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JacksonFive's Free "Path2English" Newsletter,
http://www.path2english.com/
Issue: 54                "Following Your Dream"             Dec 2, 2001
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Dear Readers,

  Originally, this issue I was going to talk about my "baby girl".
  However, I just received a very interesting email from a fellow
  JacksonFive member. I would really like to share it with you.

  This email came from a loyal reader in China. She would like to
  share with us some of her recent experiences. I'm sure you will
  enjoy reading it. I know many of you have similar experiences. If
  you have anything similar to share, I would love hearing from you.
  Email me now! I'm always happy to see that our newsletter, in its
  small way, is helping people around the world "follow their dreams".

  I also have a dream. My dream is that our newsletter becomes much
  much more than just a vehicle for learning English. I hope it
  becomes a positive force in this world.

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  How are you? I'm Jane from ShenZhen China, do you still remember
  me?

  Long time not to receive your newsletter, undoubtedly, you are very
  busy and happy, since you are waiting for your new baby's coming and
  are looking after other JacksonFive children, this is an actually
  good news for you, and for all of our JacksonFive members. Wish you
  and your wife have a lovely baby.

  During no your newsletters period, I read all of your past articles
  carefully in my spare time. I am always shocked by your words which
  are so fun and very easy to understand and remember. All the time,
  I can't help forwarding these good articles to my friend and discuss
  with them, or print out read a loud in the morning, even sometimes
  I had to stop for thinking about for a while, from your hard
  working, we can learn not only English skills, but also learn how
  to get along with people, how to struggle for dream. Refer to
  "dream", one of your newsletter (16) questions is "Have you ever
  had to make a similar tough decision? "Have you ever had to
  sacrifice something in pursuit of your dreams?", I'd like to share
  my thinking with you:

  Ten years ago, being a young teacher, I made a tough and stupid
  decision was to gave up teaching. At that time, I just knew the
  outside word is very wonderful, and the opportunity to success is
  much more than in my home town. At my that age, maybe "success"
  simply means money or fame.

  However, after many years later, I found it is so shallow, most of
  us have not the same feeling like yours, such as: "Put something
  back into the society we live in", "Help others grow and in the
  process grow yourself", or "rather than continuing to complain about
  your environment and society, why not do something about it?", this
  is a very high realm for people, it is exactly great, successful
  happiness. I admire you very much.

  On the way to pursuit my dreams, I didn't sacrifice anything but
  lost my dream! In fact, till now I understand that my really dream
  is to be a good teacher who can not only teach students knowledge
  but also teach them how to learn. Regarding this, you are the expert
  in this field, your easy and fun techniques for acquiring life-ling
  English is very worth studying for many teachers all over the world.
  So, after thinking hard, I have a tough decision again ^_^ That is
  I will give up my current career to go on studying English to
  improve Oral, and my best dream is your JacksonFive school will open
  in China so that we can have a chance to enjoy your wonderful
  teaching techniques.

  By the way, ShenZhen is one of the best beautiful, opening city in
  China, more and more foreigners like to live and work in ShenZhen,
  especial in NanTou - SheKou. At here, you can not only enjoy very
  nice weather but also various original, delicious food all over the
  country. she was titled as the international garden city by related
  committee in 2000.

  Welcome to visit China, you will find many wonderful scenes and
  interesting culture which can be seen in Taiwan.

  I am going to pen off here. Thanks for you attention.

                                                Regards!
                                                Jane
  (If you have any comments or encouragements for Jane, please email
   them to me and I will forward them to her.)
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  Whenever I get emails like this from readers, I will post them in
  the "Readers' Comments", http://www.path2english.com/Comments.htm
  Visit this page to hear the voices of other readers present and
  past.

                                               Follow your dream,
                                               JacksonFive

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