The New Directions in My Life (part 1) All of us are well aware how important it is to have an outline for life with clear goals, but often life doesn't happen according to our plans. Sometimes we face failures, which lead to disappointments or push us to find new opportunities and start directions in life. Although I graduated from the University as an engineer of garment industry, and my diploma allowed me to work as a clothes designer or a sewing manager, I couldn't find any work for a long time in a garment field. This led to my professional live turning out differently, and I had to learn how to do a lot of other operating activities and duties. Thence I believe that only when we face obstacles and experience difficulties, we begin to develop our potential, to evolve our skills and to gain confidence. After my graduation I returned to my hometown, where there were only two factories that produce clothing and a few dozens tailoring studios. I was looking for a work, but factory management couldn't offer me an engineer position since I didn't have any work experience in this field. They offered me only a seamstress position, where I would have to work a few years to get the opportunity to become an engineer. I decided to try to work as a sewer, yet I immediately saw that working conditions were terrible. Sewing shops were very noisy, and regardless of the season it was always very hot and stuffy inside. Also, it was difficult for me to accept the fact that many seamstresses were uneducated, some of them used obscene speech. Ever and anon they smoked and drank at work, and periodically I smelt tobacco and alcohol on a work space. A manager constantly screamed and humiliated employees in order to get them to do their job. In this connection I quit and I tried to get a job in private sewing studios. Several times I was installed a trial period, during which administering always found my work unsatisfactory and said that I wasn't good enough for them. I was very disappointed and felt despair, because I couldn't work neither on factories nor on private establishments, despite the fact I liked and enjoyed creating and sewing clothes. This is then I started to looking for other opportunities. I bought two sewing machines and some necessary tools and I began running my own small business for the production of costumes for dancing and shows. In a college and university I've got mainly theoretical knowledge about clothes creation process.

The failures push the person search the new opportunities and help to start own way of life All of us are well aware of how important it is to have a plan for our life with the clear goals, but often things don't occur as we plan; then failures or lead to disappointment or push the person search the new opportunities, and help to start own way of life.

About our English Class Each new student in our school should now some important things about taking English classes and studying there. First of all, our class instructors are professional experienced teachers from college. Therefore, the studying process perfectly and successively organized. But this is not a “lecture format”, which may be a little bit boring sometimes. In our class we continuously communicate with instructors and have a lot of conversations. We ask questions, if we don’t understand something, and we freely express ours opinions when we discuss some topics. Second, we have different kinds of activities in our class like watching video or listening the lectures, grammar exercises, reading articles and books, vocabulary work, group discussions, independent tasks etc. Also, teachers often give us creative assignments. For instance, to write essay on any particular topic based on our own experience. Third, we have variety of homework assignments every day. For example, one a week we watch at home one of the most popular American TV-show and then discuss the current episode in class. From show we learn a lot of idioms, phrasal verb and new words. As well as this kind of work helps students to learn more about American culture, traditions and everyday life. Also, it’s important to note that our lessons are held in the evening time, so working people may attend them after work. In a conclusion, I would like to say that our English classes are available and useful for those students who want to improve their English language skills.

My favorite place When I was a child I often visited my grandparents house in the village. They lived in a beautiful place near a forest and great lake. At summertime my siblings and me usually swam on a lake. In winter we often skied on the hills. I liked that place because there I had the opportunity to explore the surrounding and nature. It was very exciting for me to meet different animals in the forest. I enjoyed when we gathered buries and fruits in the wood and made a delicious jam. Another reason why I loved that pleasant time, it is because I learned a lot about traditions and customs of my grandparents.

Significant person from my childhood Then somebody ask me about an important person from my childhood, I usually thought about my friend Ksenia. She was living next door and we were studying at the same class at school. Ksenia was kind, patient, generous and wise girl. Also she was very smart and always had the best grades at school. My friend Ksenia appreciated her parents and she helped them at home. She respected teachers and other adult people. I think, Ksenia was significant person for me because she gave me fine examples and lessons. Her behavior had a good influence to me. I liked our friendship because Ksenia inspired me to became a better person and to study well.

The oldest Yoga Teacher At the last meeting we talked about who we admire of famous people and whom we would like to be like. At first I could not remember anyone, but then I remembered a remarkable woman, who called the oldest yoga teacher in a world. She is 96 years old. She is still dance and do yoga. I told about this woman, because I admire of she and I would like to be like her at that age.

We dоn't have war I'm from the city of Dnepropetrovsk. This is the central part of the Ukraine. It has always been quiet in our region. We didn't have war. The difficult situation was only on the East part of the country, on a small territory near the Russian border.

About my vacation. I will go to San Francisco for a month, to spend my vacation there. I'm going to meet with my sister and with my friends.  I will live in a hotel. In a few days my younger sister, who lives in Ecuador, will join me. We want to see the sights of San Francisco, and make a trip along the ocean coast from San Francisco to Los Angeles. My friend invited my sister and I to ride on a yacht.  When my sister will go home I will go to meet my friends from San Jose. They invited me to go skiing in the mountains near Lake Tahoe at the beginning of February.  Last year I went to San Francisco with my husband because he had a business trip for 2 months. The border officer provided us with a 6 months' visa. So we decided to stay for 4 months to travel around Canada and America. We obtained a visa into Canada for 2 months. We visited a few of our friends in different cities of America and Canada. We lived in Montreal and Toronto, San Diego, Las Vegas, Los Angeles.

My next trip I will came to San Francisco for a month, to spend my vacation here, I'm going to meet with my sister and with my friends. I will live in a hotel. In a few days my younger sister, who lives in Ecuador, will join to me. We want to see the sights of San Francisco, and make a trip along the coast of the ocean from San Francisco to Los Angeles. My friend invited me and my sister, ride on a yacht . When my sister would go home, I 'm going to meet with my friends from San Jose. They invited me to do skiing in the mountains near Lake Tahoe at the beginning of February. Last year I arrived to San Francisco with my husband, because he had a business trip for 2 months. The border officer has revealed us a 6 months-visa. So, we decided to stay for 4 months to travel around Canada and America. We have opened a visa to Canada for 2 months. We visited a few of our friends in different cities of America and Canada. We lived in Montreal and Toronto, San Diego, Las Vegas, Los Angeles. We have rent a car and hotel.