Here is a smattering of pictures of us with our international friends. Above is what's left of the Advanced conversational English class that Mark and I taught on Wednesdays nights this past year. I say what's left, because as the semester nears the end, attrition takes its toll on a class largely made up of PhD candidates, visiting scholars who are cranking out research, and even Master's degree students who have tests and papers looming over them.
We even celebrated our 25th anniversary with this bunch of guys. One asked, "Does this anniversary have a name?" I said yes, it's the silver anniversary. He turned to Mark and said, "Did you give her anything silver?" Without missing a beat, Mark said, "I gave her this--" and he pointed to my hair! When we related that story to another set of friends, Mark added, "If we're still around for our 50th, I wonder if her hair will turn gold?!" What a nut!
This includes a few of my students from the ELI (and a couple who aren't my students, but "belong" to Hazel, the other "mature woman" in the picture). We were having fun at the "end of session party/picnic."
I love this picture! Most of the women from my beginning conversational English class, along with spouses (if they could make it) came to our home and provided a most delectable potluck to end our semester. I had one student from Mali, one from Brazil (who is married to a German and lives in Italy!), one from Taiwan, one from China (not pictured), several from Japan, and a few students from Korea.
My dear, dear student/friend Teresa, from Taiwan has a special place in my heart. I have been blessed to be her teacher and tutor since she came to Utah about a year ago. Although her English skills are above the beginning level, she takes my class in addition to others because she loves me. Her name is spelled the same way as my sister's, and her birth date (except for the year) is also the same as my sister's. She took me out to lunch for my birthday this year.
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