instructors

These are pictures of my instructors. The one sitting is Yolanda the one standing is Sylvia. Sylvia mostly teaches vocabulary and Yolanda teaches grammar (the tough stuff). There is also a photo of me and the other student in my class named Karin from Sweden.

During one class the instructor asked where we would like to vacation. I think I said the Keys or the Caribbean. The other student, Karin says she wants to visit, Iran, Lebanon and Korea! So I mention that two American reporters were just sentenced to 12 years in prison in a closed trial that lasted 15 minutes. Karin's response was "what about Guantanamo?". I mentioned the folks in GITMO may have had something to do with the deaths of 3,000 Americans and the two reporters just happened to be in North Korea.

I'm not positive about what Karin does for work but I think she said she's a librarian in Sweden. The instructor is asking about various different things as a lesson and we answer and its an interaction type thing. So she asking about things and whether they are very important, important, or not important at all. and of course there are varying degrees, in fact the instructor drew a scale on the board with very important on one end, important in the middle and not important at the other end. The instructor, Sylvia, ask what we think of money (amongst other things). So I say money is very important because it allows us to live a nice comfortable life and allows us to help others and having money is better than not having money. So Miss Swiss says "oh, money isn't very important". Either she and her family are rich and don't have to worry about money or she is unrealistic about how the world works. Money isn't the most important thing and the attainment of money and wealth shouldn't consume a person, however, as I said, when you have money you can live comfortably and you can help others less fortunate.