. Then he was so sad about that he cried more than he should. His family was very worried. But later, they borrowed from relatives to paid medical bills. He thought it was over, but he had some problems didn’t solve. His feet got hurt. Half a year can not walk. When he was hurt, my grandparents were working with the cattle. He thought that like this for a lifetime. Until one day, he’s parents had something was thirsty, but he can’t walk anymore to get the water. At the same time, he thought after almost a year of physical therapy and convalescence, he was work again. When he couldn’t walk, he was brave. He is thinking about what he could to do to walk every day. He does the treatment by himself almost every day.  He wasn’t in the hospital for treatment, but in the home to hole the wall to walk slowly. Even though he always fall down but he never give up and standing again. Now, my uncle lived in china. His job is to decorate a house. When he walk now, he is looking normal, but sometimes rain it hurts his leg. For a while, he had thought of give up. He said reality is cruel, if you don’t work hard to live, who will have mercy on you. He has to plan for my future. So he decided to struggle for the fight to the end.

An immigrantion stories

By Tania

My mother’s name is Concepcion and she is from Mexico. She came 10 years ago, she learned English when she came to United State. She went to City College 2 months. She said was 32 years old when she came to USA and she learned new language. When she went to City College she said she was happy but a little nervous because it was first time to speaking that language and hard language. Also she said in her work she practiced a little of English. She said she would like to learn more of that language. But it was difficult to learn English very well. But she would try to learn more. She is an immigrant in desert, she came with the “coyote” and all that says it was very difficult, came here. She didn’t speak too much English, only when she need to speak. She teaches knitting, paint also helps others who do not understand much Spanish or English, because she speaks two different languages, and then it translates them things when they are in court. In her job she doesn’t any English only the two types of language.

My immigrantion story

By Zhicheng

My name is Zhicheng. I am 16 years old. I am from china. I live my father and my mother in my country. I immigrated to the United States one year ago. My parents’ think I immigrate came to America to get a better life. My cousin helps us to procedure in the plane. Immigrate to the United States was difficult. I live with my father and my mother in the United States. I feel soso in the united stated because just soso. I think living in the united stated is difficult because I can not speak English. 

My uncle's life

By Daniel Wu

                My uncle’s name is Yu wen Zhang. He was born in China, and he likes China a lot. In China his favorite things are the Chinese food, he loves it a lot. For example the fried noodles are very delicious. His does like lives in China because he thinks there is a big population, so many people was unemployed.

                He got married in 1972; he came to the USA in 1980. He immigrated with his wife and his son. In USA his favorite things is the environment is better than China, and the people are very nice. Something he doesn't likes in USA are the adult people can buy guns that make him feel unsafe.

                His family has five members, his wife, two sons and one daughter; he doesn’t want to go back to China, he wants to stay in the USA because he’s thinking here is very good for him.

                He is 62 years old now. One difficult thing for him in the USA is finding a job to work. It is difficult for him because he is a lazy man; he wants to do less work but can get lot money. His first job was chef. He is happy right now, because him family has their own families, so that is make him very happy.

An immigrantion story

Her name is Krissia Martinez. She have 17 years old. She is from El Salvador. She lived in her country with her mom her dad and her brother. She immigrated to the United States in May 1, 2012. Because her family decided it will be for the better future and better life for her and her brother. She immigrated to the United Stated on an airplane. She immigrate for the United States, because the give her the  resident. A little difficult because her hand and her grandfather live in the Salvador alone with her hand. Her live in the United States with her mom, my her and her brother. Yes, she is happy in the United States because here her have a better future and news friends. She think no because she only studies and does not work.

Shine Bright Like a Diamond

By Margorie Loyola

In May 29 something big for all seniors is going to happen: Marlyn Martinez and I are going to graduate from High School. But, also is going to be a hard and difficult time for us because we were spending for 4 years together, we are like a family, we were sharing many things together and it’s going to be a hard time for everyone after many things spend together.

For my interview I choose Marlyn because she is a really nice person and I know her since my first day at SFIHS. She was really nice with me when I first came to SFIHS. Marlyn is 18 years old and she is from Guatemala. She has been here for three years. For her it was difficult the first year because she didn’t know English. It took her like a year to learn English, the hard part for her was to speak and the easy one is understand it.

Now that she is a senior she feel proud of what she be done because she has done things that she never thought she would be able to do it. Marlyn is excited to go to college as I am. For her the most scared part of going to college is that she had to pay a lot of money and also she is scared to not understand the class. She wants to go to college because she wants to be a professional enginery and to learn how to build new things.

For her the most difficult part of being in college is the high level of the homework and English.

The career the Marlyn want to study is civil enginery because she love math and also because she is really interested to build new things. Also she wants to have a doctorate degree (PhD) and study architecture and psychology.

After Marlyn finish college she is going to visit her home country GUATEMALA and start working as a civil enginery here in USA and opens her own company and builds a house for her parents and a house for her and also sends money to her family in Guatemala.

After Marlyn graduate from college she wants to get another career as psychology or architecture. After all the college life I ask Marlyn is she would like to have a family you know between 10 or 15 years but she told me that she doesn’t feel like having a family, maybe yes or maybe not.

She would like to stay in San Francisco; she doesn’t want to move to another city. Sometimes it’s hard to separate from your family and all the people that have been with you. That’s why I also decide to stay here living in Frisco.

One advice that we would like to give to 9 and 10 grades is: DO YOUR BEST. NEVER GIVE UP, TRY AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. BE YOURSELF. BE UNIQUE. BE ORIGINAL.

Marlyn and I feels that SFIHS is our second home because most of the time we spend in school with the teachers and our friends or sometimes we are in sports but we are together with our team and when someone has problems we are there for them or they are there for you. After we get out of high school we are going to feel sad because we don’t know what is going to happen with us we don’t know if we are going to meet each other again. But yeah that’s how life is. And no matter what would happen to us I will never forget my crazy, lovely friends that I meet at San Francisco International High School. I never thought that I would make a lot of friends.

I just want to let them know that after we get out of high school every single person will form part of my life and that they always be in my heart<3<3<3

My uncle

By Yuguang

                My uncle name is Jame. He is a good uncle. He is from china. He lives in Foshan. He is 26 years old. He felt his childhood is so-so, but his childhood is very hard! He is 40 years old. He gets marry at 26 years old, he 16 years old need to do some work to help his family. But his first job at 20 years old. When my uncle’s years china is very hand many people is badly. He knows walking is 2 years old. He knows how to talk when is 4 years old. He went to school was 6 years High school was 16 years. He finished school was 19 years. Then he stays at home a year to find the job. 20 years old, he did he first job. He meets his wife when 23 years old. He falls in love 3 years. Then he gets married at 26 years old. They have babied when 30 years old. They have 1 baby. They have a happy family. This is his life.

The Civil War in El Salvador

By Meybel

I interviewed my grandmother about The Civil War in El Salvador. My grandmother was 35 when the war was starting. By that time she had 7 children and her husband. The war was between Civilian soldiers and soldiers from the guerrilla, she was scared that some of her family member could get hurt or worse, DIE. She had to move to many different places such as, Ereguayquin, Morazan, perquin etc. those places were invaded later on, the soldiers on both sides were out of control fighting and shooting, many innocent people died. My grandmother hid her children under the bed to avoid being shooting when the soldiers were on their battles. One of my aunts got shot and she still has the scar of the bullet on her arm. My grandmother also said that people would make holes, ones people made to hide, others to bury the dead bodies, “it was disgusting and scared” she said. After all that stuff and damages that the war left she went to a place called El Transito (San Miguel) on that little city my aunts and uncles kept growing up and they finished school. Things were kind of better after the war because they did not have to worry about being hurt anymore.

CIVIL WAR IN EL SALVADOR

By Fernando de Leon

In El Salvador the civil War started in 1987, this war began because the government doesn’t give peoples a good salary, so at that time a big group of people started to collect a lot of guns, weapons, and bombs and finally they make a army group.

          At that time my dad (Jacob) live in the capital of El Salvador called San Salvador, during this time my dad was 18 years old, and he told me that he was scare to have 18 years old because during this time if you were 18 or 19 years old, the army will captured you and send you to fight in the war.

          One day my dad was walking in the street with his friend, and suddenly an army car with soldiers stops him and his friends and they try to run away but they cant because if they would run, the soldiers will shot and kill them. Then the soldiers arrest my dad and his friends too, my dad was so scared because he thought that the soldiers will kill him, but the soldiers just brought my dad to barracks to training him and his friends.

The next day my dad tries to communicate with his family but the soldiers didn’t let him to communicate with his family. Then the soldiers started to training my dad, his training was about learn how to shot people in the head and heart, and how to kill people without a gun. Every day my dad had to weak up at 5:00 AM to go run, and after run he have to take a shower and then go eat, and he had to do this routine for about 3 month, and after that he had to pass a test to be assigned has a army soldier.

          The test was about fight with a general soldier, and build bombs, and guns it was hard for him because he was very nervous to make something wrong, then finally in 1989 my Dad pass the test and he was so excited and scare at the same time because he want to go fight but he don’t want to die or be killed.

          My dad was ready to fight, the army give to my dad a bag pack felled of guns, bombs, assigned and enough food to survive, and my dad’s bag pack also had parts of a camping home. Finally my dad was ready, he was a member of a group of 13soldiers more, then the army send he and his group to a city of Usulután, Usulután was a place where the soldiers fought for a long time, in Usulután my dad went to a mountain, and there they started to build a camping home, and every time two soldiers had to watch if the enemy comes.

          One day in the night my dad was sleeping and then he hear voices and then his friends started to speak and saying the enemy the enemy then my Dad took his gun and started to shot everywhere then he started to run away of the battlefield, and after two hours he came back and he saw a lot of dead bodies and blood everywhere and he wait there for about three hours until their help comes, then finally another soldiers came on cars to take him and the dead bodies to a hospital.

          After that the two armies group make an agreement to stop fighting and they decided to end the civil war, when my Dad hear that the war was end he was so happy because he really wanted to see his family. As an appreciation the government gives my dad 10,000 dollars and some land, my dad was so happy and he cried about that. And now after many years ago the government is still in peace and this is the END…….. Thank you for read my story.

Immigration story

By Rosemary

I interview my cousin. Her name is Isabel Mejia. She is from Guatemala she is 26 years old. I will interview Isabel about her immigration story. She was 20 years old when she immigrated to United States. Her life was difficult because her parents was poor people, also she has to work to help her family because her parents did not got to school because the school was 6 hours there . That’s why they did not have a good job. Her parent’s jobs were selling mangos in the street. Isabel has to work to help her family. Izabela decided to immigrate to United States because she wanted a better life she wanted help her family, also to have more opportunities to help with the economic situation. Something that her country doesn’t have because there was not a lot of work. The strongest memory about Isabel’s family is that even her family was poor always they were together. Her family was humble they was hard worker and its important to Isabel remember her family, also were she came. When Isabel say good bye to her family she felt sad, also it was hard to Isabel lived her family and be separated from the people she love. She lived many years with her family she share many things and bad things they help each other. It was so hard to Isabel immigrated in Mexico because first she traveled by bus and when there was a immigration booths Isabel and her friends have to get out of the bus. And they to walk a lot in the mountain and there was a lot of heat during Isabel walked in the mountain. Her shoes were broken and she walked with out shoes in the mountain, it was son hard for her. There were 15 people in the travel with her they were all from different countries. Isabel crosses the border first when she crossed the brave lake Isabel went in a small boat she felt scared because the boat was small for many people she was in the back of the boat. She was afraid that the boat can sank in the water because in the lake there were crocodiles. She saw crocodiles in the water she traveled on the boat for 10 minutes thanks to god nothing wrong happened. Second Isabel walked by tree nights also one day in the dessert. During she walked in the dessert she saw few people who were die also the human skeletons in the dessert sand. the part that was more difficult to Isabel was cross the dessert because after to nights they loss the food when they ran because the police was following them when they was under a tree they hear a police car they run also they hide in a hole they was tree hours in the hole while the  policemen were. So the police did not find them it was hard for Isabel because they have to walk with out food with out water also  they only slept for two hours in the night and they slept in the dirt and Isabel doesn’t have a coat for the cold. She was scared because she did not know if she is going survive. because it was so dangerous to travel because there was dangerous animals like wolfs and snakes and boars also there was dead people in one moment Isabel thought she is going to die like them , but her friends help her to keep going. When Isabel came to united state she was so happy because everything became well. She felt with a lot of hopeful and that way she can help her family. The year that Isabel came to United States was in 2008

Orange Story

By Zipeng Chen 

 Orange fell in love with his girl friend at first sight. When Orange was 7 grade ,he saw his girlfriend feel she is so cute and she help he a lot in school .He was go to ask his best friend to write the letter to his girlfriend for love and expression. And she says we can try that.

  When they first time date, Orange got the hair cut, and he came late, let him girlfriend wait for long time, let her very angry. They just chat some and very shy and nervous because that is Orange first time for his life meeting a girl. That Orange every day write the letter to his girlfriend for keeping the love ,and they every day ride the bike together to school, and orange buy anything for her girlfriend ,if he can and he do anything just want she get happy. He remembers they go to park and play the corsair, that time is they hold the hands very strict. And we go to the military one week and they live together, in one week, they play together, eat together, they are like an already married couple.

   They can stay a lot time because they love each other, and when she angry with his, he will first time to let her happy.  But if his girlfriend angry with he, he will go to her downstairs and then clap that hands let her know, and she will come out the windows to see me and forgive me .sometime he very want to break up, because he can¡¯t let her happy and don¡¯t want to keep, but he is think about that is his first love and keep that. But her girlfriend families don¡¯t want she go to love, and want she just focus to study.

In his girlfriend birthday, he wants to give a surprise for his girlfriend. So he go to the cake store to make a own cake for her, at night call his girlfriend out and she is very happy about that, also they was Put kingmin light and write down they wish .

  But when they are going to hight school , they was in different school , in the end they break up.

Childhood memories of my mom

By Ubaid

I interviewed my mom. She is from India. She is almost 50 years old right now. She shared her childhood memories with me. When she was small she was fat and smart. She used to play with

Kitchen set, she liked to do the fireworks and she used to play with a doll. She had friends of different races such as Muslims, Hindu and Christian. She liked to play the game called hide and see with her friends. She used to eat Indian food because that was her favorite. She liked to go to school because in her childhood because she was intelligent and liked to study. Her favorite subject was English and Hindi. She was studious in school and she was at the top of her class most of the school times. She also used to study during her exams with her friend late at night and her grandmother used to give them delicious Indian snacks so they can eat and have fun at the same time. She was very cruel and she was very sneaky because she never tells to her other friends if she prepares a lot for the exams. Her father was very kind hearted and lax and her grandmother and grandfather supported her all the time because her mom used to work and didn’t have enough time. She used to play games like Hide and Seek. She did fun activities in school such as participating in stage programs. Over all my mom had a fun childhood.   

Life in Medical Line is Hard as Climbing Mt. Everest

               Different people have different lives and dreams on the base of their own leaving stage. Different people can feel entertain by doing different things. Same as other people our folk Ms. Ceilia feels entertain when she helps other people on their problems, makes other people feel better and also She loves to help people and understand their feelings.
               She is a nurse at our school. She decided to be a nurse when she was 24 years old. She was hardworking student. Her GPA always used to be around 3.7. She started her journey at medical line in the year of 2009. Medical line is really hard way to walk and make it perfect. People have to do lots of struggle to reach there. Ms. Ceilia had other aims besides doctor like: nun, dancer, etc. but she decided to be a nurse and be able to help other people. She spent 4 years in college. She did lots of struggle. She was little weak to see people suffering but also she didn't try to step back. In her family she is the first person who is in medical line. She was alone to walk in her most difficult way in her life.  She didn't get any help in her career. Walking alone and no one to help is really hard part. She challenged herself and worked really hard even though she didn't have anyone to help her. She believes that if we have to do something hard we have to have courage to fight with our struggles. 
               Meanwhile, She felt so tired by doing many struggles. In her one moment of life she thought that if she would not able to achieve her dream she would open a cafe. On the Other hand she faced one big problem: When she was in medical college her fiance broke up with her. It is really hard when one lady sees a dream to have beautiful family and her dreams break like glasses. Before she got started everything went away. On the one side she has her aim her dream and her all struggle which she have done in her life. On the other side she has moment of breaking with her fiancee which is really hard moment for one lady. She didn't step back even though many bad things happened in her life.

               Her favorite part about being a nurse  is  to get to know  people  and help them with their problems.   Her Future  goal is to be a position on leadership and finish her degree.  She has decided  to work hard and be a hard worker. From her  story I have learned that  if people have eager to achieve something in their life and if they work hard to achieve their goals, they can definitely achieve it. 
   

By Menuka Adhikari

13 Years of Love

By Shobi Guan

           Every first time become history, but it also become a memory. I think to keep thirteen years of love is not easy to keep going, but my cousin can do it. My cousin and his girlfriend knew each other in a program, they use thirteen years of love to prove they will forever love each other.

            They met each other for the first time in Oct. 1999. She was fifteen years old, he was seventeen years old. They joined the program call "Young Life". At that time, they played a game call "The same", and then they sat together. That moment he met her, he thought she was the most beautiful girl in the world. She felt he was a monkey, because he had long bread, but his smile thawed her heart. So they remembered each other, they started the first step of love.

            From 2000 to 2005. These five years, they felt calm and sweet, because they could see each other. When they graduated in high school, they went to different colleges. They couldn’t see each other in the same time, so they felt very difficult to keep this love. After five years of sweet love, they had seven years of long distance love. In these seven years, they were three times when they wanted to give up each other, because they had better friends, different topics and experiences, they felt difficulties with communication. But they still believed in their love for each other.
              When they graduated in college, he was an IT worker, she was an Office Lady. They couldn’t give up each other, because they knew the long distance was the most difficult of their love. Right now, he wants her to challenge herself to try more things; also she wants him to be more romantic. I want him and her to forever love each other, because thirteen years love is not easy for everyone.
           In 1999, they met each other, in 2000 they got together, in 2013 they got married, 2/22/2000 to 2/22/2013, 13 years of love. 2/2/2013, this day. He wore western clothes and she wore a white dress. At that time, he felt nervous and she had happy tears, because of they said: “Yes, I do.”, to each other. Yes, I do, it proved they don’t give up each other forever.
           The 13 years of love, they give me tips of trust and patience. These two words are very difficult to achieve, because you need to trust his/her every words, forgive his/her every mistakes. I am very proud of them, because he lives in US, has many girl-friends, but my cousin only loves his girlfriend and she forgave my cousin every mistakes.
           In Chinese parents’ opinions, they think in our academic life, we should study hard, no more love, they even control us, which kinds of friends we know. But I think when we start work, we only know how to earn money, and keep going to improve ourselves. After few years, your friends get married, her boyfriend is from her high school, and they are classmates. But you are not getting married, you still a single. And your parents start to ask you: “Do you have boyfriend?” “Why not? You start getting old.” “If you don’t know a boyfriend, you will be a single forever.” Sometimes they are so mean, but when I was a high school student, you tell me to study hard, I can’t make more friends. So that can’t make sense. Right now, my aunt still blames my cousin, because he was falling in love at high school, and he couldn’t get into a good college. My cousin also proved a fact that falling in love in love in high school, is not a bad thing.
             13 years of love, they got married. They will have more and more 13 years of their love. Mr. Right maybe is behind you, I wish you will be the next 13 years of love’s person.

In The Childhood

By Silin

   I love my mom. I want to know deeply. Before, I was born. She was a beautiful girl and had a lot of interesting things. Now I will write some of that.

   In the childhood, my mom favorite thing was camping. She thinks the camping is interesting. Camping can exercise. Some people make the tent together; we overcome some the problem about the tent. Go to the river to catch fish. Catch other thing that can eat. It is very fun. In the night; there are many stars in the sky. My mother favorite stars; the stars twinkle. The stars are very beautiful. Mom hopes one day to be able to pick the stars down hang it on the chest.

  In the high school; my mother was 15 years old. My mother is very like reading. Facing the book can no eat not sleep. My mother the whole person is immersion in the book. The high school life is very hard. My mother every morning jogging. In the night; no lights only candle before. Reading with candles hurt the eyes. But my mom is still the same like reading. High school most of the time reading do not have time to play. In the high school, my mom favorite subject is Chinese. My mom feel Chinese is easy and her good for Chinese. My mom’s favorite teacher in high school is a Chinese teacher. Because the Chinese teacher very nice, very kind, very patient and as for relative to the student. My mom like her high school life!

My mom met my father, so she changed her dream. She has no regrets changed the dream, because she has a perfect happy family. Although my parents met is not romantic but they were been the most romantic places. This place is Thailand. They think Thailand has the best memories. They have to go to the first place full of memories of love. My mother is very missed my grandmother.

I love my mother until the end of the world!

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How Diffcult it is to Learn a New Language

By Hanadi

Hi my name is Hanadi. I am interviewing my friend Nancy about learning a new language. I am going to the school.  SFIHS is for immigrant student and but Nancy goes to a different school. First who0 is Nancy? Nancy is 14 year old. She is from Yemen. She has brown hair. Also she had brown eyes. Her hobbies are dances and swim. Nancy has lot 0f friends. She loves to run. Nancy likes to study a lot. She is a very smart girl. Nancy wants to be history teachers. She is 8 grades. She has one sister and five brothers. She lives with her family. 

         

           Nancy immigrated to Unites stats and it was not difficult because her father speak English. Nancy wanted to lean English. So she has to go to the school. Than she tells her dad and he say yes. Than the next four days she started to go to school she arrived. The first day was very bad to her because she doesn’t know any English. The first day she lost her classes. But the teachers helped her to get few classes. Then, she said that the students and the school look very different from Yemen’s school. Also Nancy was the only one who speaks Arabic in the school. Nancy said the teachers were very nice and helped her.    

          The next week to Nancy was ok because she got her classes. The important thing is the students were very mean to her and the students were all speak English. She went to the school with her dad but after two weeks she went by herself. After a few months her English got better. Her English improved by listening and paying attention to the teachers. The students were talking all the time but Nancy never tried to speak English because the students were mean to her and they also didn’t speak with her. Nancy was the only one quietly in the classes. No body helped her with translate. She didn’t have phone. The teacher let her work any students like hard work to her. Her grades were so bad because she didn’t know a lot of English. The students said bad work to her but she didn’t say anything she was very patient. She didn’t change school.

          Nancy didn’t really like the n school. She was surprised after two years she did speak a lot of English and she got good grades. She was challenge herself to do the hard work. She was speaking English at the classes. Also she made a lot of friends. After that she wants to learned new language. The language was France.     

                               

The Amazing Life of Ms.Sonia and her Baby Coming

One part of her life is that people don’t know. She is a strong and intelligent woman that likes to have time with her family and take care of her kin. I interview her because I know her as a principal but not as a mother.

                                                      

Ms. Sonia met her husband from a friend, her friend met him because she worked in a jewelry shop. She was 25 years old when they got married and had their daughter called Torah.

Today she will have another baby but boy they have two names for her baby but is secret.

She likes children. She would like to improve as a mother.

It makes her feel sad when don’t have time for her family and with the people that she loves.

Her family, friends and daughter make her feel happy.

She feels good because she is pregnant. She feels tired but happy. The baby move every morning and says: “Hi mom good morning”. She feels it’s amazing.

On her free time she works out, play with her daughter and she rests. Today she and her husband have 11 years married.

Her life changes in everything because after she went outside with her husband. He tell her go to the movies, go the restaurants. And when born her baby everything change because she has to take care so she doesn’t have time for her anymore.

The things more difficult for her are that she doest’t have time because she spends the time in the school working . And she needs more time.  

By: Pamela Vasquez