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[Saad_k]

My name is Saad . I'm from Saudi Arabia but now I'm in Australia. . I hope to help me .I just beginning learning English . I need to more practice . I will try in future to put words here about mysilf .

Saad

[Kitosdad]

Please don't put them here friend. Try the first thread, that is for introductions.

Kitos.
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[Mohamed Adam]

Hello.
I want write something about my street, our street is named steel street most of the time is busy special morning and afternoon, obviouly most of the street at that time is bust, but this street have a lot of traffic light and the drives are very bord when they are waiting traffic light, becous the morning they are hurry in the work and afthernoon they are tard hurry in there houses. the traffic light is does not know this people they are very hurry and they worry about the traffic light,so today i sow someone chaeting the traffic light but i think there is a camar. we will see what the next.
many thanks

[Kitosdad]

Many thanks to you Mohamed for a noble attempt at writing.
Your post is understandable and I read it with interest.
Please, do continue to post your thoughts, and also about the things that happen there in Steel street.

Regards, Kitos.
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[Trangpigi]

hello, Kitosdad. I want to share my feelings, can I? My parents are really strict. I feel lack of privacy and sometimes it's really irritating! It's impossible to keep anything in secret!!! They usually want me to be more than I can be. Tomorrow I'll have FCE test and I know that this level is quite difficult for me to handle. I can't justify their hopes!(T_T)

[MariaEbb]

I wrote this essay a few years ago. I just wonder how many errors I have made ?

To Dave Clark From Maria Ebbeskog

Now I shall explain for you why I have started to work with computers. No one seems to understand why, they just say that I should devote my time with other things. Why do I write this in English ? I know you know Swedish perfectly well , for being British. But one of the reasons to why I started to work with computers is that I love English.

You mustn't think I write this in English to show you how "good" I am in English. I am Swedish and Swedish people are always bad in English.

I am not joking when I say that English has saved my life. A few years ago I was at a folk high school. I didn't like that folk high school at all, the reason is that I am hard of hearing and I couldn't follow the discussions in the group. When I was to start the spring term I got book from my friend to translate.

This saved me from being crazy I think. The teachers in school said you don't need to have English. But I said I just have to, I will do this translation and I would like to be free from the ordinary lessons. Well of course there is a lot of hearing technical aids. But aids are just aids and they can never give full compensation of a loss of any kind. It is specially due to hearing technical aids.

When I was at my folk high school they from AMI tried to help me to hear as well as possible. But they couldn't.

I have earlier practiced on a daycare centre. But I don't fit to work with children. I have even tried to work on a library but there is no work for me there. I have been to AMI in Uppsala for over a year but they couldn't help me. It was they who helped me to a folk high school for it was my own will, but I thought they cheated me. I got no computer education there which I thought I should get.

First I would like to attend a folk high school there they have education in English as I love English. But I am glad they didn't helped me to that sort of education, Visingsö folk high school has education in English.

I have been integrated with hearing pupils from the first to half of the ninth class. Why I tell this is because they in school has decided to send me to another course including knowledge about EC, English and EDP, containing the most elementary about computers like what a computer consist of like hard disk , floppy disk drive, mouse. DOS commands like CD CD.. CD TYPE, MD, RD, COPY with parameters. I already know about it.

For being able to follow a course with much communications with other people I need a sign language interpreter and you can't fix a sign language interpreter in less than no time.

Before I started this computer course I was unemployed for 2 ½ year. And before that I have just have places of practice or job creation project. I have never had a real employment. During the time I was without occupation I went to psychologist regularly.

I have earlier tried to attend courses with KOMVUX but they have said that I have to much knowledge. And when they haven't been able to fix a sign language interpreter. The reasons for that is that it is a high unemployment and when they just now* only accept they who has no higher education. People who has played truant much when they went in the compulsory school, or they who have left school one year earlier than normal. As you can see I have tried to attend courses in KOMVUX.

*Now ( It was about a year ago) Just now they have specially courses for they who are unemployed. But I already have something to do.

I talked with Inger Högbom at Tyresö grammar school, ( It is the best word a can find for the Swedish word "gymnasium ") and she said to me that I should bring all my references and so I did. When she saw this she she said to me, sorry you have to much education.

I have accept to have no Signlauage interpreter on this course. And I like programming even if I fail every test. Otherwise I haven't attended this course.

In February last year I attended a course which my mum had about unemployment. I had called for a sign language interpreter but I got none.

If I had got a sign language interpreter I think I had get placed into Samhall by now. I recognized a boy on that course who has gone to school in the same cab as me. And one of the first thing you ask a person you know a little is what are you doing now. And he said I am going to be a programmer. And after that we just talked about computers. And he came home to me and gave me software's and when he saw that I had over 100 batch files, he suggested I could start the same course as he.

It was a close shave I was placed into SAMHALL. Samhall is a place where you place handicapped people which can't get a real employment or an education. But I fixed me an education instead of being placed in samhall. I have accept to be placed in Samhall if I can't get a real employment after this but I cross my bridges when I come to them .

If you don't understand me execute me instead of your files.

I have an ex classmate who is deaf. He is crazy about English as I am. He has been studying on the Galludet Collage in the USA which is the only university for deaf in the world. He has studied the law for 3 years. The reason for it is that he in interested in English and he would have something to do and he like to meet other deaf people. But you can start to wonder what he shall do with knowledge about The American laws here in Sweden. Today he is unemployed and he is living on social benefit.

If I don't go to school I will be without occupation too.

If I was a hearing person I would be a translator or an English teacher. But as I am hard of hearing so that's why I have started to work with computers.

One of the reasons to why I don't understand programming is that I am bad in maths. And I think maths is boring, dull, disgusting, horrible, terrible, awful, dreadful, I hope you understand my feelings for maths.

One of the software's I like the most is calculating programs apart form utility programs and word processing programs, because when you don't have to use mathematics skills. The program does it for you. Before I got a calculating program I did my accounts with electronic calculator and a book but its much better to have it in my computer. And there was many calculating mistakes.

But I have chosen this course because I love computers and not maths.

I have cried many times since I got to know that I can't continue my education, because of I get no ( Utbildningsbidrag, Sorry I can't find the proper English word for it). But no one can put me out of school physically.

The teachers in school sometimes say that I don't do what I shall do. But many of the others in the class also do things that they won't do. We use Network ( Novell Network) in school and once I was in the wrong directory area. I didn't know this, and the teacher got very angry with me. And when I told him that the other pupils change directories in the network partition. Yes he said but you mustn't be in this area.

The others know that because the teacher has told them but he didn't say it to me and he knows he must tell me individually. And all the software's we use is on the network except DOS. And then you can test all the commands you like without being afraid of destroying anything. I have asked one of the institutions technicians about it, but I don't think the teacher knows that I know that I won' t destroy anything for the others. The teacher doesn't think I do programs but I do.

Well I don't care about this but maybe my teacher does, once I did a batch file which I called format. And when my teacher saw that I just typed format he said What the hell are you doing? Are you going to format the hard disk? And of course he knows that you can write just format if you had made a batch file which you have named so. But of course you must remove or rename format.com to format.sav for example. Many of the other pupils play games now and then. And the teacher doesn't say so much about this.

The headmaster said yes ok you can be here but then you get placed in another room so you want disturb the education. Am I so horrible I thought so they want have me in the classroom. If a get placed in another room when I will be a very disturbing element. People need people, why should I be different? And one more important thing I have got many friends on the course. And I don't like to talk with computer people who know too little.

The headmaster has said that I got admit as a pupil on approval and I got to know that when I had been in school for a about a month. And after that I was worried that they should put me out of school. I know that against hearing pupils I have no chance they will always be better than me. I know perfectly well what integration is in the reality. I have 9 ½ years experience of that.

If you like to know about this, tell me. I have also written about my problems in maths. You can read about that too if you like.
/Maria

[Kitosdad]

TT, you have to shake off this "I can't do this" attitude. Do the very best you can, then just tell your parents that you did just that, your best.

You are young enough to learn almost anything you wish. Stop magnifying your weaknesses and concentrate instead on your strengths.

I wish you every success, whatever you decide to do. Just do it. Life is too damned short to worry about what your parents hope for.

Good luck.

Kitos.
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[Kitosdad]

Maria, forget about how many errors you have made. The point is that you wrote it,and in doing so your English improved with every sentence.

Keep on learning and writing Maria, you put many others to shame.

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[Rosario]

Hello Kitosdad,

Please correct my piece translation from local newspaper to English.

Thanks a lot for your help.
10 Employees Arrived In B (Country name)

The first & second groups of 10 employees who accompanied by staff of Minister of Education arrived in B (Country name).
According to the information that this newspaper access from division of public relation of Minister of Affairs, first group of employees arrived in B (Country name) on 10 August, second group 0n 30 August 2008.
When employees arrived at the B airport, they directly received by A (country name) ambassador, Mr. L and his counselor, Mr.T and staff of Minister of Education B. At the airport ambassador informed to the A workers the confidence and encourage messages from President and Prime Minister A.
He also said to the workers that the successful of this program depend to their attitude and behavior so that he asked them to show good attitude and behavior in the work time to show A (country) image through their work dedication. Besides he said that very important to honor the compromise and responsibility that they assume.
He guaranteed that A government and embassy will continue accompany and pay attention to their activities, rights and interest.

[Kitosdad]

I'm sorry Rosario, but without the names of the people and of the countries, I find the text too complicated to make sense of.

Kitos.
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[Rosario]

Good morning Kitosdad,

I will send you the complete text.

[Farzana]

Hello Kitos,
I am writing about my neibour.
I was little stressed out . As I told you about my neighbor (who are elderly couple). The women remained alone in this world. because her husband has passed away. ( May rest his soul and peace). He was very nice and kind person. Both husband and wife always be in a jolly mood and passed beautiful comments into each other all the time. When I sat with them I felt cheerful and feel how beautifully they are spending their time and I wish everyone could see their happy marriage life. When husband teased her and wife had no answer, at that time her face became pink and eyes bent down with shyness. she looked so beautiful.They say " happiness is not steadfast but transient". Its true. However life is temporary one who comes has to leave. The women went back her country last night. I will really miss her forever. May God give her strength and happiness.

[Kitosdad]

Farzana, I share your loss and your friend's grief.

Losing two goods friends is a great loss.

Cheer up, you still have your friends here. :) :)

Kitos.
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[Farzana]

Yes, Good people always remain in your heart. Could you Please correct my mistakes which I made in this paragraph.

Thanks for your kindness.

Farzana

[Rosario]

Good morning Kitosdad,

Please correct my sentence below that I'm preparing to use for job interview.
Thanks in advance.

My name is Rosario, I graduated from Dr. John University in economics field management.

Since 2000 I have been worked in ILO as a data entry operator, then I work for UNDP electoral as an operation assistant, after that I worked in CWS as an administration manager, in CED as a research assistant, in WFP as an executive secretary and right now in embassy as a secretary.