Silvana is a student from Peru who will be starting CIES in the fall session. I met her at the International Students Dinner at the close of the Summer II Session, and gave her my number in case she needed any help getting acclimated. It turns out that she did, and I shamelessly (but seamlessly) turned this help into several tutoring sessions.
On August 13th, we met because she needed to get groceries, but the FSU busses weren't running to her apartment. Before we left, I had Silvana make a list of the items she would need from the store. Then, we drove to Publix and located all the items on her list in English. She struggled with some words, but overall showed enthusiasm for trying to speak as much English as she could. She had a very long grocery list, because she does all her cooking (without a car, she lives far from 'eating places'), and it took us a while to find everything. While we shopped, we discussed the state of food in America, and the movements trying to improve it (organics, eating locally grown, etc.).
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