LETTER
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00000000: 34 20 4F 63 74 20 38 36 9B 44 65 61 72 65 73 74 |4 Oct 86.Dearest| 00000010: 20 4D 61 6D 61 2C 9B 20 20 20 20 20 4D 61 2C 20 | Mama,. Ma, | 00000020: 68 6F 77 20 61 72 65 20 79 6F 75 3F 20 48 6F 77 |how are you? How| 00000030: 20 49 20 6D 69 73 73 20 79 6F 75 20 61 6E 64 20 | I miss you and | 00000040: 74 68 65 20 66 61 6D 69 6C 79 2E 20 49 20 6B 6E |the family. I kn| 00000050: 6F 77 20 69 74 20 68 61 73 20 62 65 65 6E 20 61 |ow it has been a| 00000060: 77 68 69 6C 65 20 73 69 6E 63 65 20 49 27 76 65 |while since I've| 00000070: 20 77 72 69 74 74 65 6E 2E 20 46 69 72 73 74 2C | written. First,| 00000080: 20 49 20 77 61 69 74 65 64 20 74 6F 20 73 65 65 | I waited to see| 00000090: 20 77 68 6F 20 77 69 6C 6C 20 73 65 6E 64 20 6D | who will send m| 000000A0: 65 20 61 20 62 69 72 74 68 64 61 79 20 63 61 72 |e a birthday car| 000000B0: 64 2E 20 57 68 65 6E 20 49 20 67 6F 74 20 61 20 |d. When I got a | 000000C0: 63 61 6C 6C 20 66 72 6F 6D 20 65 76 65 72 79 62 |call from everyb| 000000D0: 6F 64 79 2C 20 68 6F 77 65 76 65 72 2C 20 49 20 |ody, however, I | 000000E0: 64 69 64 6E 27 74 20 68 61 76 65 20 61 6E 79 20 |didn't have any | 000000F0: 6D 6F 72 65 20 65 78 63 75 73 65 2E 20 42 75 74 |more excuse. But| 00000100: 20 74 68 65 6E 2C 20 6D 79 20 6D 69 64 74 65 72 | then, my midter| 00000110: 6D 20 65 78 61 6D 73 20 63 61 6D 65 20 77 68 69 |m exams came whi| 00000120: 63 68 20 70 72 65 76 65 6E 74 65 64 20 6D 65 20 |ch prevented me | 00000130: 66 75 72 74 68 65 72 20 66 72 6F 6D 20 77 72 69 |further from wri| 00000140: 74 69 6E 67 20 61 20 6C 65 74 74 65 72 2E 20 41 |ting a letter. A| 00000150: 6E 79 77 61 79 2C 20 65 6E 6F 75 67 68 20 65 78 |nyway, enough ex| 00000160: 63 75 73 65 73 2E 20 54 68 61 74 20 70 68 6F 6E |cuses. That phon| 00000170: 65 20 63 61 6C 6C 20 72 65 61 6C 6C 79 20 6C 69 |e call really li| 00000180: 66 74 65 64 20 75 70 20 6D 79 20 73 70 69 72 69 |fted up my spiri| 00000190: 74 2E 20 49 20 77 61 73 20 61 62 6C 65 20 74 6F |t. I was able to| 000001A0: 20 67 65 74 20 68 69 67 68 20 67 72 61 64 65 73 | get high grades| 000001B0: 20 66 72 6F 6D 20 6D 79 20 65 78 61 6D 73 2E 20 | from my exams. | 000001C0: 49 20 67 6F 74 20 61 20 39 38 20 6F 6E 20 6F 6E |I got a 98 on on| 000001D0: 65 20 74 65 73 74 20 61 6E 64 20 61 20 39 35 20 |e test and a 95 | 000001E0: 6F 6E 20 74 68 65 20 6F 74 68 65 72 2E 20 41 6E |on the other. An| 000001F0: 6F 74 68 65 72 20 74 68 69 6E 67 20 74 68 61 74 |other thing that| 00000200: 20 74 68 61 74 20 70 68 6F 6E 65 20 63 61 6C 6C | that phone call| 00000210: 20 64 69 64 20 66 6F 72 20 6D 65 20 77 61 73 20 | did for me was | 00000220: 6D 69 73 73 20 79 6F 75 20 61 6C 6C 20 65 76 65 |miss you all eve| 00000230: 6E 20 6D 6F 72 65 2E 20 49 20 63 61 6E 27 74 20 |n more. I can't | 00000240: 62 65 6C 69 65 76 65 20 49 27 6C 6C 20 62 65 20 |believe I'll be | 00000250: 68 65 72 65 20 32 20 79 65 61 72 73 20 69 6E 20 |here 2 years in | 00000260: 4E 6F 76 65 6D 62 65 72 2E 20 49 66 20 69 74 20 |November. If it | 00000270: 77 65 72 65 6E 27 74 20 66 6F 72 20 4A 6F 78 2C |weren't for Jox,| 00000280: 20 49 20 77 6F 75 6C 64 27 76 65 20 62 65 65 6E | I would've been| 00000290: 20 62 61 63 6B 20 61 6C 72 65 61 64 79 2E 9B 20 | back already.. | 000002A0: 20 20 20 20 4D 79 20 73 63 68 6F 6F 6C 69 6E 67 | My schooling| 000002B0: 20 69 73 20 72 65 61 6C 6C 79 20 64 6F 69 6E 67 | is really doing| 000002C0: 20 76 65 72 79 20 67 6F 6F 64 2E 20 49 20 6A 75 | very good. I ju| 000002D0: 73 74 20 67 6F 74 20 6D 79 20 41 73 73 6F 63 69 |st got my Associ| 000002E0: 61 74 65 20 6F 66 20 41 72 74 73 20 44 65 67 72 |ate of Arts Degr| 000002F0: 65 65 20 69 6E 20 43 6F 6D 70 75 74 65 72 20 53 |ee in Computer S| 00000300: 74 75 64 69 65 73 20 6C 61 73 74 20 41 75 67 75 |tudies last Augu| 00000310: 73 74 2E 20 49 20 6F 6E 6C 79 20 6E 65 65 64 20 |st. I only need | 00000320: 61 62 6F 75 74 20 31 30 20 6D 6F 72 65 20 63 6C |about 10 more cl| 00000330: 61 73 73 65 73 20 61 6E 64 20 49 20 73 68 6F 75 |asses and I shou| 00000340: 6C 64 20 68 61 76 65 20 6D 79 20 42 61 63 68 65 |ld have my Bache| 00000350: 6C 6F 72 73 20 6F 66 20 53 63 69 65 6E 63 65 20 |lors of Science | 00000360: 44 65 67 72 65 65 2E 20 49 20 73 65 65 6D 20 74 |Degree. I seem t| 00000370: 6F 20 68 61 76 65 20 61 20 73 6D 61 6C 6C 20 70 |o have a small p| 00000380: 72 6F 62 6C 65 6D 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 |roblem with the | 00000390: 72 65 73 74 20 6F 66 20 74 68 65 20 63 6C 61 73 |rest of the clas| 000003A0: 73 65 73 20 49 20 6E 65 65 64 20 74 6F 20 66 69 |ses I need to fi| 000003B0: 6E 69 73 68 2E 20 4C 69 6B 65 20 49 20 6D 65 6E |nish. Like I men| 000003C0: 74 69 6F 6E 65 64 20 62 65 66 6F 72 65 2C 20 74 |tioned before, t| 000003D0: 68 65 20 63 6C 61 73 73 65 73 20 49 20 6E 65 65 |he classes I nee| 000003E0: 64 20 61 72 65 20 6E 6F 74 20 62 65 69 6E 67 20 |d are not being | 000003F0: 6F 66 66 65 72 65 64 20 61 6E 79 6D 6F 72 65 20 |offered anymore | 00000400: 61 74 20 6D 79 20 73 63 68 6F 6F 6C 20 62 65 63 |at my school bec| 00000410: 61 75 73 65 20 6F 66 20 6C 61 63 6B 20 6F 66 20 |ause of lack of | 00000420: 73 74 75 64 65 6E 74 73 2E 20 54 68 61 74 20 6D |students. That m| 00000430: 65 61 6E 73 20 49 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 6F 20 73 |eans I have to s| 00000440: 74 6F 70 20 61 6E 64 20 77 61 69 74 20 75 6E 74 |top and wait unt| 00000450: 69 6C 20 73 75 63 68 20 61 20 74 69 6D 65 20 74 |il such a time t| 00000460: 68 61 74 20 61 20 63 6C 61 73 73 20 49 20 63 61 |hat a class I ca| 00000470: 6E 20 74 61 6B 65 20 77 69 6C 6C 20 62 65 20 6F |n take will be o| 00000480: 66 66 65 72 65 64 20 61 67 61 69 6E 2E 20 41 6E |ffered again. An| 00000490: 64 20 77 68 6F 20 6B 6E 6F 77 73 20 68 6F 77 20 |d who knows how | 000004A0: 6C 6F 6E 67 20 49 20 77 6F 75 6C 64 20 68 61 76 |long I would hav| 000004B0: 65 20 74 6F 20 73 69 74 20 69 64 6C 65 2E 20 4D |e to sit idle. M| 000004C0: 79 20 65 64 75 63 61 74 69 6F 6E 61 6C 20 62 65 |y educational be| 000004D0: 6E 65 66 69 74 73 20 77 69 6C 6C 20 65 78 70 69 |nefits will expi| 000004E0: 72 65 20 6F 6E 20 44 65 63 20 38 39 20 61 6E 64 |re on Dec 89 and| 000004F0: 20 61 6C 74 68 6F 75 67 68 20 74 68 61 74 20 73 | although that s| 00000500: 65 65 6D 73 20 61 20 6C 6F 6E 67 20 74 69 6D 65 |eems a long time| 00000510: 20 79 65 74 2C 20 69 74 27 73 20 6E 6F 74 20 6C | yet, it's not l| 00000520: 6F 6E 67 20 65 6E 6F 75 67 68 20 74 6F 20 67 65 |ong enough to ge| 00000530: 74 20 6D 79 20 4D 61 73 74 65 72 73 20 44 65 67 |t my Masters Deg| 00000540: 72 65 65 2E 20 53 6F 2C 20 77 68 61 74 20 77 65 |ree. So, what we| 00000550: 27 76 65 20 70 6C 61 6E 6E 65 64 20 74 6F 20 64 |'ve planned to d| 00000560: 6F 20 69 73 20 66 6F 72 20 6D 65 20 74 6F 20 67 |o is for me to g| 00000570: 6F 20 62 61 63 6B 20 61 6E 64 20 66 69 6E 69 73 |o back and finis| 00000580: 68 20 6D 79 20 73 74 75 64 69 65 73 2E 20 49 20 |h my studies. I | 00000590: 77 6F 75 6C 64 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 6F 20 73 65 |would have to se| 000005A0: 65 20 68 6F 77 20 6C 6F 6E 67 20 69 74 20 77 69 |e how long it wi| 000005B0: 6C 6C 20 74 61 6B 65 20 74 6F 20 66 69 6E 69 73 |ll take to finis| 000005C0: 68 20 6D 79 20 73 74 75 64 69 65 73 20 77 68 65 |h my studies whe| 000005D0: 6E 20 49 20 67 65 74 20 74 68 65 72 65 2E 20 49 |n I get there. I| 000005E0: 66 20 69 74 20 77 69 6C 6C 20 74 61 6B 65 20 6D |f it will take m| 000005F0: 6F 72 65 20 74 68 61 6E 20 61 20 79 65 61 72 2C |ore than a year,| 00000600: 20 52 69 61 20 77 69 6C 6C 20 66 6F 6C 6C 6F 77 | Ria will follow| 00000610: 2E 20 49 66 20 69 74 20 77 69 6C 6C 20 74 61 6B |. If it will tak| 00000620: 65 20 6C 65 73 73 20 74 68 61 6E 20 61 20 79 65 |e less than a ye| 00000630: 61 72 2C 20 52 69 61 20 77 69 6C 6C 20 6A 75 73 |ar, Ria will jus| 00000640: 74 20 73 74 61 79 20 69 6E 20 48 6F 6C 6C 61 6E |t stay in Hollan| 00000650: 64 20 75 6E 74 69 6C 20 49 20 66 69 6E 69 73 68 |d until I finish| 00000660: 20 74 68 65 6E 20 49 20 77 6F 75 6C 64 20 63 6F | then I would co| 00000670: 6D 65 20 62 61 63 6B 20 68 65 72 65 2E 20 4F 66 |me back here. Of| 00000680: 20 63 6F 75 72 73 65 20 4D 61 2C 20 74 68 69 73 | course Ma, this| 00000690: 20 70 6C 61 6E 20 63 61 6E 20 61 6C 77 61 79 73 | plan can always| 000006A0: 20 63 68 61 6E 67 65 2E 20 49 66 20 66 6F 72 20 | change. If for | 000006B0: 65 78 61 6D 70 6C 65 2C 20 49 20 66 69 6E 64 20 |example, I find | 000006C0: 61 20 67 6F 6F 64 20 6A 6F 62 20 68 65 72 65 2C |a good job here,| 000006D0: 20 49 20 77 6F 75 6C 64 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 6F | I would have to| 000006E0: 20 74 68 69 6E 6B 20 74 68 65 20 70 6C 61 6E 20 | think the plan | 000006F0: 6F 76 65 72 20 61 67 61 69 6E 2E 20 41 73 20 66 |over again. As f| 00000700: 61 72 20 61 73 20 49 27 6D 20 63 6F 6E 63 65 72 |ar as I'm concer| 00000710: 6E 65 64 2C 20 49 20 77 61 6E 74 20 74 6F 20 67 |ned, I want to g| 00000720: 6F 20 62 61 63 6B 20 74 6F 20 43 61 6C 69 66 6F |o back to Califo| 00000730: 72 6E 69 61 20 61 6E 64 20 66 69 6E 69 73 68 20 |rnia and finish | 00000740: 6D 79 20 73 74 75 64 69 65 73 20 77 69 74 68 20 |my studies with | 00000750: 74 68 65 20 68 6F 70 65 20 6F 66 20 6C 61 6E 64 |the hope of land| 00000760: 69 6E 67 20 61 20 62 65 74 74 65 72 20 6A 6F 62 |ing a better job| 00000770: 20 74 68 65 72 65 2E 20 52 69 61 20 69 73 20 6D | there. Ria is m| 00000780: 79 20 6F 6E 6C 79 20 70 72 6F 62 6C 65 6D 2E 20 |y only problem. | 00000790: 53 68 65 27 73 20 64 65 74 65 72 6D 69 6E 65 64 |She's determined| 000007A0: 20 6E 6F 74 20 74 6F 20 6C 65 61 76 65 20 68 65 | not to leave he| 000007B0: 72 65 2E 20 53 6F 20 66 61 72 20 74 68 6F 75 67 |re. So far thoug| 000007C0: 68 2C 20 49 27 76 65 20 63 6F 6E 76 69 6E 63 65 |h, I've convince| 000007D0: 64 20 68 65 72 20 6F 66 20 74 68 69 73 20 70 6C |d her of this pl| 000007E0: 61 6E 20 61 6E 64 20 69 74 73 20 62 65 6E 65 66 |an and its benef| 000007F0: 69 74 73 20 66 6F 72 20 6F 75 72 20 66 75 74 75 |its for our futu| 00000800: 72 65 2E 20 49 66 20 74 68 65 20 70 6C 61 6E 20 |re. If the plan | 00000810: 67 6F 65 73 20 77 65 6C 6C 2C 20 49 20 73 68 6F |goes well, I sho| 00000820: 75 6C 64 20 62 65 20 68 6F 6D 65 20 69 6E 20 4D |uld be home in M| 00000830: 61 72 63 68 2E 9B 20 20 20 20 20 49 27 6D 20 73 |arch.. I'm s| 00000840: 74 69 6C 6C 20 67 6F 69 6E 67 20 74 6F 20 74 68 |till going to th| 00000850: 69 73 20 6F 6E 65 20 63 6C 61 73 73 20 69 6E 20 |is one class in | 00000860: 61 20 73 75 62 75 72 62 20 6F 66 20 6F 75 72 20 |a suburb of our | 00000870: 63 69 74 79 20 74 6F 20 6C 65 61 72 6E 20 44 75 |city to learn Du| 00000880: 74 63 68 2E 20 49 27 6D 20 69 6E 20 61 20 64 69 |tch. I'm in a di| 00000890: 66 66 65 72 65 6E 74 20 67 72 6F 75 70 20 28 74 |fferent group (t| 000008A0: 68 65 20 6D 6F 73 74 20 61 64 76 61 6E 63 65 64 |he most advanced| 000008B0: 20 69 6E 20 74 68 65 20 73 63 68 6F 6F 6C 29 20 | in the school) | 000008C0: 6E 6F 77 20 74 68 61 6E 20 6C 61 73 74 20 74 69 |now than last ti| 000008D0: 6D 65 2E 20 49 6E 20 74 68 69 73 20 67 72 6F 75 |me. In this grou| 000008E0: 70 2C 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 61 72 65 20 31 31 20 |p, there are 11 | 000008F0: 6F 66 20 75 73 2E 20 54 68 65 72 65 20 61 72 65 |of us. There are| 00000900: 20 34 20 66 72 6F 6D 20 45 6E 67 6C 61 6E 64 2C | 4 from England,| 00000910: 20 31 20 66 72 6F 6D 20 49 6E 64 69 61 2C 20 31 | 1 from India, 1| 00000920: 20 66 72 6F 6D 20 50 6F 6C 61 6E 64 2C 20 31 20 | from Poland, 1 | 00000930: 66 72 6F 6D 20 53 75 72 69 6E 61 6D 2C 20 31 20 |from Surinam, 1 | 00000940: 66 72 6F 6D 20 41 72 75 62 61 2C 20 31 20 66 72 |from Aruba, 1 fr| 00000950: 6F 6D 20 41 6E 74 69 6C 6C 65 73 2C 20 61 6E 64 |om Antilles, and| 00000960: 20 31 20 66 72 6F 6D 20 47 65 72 6D 61 6E 79 2E | 1 from Germany.| 00000970: 20 53 6F 75 6E 64 73 20 6C 69 6B 65 20 74 68 65 | Sounds like the| 00000980: 20 55 6E 69 74 65 64 20 4E 61 74 69 6F 6E 73 2C | United Nations,| 00000990: 20 68 75 68 3F 20 41 6E 64 20 74 68 65 79 27 72 | huh? And they'r| 000009A0: 65 20 61 6C 6C 20 77 6F 6D 65 6E 20 77 68 6F 73 |e all women whos| 000009B0: 65 20 62 65 65 6E 20 68 65 72 65 20 69 6E 20 48 |e been here in H| 000009C0: 6F 6C 6C 61 6E 64 20 72 61 6E 67 69 6E 67 20 66 |olland ranging f| 000009D0: 72 6F 6D 20 34 20 79 65 61 72 73 20 74 6F 20 38 |rom 4 years to 8| 000009E0: 20 79 65 61 72 73 2E 20 49 6E 20 61 20 77 61 79 | years. In a way| 000009F0: 2C 20 49 20 73 68 6F 75 6C 64 20 6C 69 6B 65 20 |, I should like | 00000A00: 69 74 20 62 75 74 20 49 20 64 6F 6E 27 74 2E 20 |it but I don't. | 00000A10: 54 68 65 73 65 20 77 6F 6D 65 6E 20 61 72 65 20 |These women are | 00000A20: 74 72 79 69 6E 67 20 74 6F 20 70 72 6F 76 65 20 |trying to prove | 00000A30: 74 6F 20 65 61 63 68 20 6F 74 68 65 72 20 74 68 |to each other th| 00000A40: 61 74 20 74 68 65 79 27 72 65 20 62 65 74 74 65 |at they're bette| 00000A50: 72 20 74 68 61 6E 20 74 68 65 20 6F 74 68 65 72 |r than the other| 00000A60: 20 77 6F 6D 65 6E 20 69 6E 20 63 6C 61 73 73 2E | women in class.| 00000A70: 20 49 74 20 68 75 72 74 73 20 73 74 75 64 65 6E | It hurts studen| 00000A80: 74 73 20 6C 69 6B 65 20 6D 65 20 62 65 63 61 75 |ts like me becau| 00000A90: 73 65 20 74 68 65 20 74 65 61 63 68 65 72 2C 20 |se the teacher, | 00000AA0: 74 68 69 6E 6B 69 6E 67 20 74 68 65 20 63 6C 61 |thinking the cla| 00000AB0: 73 73 20 6B 6E 6F 77 73 20 61 6C 6F 74 20 61 6C |ss knows alot al| 00000AC0: 72 65 61 64 79 2C 20 73 6B 69 70 73 20 73 6F 6D |ready, skips som| 00000AD0: 65 20 6D 61 74 65 72 69 61 6C 73 20 74 68 61 74 |e materials that| 00000AE0: 20 49 20 74 68 69 6E 6B 20 77 65 20 73 68 6F 75 | I think we shou| 00000AF0: 6C 64 20 62 65 20 63 6F 76 65 72 69 6E 67 2E 20 |ld be covering. | 00000B00: 4F 68 20 77 65 6C 6C 2C 20 63 61 6E 27 74 20 67 |Oh well, can't g| 00000B10: 72 69 70 65 20 74 6F 6F 20 6D 75 63 68 2E 20 54 |ripe too much. T| 00000B20: 68 65 20 66 65 65 20 69 73 20 6F 6E 6C 79 20 37 |he fee is only 7| 00000B30: 20 67 75 69 6C 64 65 72 73 20 61 20 6D 6F 6E 74 | guilders a mont| 00000B40: 68 20 28 61 62 6F 75 74 20 24 32 2E 32 35 29 2E |h (about $2.25).| 00000B50: 20 54 68 69 73 20 73 63 68 6F 6F 6C 20 69 73 20 | This school is | 00000B60: 6F 6E 6C 79 20 66 6F 72 20 70 65 6F 70 6C 65 20 |only for people | 00000B70: 74 68 61 74 20 6C 69 76 65 73 20 69 6E 20 74 68 |that lives in th| 00000B80: 61 74 20 63 69 74 79 2C 20 68 6F 77 65 76 65 72 |at city, however| 00000B90: 2E 20 41 6E 64 20 73 69 6E 63 65 20 49 20 6C 69 |. And since I li| 00000BA0: 76 65 20 69 6E 20 61 6E 6F 74 68 65 72 20 63 69 |ve in another ci| 00000BB0: 74 79 2C 20 49 27 6D 20 6E 6F 74 20 73 75 70 70 |ty, I'm not supp| 00000BC0: 6F 73 65 20 74 6F 20 62 65 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 |ose to be there | 00000BD0: 61 74 20 61 6C 6C 2E 20 49 20 68 61 64 20 6A 75 |at all. I had ju| 00000BE0: 73 74 20 61 73 6B 65 64 20 6F 6E 65 20 6F 66 20 |st asked one of | 00000BF0: 74 68 65 20 74 65 61 63 68 65 72 73 20 6C 61 73 |the teachers las| 00000C00: 74 20 79 65 61 72 20 69 66 20 74 68 65 20 72 75 |t year if the ru| 00000C10: 6C 65 73 20 63 61 6E 20 62 65 20 62 72 6F 6B 65 |les can be broke| 00000C20: 6E 20 61 6E 64 20 68 65 20 73 61 69 64 20 6D 61 |n and he said ma| 00000C30: 79 62 65 2E 20 41 20 77 65 65 6B 20 6C 61 74 65 |ybe. A week late| 00000C40: 72 2C 20 68 65 20 63 61 6C 6C 65 64 20 6D 65 20 |r, he called me | 00000C50: 61 6E 64 20 74 6F 6C 64 20 6D 65 20 74 6F 20 63 |and told me to c| 00000C60: 6F 6D 65 20 69 6E 2E 20 49 6E 20 66 61 63 74 2C |ome in. In fact,| 00000C70: 20 49 20 68 61 76 65 6E 27 74 20 70 61 69 64 20 | I haven't paid | 00000C80: 73 69 6E 63 65 20 49 20 73 74 61 72 74 65 64 20 |since I started | 00000C90: 6C 61 73 74 20 79 65 61 72 20 69 6E 20 4F 63 74 |last year in Oct| 00000CA0: 6F 62 65 72 2E 20 4A 75 73 74 20 62 65 66 6F 72 |ober. Just befor| 00000CB0: 65 20 6F 75 72 20 73 75 6D 6D 65 72 20 76 61 63 |e our summer vac| 00000CC0: 61 74 69 6F 6E 2C 20 49 20 77 65 6E 74 20 75 70 |ation, I went up| 00000CD0: 20 74 6F 20 6D 79 20 74 65 61 63 68 65 72 20 61 | to my teacher a| 00000CE0: 6E 64 20 74 6F 6C 64 20 68 65 72 20 74 68 61 74 |nd told her that| 00000CF0: 20 49 20 68 61 76 65 6E 27 74 20 70 61 69 64 20 | I haven't paid | 00000D00: 79 65 74 2C 20 73 68 65 20 73 61 69 64 20 73 68 |yet, she said sh| 00000D10: 65 20 73 65 6E 64 73 20 74 68 65 20 6E 61 6D 65 |e sends the name| 00000D20: 73 20 6F 66 20 74 68 65 20 73 74 75 64 65 6E 74 |s of the student| 00000D30: 73 20 74 6F 20 74 68 65 20 63 69 74 79 20 68 61 |s to the city ha| 00000D40: 6C 6C 20 6F 6E 63 65 20 61 20 6D 6F 6E 74 68 20 |ll once a month | 00000D50: 61 6E 64 20 74 68 65 79 20 64 6F 20 74 68 65 20 |and they do the | 00000D60: 62 69 6C 6C 69 6E 67 2E 20 41 6E 64 20 69 66 20 |billing. And if | 00000D70: 49 20 68 61 76 65 6E 27 74 20 67 6F 74 74 65 6E |I haven't gotten| 00000D80: 20 61 20 62 69 6C 6C 20 79 65 74 2C 20 64 6F 6E | a bill yet, don| 00000D90: 27 74 20 77 6F 72 72 79 20 61 62 6F 75 74 20 69 |'t worry about i| 00000DA0: 74 2E 20 49 74 27 73 20 74 68 65 20 63 69 74 79 |t. It's the city| 00000DB0: 20 68 61 6C 6C 27 73 20 66 61 75 6C 74 2E 20 45 | hall's fault. E| 00000DC0: 6E 6F 75 67 68 20 73 63 68 6F 6F 6C 20 6E 65 77 |nough school new| 00000DD0: 73 2E 20 49 27 6D 20 73 75 72 65 20 79 6F 75 20 |s. I'm sure you | 00000DE0: 77 6F 75 6C 64 20 6C 69 6B 65 20 74 6F 20 68 65 |would like to he| 00000DF0: 61 72 20 61 62 6F 75 74 20 4A 6F 78 20 61 6E 64 |ar about Jox and| 00000E00: 20 52 69 61 2E 9B 20 20 20 20 20 9B | Ria.. . |
4 OCT 86.DEAREST MAMA,. MA, HOW ARE YOU? HOW I MISS YOU AND THE FAMILY. I KN OW IT HAS BEEN AWHILE SINCE I'VE WRITTEN . FIRST, I WAITED TO SEE WHO WILL SEND M E A BIRTHDAY CARD. WHEN I GOT A CALL FRO M EVERYBODY, HOWEVER, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY MORE EXCUSE. BUT THEN, MY MIDTERM EXAMS CAME WHICH PREVENTED ME FURTHER FROM WRI TING A LETTER. ANYWAY, ENOUGH EXCUSES. T HAT PHONE CALL REALLY LIFTED UP MY SPIRI T. I WAS ABLE TO GET HIGH GRADES FROM MY EXAMS. I GOT A 98 ON ONE TEST AND A 95 ON THE OTHER. ANOTHER THING THAT THAT PH ONE CALL DID FOR ME WAS MISS YOU ALL EVE N MORE. I CAN'T BELIEVE I'LL BE HERE 2 Y EARS IN NOVEMBER. IF IT WEREN'T FOR JOX, I WOULD'VE BEEN BACK ALREADY.. MY S CHOOLING IS REALLY DOING VERY GOOD. I JU ST GOT MY ASSOCIATE OF ARTS DEGREE IN CO MPUTER STUDIES LAST AUGUST. I ONLY NEED ABOUT 10 MORE CLASSES AND I SHOULD HAVE MY BACHELORS OF SCIENCE DEGREE. I SEEM T O HAVE A SMALL PROBLEM WITH THE REST OF THE CLASSES I NEED TO FINISH. LIKE I MEN TIONED BEFORE, THE CLASSES I NEED ARE NO T BEING OFFERED ANYMORE AT MY SCHOOL BEC AUSE OF LACK OF STUDENTS. THAT MEANS I H AVE TO STOP AND WAIT UNTIL SUCH A TIME T HAT A CLASS I CAN TAKE WILL BE OFFERED A GAIN. AND WHO KNOWS HOW LONG I WOULD HAV E TO SIT IDLE. MY EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS W ILL EXPIRE ON DEC 89 AND ALTHOUGH THAT S EEMS A LONG TIME YET, IT'S NOT LONG ENOU GH TO GET MY MASTERS DEGREE. SO, WHAT WE 'VE PLANNED TO DO IS FOR ME TO GO BACK A ND FINISH MY STUDIES. I WOULD HAVE TO SE E HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO FINISH MY STU DIES WHEN I GET THERE. IF IT WILL TAKE M ORE THAN A YEAR, RIA WILL FOLLOW. IF IT WILL TAKE LESS THAN A YEAR, RIA WILL JUS T STAY IN HOLLAND UNTIL I FINISH THEN I WOULD COME BACK HERE. OF COURSE MA, THIS PLAN CAN ALWAYS CHANGE. IF FOR EXAMPLE, I FIND A GOOD JOB HERE, I WOULD HAVE TO THINK THE PLAN OVER AGAIN. AS FAR AS I' M CONCERNED, I WANT TO GO BACK TO CALIFO RNIA AND FINISH MY STUDIES WITH THE HOPE OF LANDING A BETTER JOB THERE. RIA IS M Y ONLY PROBLEM. SHE'S DETERMINED NOT TO LEAVE HERE. SO FAR THOUGH, I'VE CONVINCE D HER OF THIS PLAN AND ITS BENEFITS FOR OUR FUTURE. IF THE PLAN GOES WELL, I SHO ULD BE HOME IN MARCH.. I'M STILL GOI NG TO THIS ONE CLASS IN A SUBURB OF OUR CITY TO LEARN DUTCH. I'M IN A DIFFERENT GROUP (THE MOST ADVANCED IN THE SCHOOL) NOW THAN LAST TIME. IN THIS GROUP, THERE ARE 11 OF US. THERE ARE 4 FROM ENGLAND, 1 FROM INDIA, 1 FROM POLAND, 1 FROM SUR INAM, 1 FROM ARUBA, 1 FROM ANTILLES, AND 1 FROM GERMANY. SOUNDS LIKE THE UNITED NATIONS, HUH? AND THEY'RE ALL WOMEN WHOS E BEEN HERE IN HOLLAND RANGING FROM 4 YE ARS TO 8 YEARS. IN A WAY, I SHOULD LIKE IT BUT I DON'T. THESE WOMEN ARE TRYING T O PROVE TO EACH OTHER THAT THEY'RE BETTE R THAN THE OTHER WOMEN IN CLASS. IT HURT S STUDENTS LIKE ME BECAUSE THE TEACHER, THINKING THE CLASS KNOWS ALOT ALREADY, S KIPS SOME MATERIALS THAT I THINK WE SHOU LD BE COVERING. OH WELL, CAN'T GRIPE TOO MUCH. THE FEE IS ONLY 7 GUILDERS A MONT H (ABOUT $2.25). THIS SCHOOL IS ONLY FOR PEOPLE THAT LIVES IN THAT CITY, HOWEVER . AND SINCE I LIVE IN ANOTHER CITY, I'M NOT SUPPOSE TO BE THERE AT ALL. I HAD JU ST ASKED ONE OF THE TEACHERS LAST YEAR I F THE RULES CAN BE BROKEN AND HE SAID MA YBE. A WEEK LATER, HE CALLED ME AND TOLD ME TO COME IN. IN FACT, I HAVEN'T PAID SINCE I STARTED LAST YEAR IN OCTOBER. JU ST BEFORE OUR SUMMER VACATION, I WENT UP TO MY TEACHER AND TOLD HER THAT I HAVEN 'T PAID YET, SHE SAID SHE SENDS THE NAME S OF THE STUDENTS TO THE CITY HALL ONCE A MONTH AND THEY DO THE BILLING. AND IF I HAVEN'T GOTTEN A BILL YET, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. IT'S THE CITY HALL'S FAULT. E NOUGH SCHOOL NEWS. I'M SURE YOU WOULD LI KE TO HEAR ABOUT JOX AND RIA.. .
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