June 2013 - Craven Literacy Council

The Floor Tech
A Floor Tech is an important person. His job is to keep the floors clean and
shining. The Floor Tech uses a dust mop, dust pan, broom, scrubber machine and a buffer to shine the floors and make them look like glass. He
mops and, when the floor needs to be shined, he takes the buffer. Sometimes the Floor Tech needs to strip it also.
That is a very important job. There are
many people who don’t respect the Floor
Tech’s job. For me, it does my heart good
just to look back at all the labor I put in to
keep the floors looking good. I put ME in
what I do. Clean shiny floors are my signature.
By Leonard Jones
Work
I work at Musashi Japanese restaurant. It’s located on South Glenburnie
RD in New Bern. I work as a waitress. At Musashi, there are 14 employees.
Four are waiters and waitresses. Five are hibachi chefs. Hibachi means the
foods that cook on the grill. One is the hostess and one is the sushi chef.
Three are bus-boys and dishwashers. All employees are nice and they are
helping each other. I like to work at Musashi because my employer, he’s
kind and nice.
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Craven Literacy Council’s Student Newsletter
No. 37
June 2013
Craven Literacy Council 2507-F Neuse Blvd. New Bern, N.C. 28562
Phone # 252-637-8079 info@craven literacy.org
Student Stories
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Write a story or poem for the next newsletter.
Daily Routine
I get up at 8:00 a.m. I wash my face and my hands.
Sometimes I take a shower and get dressed and then
comb my hair. At 8:30 I have breakfast: coffee and
milk and a slice of bread. Then I brush my teeth. I
take my husband to work at 8:45. I come back home
at 9:15. Then I wash the breakfast dishes and finish
washing the dishes. At 10:00 a.m. I go to work. At
3:00 p.m. I leave for my break. At 3:30 I go to my
English class at the Literacy Council. At 5 o'clock I
return to work. I eat and then I get to work. At
10:00 p.m. I return to my house. I take a shower. Sometimes I start reading
a book or writing. At midnight I go to sleep.
By Juanita Hernandez
By Yutra Paw
My Poem is About Flowers
Oh how the flower likes it in
the spring when a shower
comes. There are thousands of
bees to drink the pollen from
flowers. Now here comes a cloud
of bees.
By: Brittany Lynn Swanner
My Mother’s Love
Jeffery Sawyer’s Mothers
The only grandmother that I
remember was my mother’s
momma, Sue.
She and Momma looked a lot alike.
My Momma was a single parent.
And even though she could not hear,
she took good care of me.
I love you Mom!
I miss you!
My family misses her, too.
We know that she loved us.
In loving memory of Sudie Hicks
By Jeffery Sawyer
My Poetry About School
School, school
I like my job at Arthur Edwards
School.
School, school
I work in the library.
School, school
I have many friends at college.
School, school
Miss Linda is my teacher.
My mother is a good person for me. Always she
showed her love to me. She taught me a good way
all the time. She taught me how to cook. She
taught me how to clean and how to speak. She
took me to Church to get Jesus’s love. She took
me to school to get knowledge because she wanted
me to be a good person in my life.
One day she called me and said “Come sit here. I will tell you something.” I
came and sat together with her. “I want you to be good leader for your people.
So please learn about how to help people who need help. They will be happy
when they get your help.”
So mother is a good teacher, and true and full of love. So, I love my mother,
and God bless my mom. Happy Mother’s Day. 5/12/2013
Love, Lac Po
School, school
I love school!
By Mandy Blickensderfer
Daily Routine
I wake up at 7:30 a.m. I get up at 8:00 a.m. I wash my face and my hands and get dressed. At
8:30 I have breakfast: coffee and milk and a slice of bread. Then I brush my teeth. At 8:45
a.m. I leave home to go to work. At 9:00 a.m. I start working. At 3:00 p.m. I leave work.
At 3:30 p.m. I go to my English class at CLC. I return to work at 5 o'clock. I eat and then I
get to work.
At 9:30 p.m. I leave work. At 10:00 I come back to my
house. I take a shower and sometimes I eat something
light. After a while I watch TV or sometimes read a
book or write a while. At midnight I go to sleep.
By Bonifacio Hernandez
My Mother
My mother’s name is Har Lin. She live in the Myanmar. The last time I saw my
mother was in 2009. She cooks pig with rice and vegetables. She is a very good
cook. I have three sisters. Two sisters live in
Myanmar. One sister live Malaysia. I have four
brothers and they all live in Myanmar. I am the
youngest of the family. My mother’s neighbor has
a telephone. When I talk to her, she cries. We
miss each other. My mother says she is waiting
for me.
Written by Si Si
This year I have applied for U. S. Citizenship. I have just recently received a reply back from the State Department to tell me that within
the next 365 days I will receive a letter to tell me when my interview
will be and where to go.
I give many thanks to my tutor for my “Success” in helping me with
my learning the English here in America. With her help I was able to
complete the application for Citizenship and American History.
I also give many thanks to my husband for giving me
the support needed to make this happen to me. I’m
so proud of my tutor I love her Ms. Lori.
By Sutthinee Youngbloom
Congratulations to our students who
have recently become U.S. citizens!
Aung Myo, tutored by Lon Shelby
Mar Bee, tutored by Carol MacPhail
Mu Mu, tutored by Dee Donnelly
Naw Pie, tutored by Ginny Jones
Kaw Kaw, tutored by NuNu Aye
Sutthinee Youngbloom, tutored by
Lori Wretne
CRAVEN LITERACY COUNCIL
LET’S TALK!
Who?
Students who want to practice
speaking English together.
(Tutors are encouraged to come but
are not required to attend.)
What? A free meeting for students to talk,
have fun, and learn more English
for conversations. We will have
snacks and laugh and practice
speaking.
When? Tuesday, July 9, 2013
6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
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Where? Craven Literacy Council’s office
in Town Park Plaza on Neuse Blvd.
Please RSVP (tell us if you are going to come) – call 637-8079
and tell us your name or email c.weiss@cravenliteracy.org
Craven Literacy Council
*2507-F NEUSE BLVD.
New Bern, NC 28562
252-637-8079