Ms. Zent,
Hello, Ms. Zent. My name is Kashif Qureshi, I was a student in your ESL class approximately just over 10 years ago, class of 2002/03 I believe. Shortly after graduating Polk I moved to Canada.
Nonetheless, when I was admitted into your class I was a just a kid with no real understanding of the western world as I had moved from India not to long before being enrolled in your class. However, I remember your class was more than just a class of learning sentence structures and ice parties if your achieved a certain grade on a test (which was by the way every students goal in that class). I recall you teaching us table manners, which I still use today and give you credit for. Your class quickly became the only class I looked forward to on the short bus ride to school; you and Miss Boylen collectively helped me not only just learn English, but get on the football team and get aa exposure to Arts and music.
The reason I am writing you this long overdue email is because, I will be writing Law School entrance exams later this year, and as I was preparing my references and necessary forms, I was asked to write a paper titled “My Self Being”. In the paper I have to portray why I wanted to go to law school and how I have prepared myself for the challenges ahead. At this point I knew how I had prepared myself, but it had occurred to me at that moment that you, Ms. Boylen, and your whole class had taught me to understand the western world. I wouldn’t be here in this place if you and Ms. Boylen equally didn’t put in the effort to teach a small brown boy values, discipline along with English as a second language of course.
I thought I would send you a long overdue email, thanking you and Miss Boylen for work you have done and continue to do. It makes a difference in a kids life and I’m living example of that. I hope all else is well with you and your family, and all is well with Ms. Boylen and family, hopefully in the next coming years when I finally do make a return trip to Dallas we can all meet and catch up.
Thank you,