Wednesday, January 26, 2011

O-B-A-M-A spells Obama!

No, I am not going to discuss the State of the Union address.....most people close to me know where my political allegiance is...but for those who don't know, you'll be able to figure it out as you read.   For about a year, I have been tutoring a sweet woman from Haiti who wanted to learn English.  This is my volunteer work, which really does make a retired person feel good and useful...Anyhow, she not only knew almost no English, she never, and I mean NEVER, went to school as a child, so she was totally illiterate in any language. Progress has been slow, but this kind of progress can be the most  rewarding, because every baby step feels like a GIANT step.  I was giving her a ride home from the library  where we meet  when she noticed a bumper sticker on  the back of my car. She read the letters.....O_B_A_M_A.  I told here what it said. It a delighted voice, she said OBAMA!!! Then she proceeded to repeat the letters and say the word twice with a huge smile on her face.  She may not know many things about America, but she knows who our president is, and now she knows how to read and spell his name now. Priceless!

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