Our last class

Today is class day and since I'm in town, I called all of my students and hastily scheduled a class.
All but one could attend. My Mom went with me and the students really enjoyed meeting her.

Good News -- Angela, from Taiwan, passed her citizenship interview and was told by her examiner that her English was very good. She had already passed the test so now she is right on track for the next swearing-in ceremony. Angela, who is in her 70's, will make a good citizen. This news has excited the others in the class who are anxious to take their test as soon as they satisfy the residency requirements.

My students read from their journals and then we talked a little about death customs and a little about SUV's. Then we adjourned to a local restaurant and enjoyed a delicious lunch together.
What fun! I think those ladies would have stayed all afternoon if Mom and I had been able to stay that long. I especially watching my Spanish speaker chatting with my Farsi speaker. They managed to communicate very well.

Classes will resume in September but I had to promise that we will try to get together once a month during the summer, so that they can practice their conversational English. They weren't ready to quit, and since I've been bouncing back and forth to Austin the past 4-1/2 months, they have really lost several classes.