Dear Sidi and Mommy, Thank you for coming to my classroom and sharing your stories. I enjoyed when you (Sidi) talked about becoming a doctor and how you wanted to be one since you were little. It is inspiring how you had your heart set on something and became that thing. You did a good job being a doctor by treating 5,000 some people. I think you (Mommy) were lucky to have Sidi who opened a path for you to have an easier life. I think you really pointed that out and showed how much easier life is for all of us, including you. I think that was a good way to put it. It is cool how many immigrants are in our ancestors. I liked learning a little more about their stories and both of your stories. I learned a lot more about your and other people in our families stories. Love, Laiali Tapper _______________________________________________________________ P.S: I am glad we could reschedule because of the snow day.   February 13, 2017 Dear Hatim and Rhoda, Thank you for coming to our class and telling us your story. I liked the stories you told us. One of them I liked was how you were the first doctor in Palestine. Another story I was interested in was the story about how the part of Palestine you were living in became Israel. I also like how you changed your life story into a book. I want to ask you a few questions. What was your favorite place to go to in America and why? How did feel when you when there were so many doctors in Palestine? Are you thinking about becoming a citizen? From, Alex ______________________________________________________________ Dear Hatim and Rhoda, Thank you for coming in and sharing your stories with us. They were super detailed and full of fun. My favorite parts were: The part where you, Hatim, hid $500 in your tie when you came to America. I also liked the part where you befriended the baby squirrels. Rhoda, I liked the part where you said you had over 100 relatives on your Grandfather’s side. I was just amazed at that! The stories that you shared with us are really cool. I’m glad that you guys came in and shared them with us. I had a lot of fun listening to them. Love, Gia ______________________________________________________________ Dear Hatim and Rhoda,   Thank you for coming and talking about your life story. One of my favorite parts is that everybody wanted to be either Doctor, Engineer or Lawyer, but nobody was that good enough in school to be able to be a Doctor, Engineer or Lawyer. Also it was hard to get a sponsor, and you must have been lucky to get a sponsor, as you said it was. Another one of my favorite parts of your story is that you had to go through so many years of school after twelve grade. You went to Harvard to learn about medicine. Them you went to Wyoming learn about community health. Maybe it wasn’t too long but it might of felt like it. My last favorite thing is that you worked in the oil fields, they were high pay but hard work as you put it. It’s interesting how you both came at a young age. I mean you and Rhoda, and you both came for school. Was it safe working in the oil fields?   Sincerely, Crosby  ]]>