Will Stone - CP 9

Yasmina and I met in the lounge. I brought her a copy of the Kudzu Review because at our last meeting she mentioned that she enjoyed reading short stories. I hung out while she flipped through it. She seemed interested in the journal and all the different types of writing styles that it contained. We taled about how her classes were going. She said that she still was';t engaged but that she did keep attending classes. She was however still frustrated with the lack of challenge that her classes still posed. She told me that after our meeting she was going down to the law school to finalize her paperwork and transfer her student visa. The conversation then shifted to what we were going to do on the weekend. She told me that her and some of her friends were going to visit Tampa and St. Pete. She said that her classes were wrapping up soon and she wasn't sure if she was going to enroll in another session, but rather take her TOEFL as soon as possible so that she could actually transfer into the law school. Through all of our conversations, I couldn't help but be in awe of how quickly she had picked up English. In about two months she had gone from picking words out of New Yorker magazine to speaking with remarkable clarity. I told her if she had any further questions about any grammatical problem or if she wanted to have some one to talk to so that she didn't lose her English skills. We talked for a little while more about what she would do after she graduated law school and what I planned on doing after I graduated. After a while of talking about future plans, she informed me that she had to go and meet up with her advisors. I wished her well and we parted ways.