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| My Teachers and my clasmates |
Finally
today is the end of semester for English for All Program (EFA) at Ohio University. For
many people, today is the end of semester, but for me, today is the day that I
will celebrate farewell party. I'm not a student. I just came to Athens for
several months. At the end, it is difficult for me to say goodbye to Athens, friends,
and my teachers.
I
joined English for All Program since September 2012. It means that I already
finish two semesters in this program. Since the first time I came here, I met
new friends and new teachers. Last semester, I might not really close to all my
classmates. We just met in class and did little conversation. We still keep
contact on Facebook until now, even just comments a status or like a page. I
also make a friendship with my teacher on Facebook, even though we never did
lot conversations. Fortunately, I’m close with Jessica, one of my teachers.
Once, she asked me to be her informant for her paper assignment. After that, we
always say hello every time we met.
My
second semester was started since January. The students from last semester took
the same class with me, but there were many new students who just joined the
program. If you compared to another class that had only 2 or 3 students every
day, our class always crowded. I met new friends such as Ina, Tatiana,
Gawlasyan, Helen, and Tugba. Among them, Helen and Tugba became my best
friends.
Helen
is a Chinese woman. Her full name is Helen Pang. She's very friendly. Because I
thought that I was not good for starting conversations with the people that I
just met, I was quiet in the class. Helen came to me and invited to discuss.
She asked me about lesson in the class. Everything likes magic when I felt
comfortable to chat with her. We discussed about anything beside lessons in our
class. We became close friend. I made a friend with her on Facebook.
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| Helen, Tugba, and Me at Sakura Festival |
Later,
Tugba, a Turkish woman, joined us. She is a talkative woman. She always had
topic to talk in our class. Helen, Tugba, and me attended many cultural events
in OU. We went to international women's day, Sakura festival, and also Holi
night. We became best friend.
The
program was very flexible. Not every student came all days. One of my friends,
Gawlasyan, just came on Wednesday and Thursday, because she has a young child.
But the rest of students such as me, Helen, Tugba, and Tatiana attended class
almost every day.
There
were six teachers in my class. Three of them taught us in Monday and Wednesday,
and the rests taught in Tuesday and Thursday. For Monday and Wednesday, Carly,
Kristina, and Katie became our teachers. For Tuesday and Thursday, they
will be replaced by Mary, Elen, and Ethan. They were good teachers. They
taught us patiently.
Sometimes
we didn't understand, but they always kept trying to explain the lessons. I
believe that they faced difficulties to teach us because our mother languages
are not English.
Today, we graduate. Finally, we finish this spring semester. We go to
Baker Center for graduation. We get a certificate. I already have two certificates
from this program. If I stay in Athens for many years and attend this program
every semester, maybe I will collect many certificates. But, certificate is not
the main point. The main point is friendship with many people. I’m so happy
cause I met lovely friends and great teachers.
I
will leave Athens soon. Someone told me that we never precisely predict what
will happen in the future. Maybe someday, I’ll back to Athens and meet my
classmates and my teachers. I believe there’s no an accident in this world.
Every meeting has a purpose. Friends are those who meet us for a reason. They're
meant to cross our path to enrich and to nurture our life with love and
compassion to other people. Someday I’ll meet them for a specific reason. Maybe
it is for love.
Athens, April 28, 2013
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