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Stambuk. Daniel
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more than fourty years when I came to Los Angeles . I have journey that included the
positive part and the negative part . I have basically a very nice experience that I lived
throught the hardest time of my life . First, in this very positive part of my journey began
in P.C.C. only a few semesters back . My professor I am talking about is one of the greatest
I ever encountered in my years of studying. I wrote lots of summaries from Ted Talks. Also
I used poetry as a tool to learn English, and did several presentations. That helped me to
talk and be able to speak without feeling fear. Those presentations gave me all the tools and
was the major secret of my success .In fact my secret of my success had come from my
failures .
Some very modern ideas from Carol Dweck are absolutely new to me , and tell us
that: A growth mind-set will create motivation and resilience .That will lead to higher
achievement . I learned that the brain is like a muscle, the more I exercise it the
stronger it becomes.My mind after was better and more powerfull . I was able to pave the
road of my future .The path I took was the result of my choices I made or failed to
make .My fathers influence over me led me to follow in a positive way the path of learning
English. His influence was so strong because I remember that he used to study many words
with the dictionary in hand. Also, he was always a very methodical person with a good
system to learn words . He had lots of pieces of paper with words that he read ,and
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memorized .
The beginning for writing is very important ,because they have lots of strength and
intensity. The quotation from First Thoughts by Natalie Golberg will give us an idea about
it .The same is true in writing you must be a great warrior when you contact first thoughts
and write for them. You dont stop writing you continue to use your pen and record the
details of your life and penetrate into the heart of them .This means that the very first
because I was a salesman ,and I had to talk mainly in Spanish . I acquired lots of knowledge
on language and I learned how to said thank you in fifteen different languages. For
twenty years that I spent in that job , my knowledge of English was limited. Later , I realize
that I needed to write like my cousin in Croatia . She wrote several books about poems.
Also my older cousin is an ambasador of Croatia , who wrote some books , and can be
found on wikipedia .
A very nice quotation from the article Mother Tonge by Amy Tan, that .Iam
fascinated by language in daily life .I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the
power of language.The way it can evoke an emotion a visual image,a complex idea ,or a
simple truth.(47). She had a love for the English without any equal.This made me
understand better that the most important thing is the love that I have for the language .
to achieve very important goals .This helped me not only in my English, but also led me
in the road of learning languages, and on my English History . The influence that my
father made on me to learn the different customs from many countries, and my love for my
lexicons of each language took me even further on that path . I admired my father very
much, and his influence on me was so strong that it even surprises even me. He spoke
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Croatian,Italian,Castilian Spanish, and English. Learning the lexicon of the languages made
me travel to the origen of the word ,like the word O.Kwas invented in the 1840s.(Old
Kinder Hood name of political affiliation. AlsoI knew that the words came from latin or
Greek.The many languages that I know and my English will be very helful in my future.
I realize that in this essay I m able to use many words and my grammar gets better
and better. In addition, my writing ability is improving to use it to write my fathers journal,
that I waited so many years to do it . Also I know that I always have obstacles in my
way ,whether a simple one or a harder one .This piece shows many improvements in my
writing ability, because I am able to write with less mistakes ,and master the English
language in a much better way . I am able to love more writing and reading . I n the process
of creating this essay. I learned many things about being confident in writing.
Furthermore , I predict that the influence of my father and knowledge of the English
language are going to make me a good traslator like my brother.Another prediction is that I
can offer my services as a tourist guide ,or become teacher of languages.Last semester I
completed the curriculum of intermediate level in Italian .I have to thank the P.C.C for
the important roll in my education, and also for making my dream come true.This semester
I have started my level five in English and I was very glad I did.
Once more on the negative part. I started college three years ago and I have some
obstacles that Iam still facing today . After analizing my problems carefully to identify in
detail key factors to obtain possible resuls. The biggest obstacle is that I have financial
problems because of the recession that we had in 2008. It is very hard for me to be able to
get back on my feet again. In my business the sales went down and was impossible
to survive with those profits .Also my divorce was hard because I had to paid a big amount
of money . Futhermore I have two sons that I need to help economically because they have
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needs. The way that I overcame this was by applying for financial aid .
English , and my future looks very bright ,and believe that I will be able to overcome my
obstacles successfully. My future looks very good , with a nice family which, I love very
much to spend the rest of my life with .Iam not perfect but in the end I think that I will
resolve all the obstacles that I encounter in my journey , and I will be traveling without any
obstruction in the way of my happiness.My father told me that the reward in overcoming
obstacles whether real or perceived is always far greater than giving up or succumbing.
I believe that like the great philosopher Socrates said long time ago Life is a race against
time.I dont have enough time to learn all the things I want ,but I want to leave a big mark
Finally, I know that my writing needs practice, but now I am more confident.
essays which is very important .In conclusion I had a very nice journey in my English
because everything was about the experience that I had , loving every minute of it. The goal
of course its important, but if I dont love all that I do there will be no meaning what so
ever. I guess that my experience it is very similar to Amy Tan in her articleMotherTongue.
Because my English was very limited . Also the teachings by Carol Deweck help me develop
In conclusion , my journey was a very positive one that I enjoyed very much , and
it had a profound effect on myself . I dont know how many more years I need to travel ,to
achieve my goals , but what Iam really certain is that my English language history was a
Works Cited
Goldberg, Natalie .(Writing Down the Bones ). Amy Tan , Mother Tonge (Guidelines).