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Dear Adam,
Hi! Remember me? (Just a joke!) I (write, not) ____ haven’t written ___ (1) to you for
at least six months, but that's not long enough for you to forget me! I
think about writing to you often, but I (be, not) __________ (2) a good correspondent for the last few
months. You (hear, not) __________
(3) from me for such a long time because I (be) __________ (4) really busy. For the last few months, I (work) __________ (5) full-time at a
shoe store and (go) __________
(6) to school at the local community college to study business and
computers. When I (wire) __________
(7) to you six months ago-last April, I think-I (go) __________ (8) to the university full-time and (study) __________ (9) anthropology.
A lot of things (happen) __________
(10) since then.
At the end of the spring semester last June, my
grades (be) __________ (11)
terrible. As a result, I (lose)
__________ (12) my scholarship and my parents' support. I really (mess) __________ (13) up when I
(get) __________ (14) those bad grades. When I (show) __________ (15) my grade report to my parents, they (refuse) __________ (16) to help me
with my living expenses at school anymore. They (feel) __________ (17) that I was wasting my time and their
money, so they (tell) __________
(18) me to get a job. So last June I (start)
__________ (19) working at a shoe store: Imperial Shoes at Southcenter
Mall. I (work) __________ (20) there
ever since.
It (be,
not) __________ (21) a bad job, but it (be, not) __________ (22) wonderful either. Every day, I (fetch) __________ (23) shoes from
the back room for people to try on, boxes and boxes of shoes, all day long.
I (meet) __________ (24) some
pretty weird people since I (start)
__________ (25) this job. A couple of weeks ago, a middle-aged man (come) __________ (26) into the store.
He (want) __________ (27) to try
on some black leather loafers. I (bring)
__________ (28) the loafers, and he (put)
__________ (29) them on. While he (walk)
__________ (30) around to see if they fit okay, he (pull) __________ (31) from his pocket a little white mouse with
pink eyes and (start) __________ (32) talking to it. He (look) __________ (33) right at the mouse and (say) __________ (34), “George, (you, like) __________ (35) this pair
of shoes?” When the mouse (twitch)
__________ (36) its nose, the man (say)
__________ (37),”Yes, so do I.” Then he (turn) __________ (38) to me and (say) __________ (39),”We'll take them.” Can you believe that!?
Most of the people I meet are nice-and normal.
My favorite customers (be)
__________ (40) people who (know)
__________ (41) what they want when they (enter) __________ (42) the store. They (come) __________ (43) in, (point)
at __________ (44) at one pair of shoes, politely (tell) __________ (45) me their size, (try) __________ (46) the shoes on, and then (buy) __________ (47) them, just like
that. They (agonize, not) __________
(48) for a long time over which pair to buy.
I (learn)
__________ (49) one important thing from working at the shoe store: I (want, not) __________ (50) to sell
shoes as a career. I (need) __________
(51) a good education that (prepare)
__________ (52) me for a job that I can enjoy for the rest of my life. And
even though I love studying anthropology, I (decide) __________ (53) that a degree in business and computers
will provide the best career opportunities.
Now 1(work)
__________ (54) part-time at the shoe store and (go) __________ (55) to school at the same time. I (want, always) __________ (56) to be
completely independent and self-reliant, and now I (be) __________ (57). 1 (have) __________ (58) to pay every
penny of my tuition and living expenses now. Ever since I (lose) __________ (59) my scholarship
and (make) __________ (60) my
parents mad, I (be) __________
(61) completely on my own. I'm glad to report that my grades at present (be) __________ (62) excellent, and
right now I (enjoy, really) __________
(63) my work with computers. In the future, I (continue) __________ (64) to take courses in anthropology
whenever I can fit them into my schedule, and I (study) __________ (65) Anthropology on my own for the rest of
my life, but.1 (pursue) __________
(66) a career in business. Maybe there is some way I can combine
anthropology, business, and computers. Who knows?
There. I (tell)
__________ (67) you everything I can think of that is at all important in
my life at the moment. I think I (grow)
__________ (68) up lot during the last six months. I (understand) __________ (69) that my education is important.
Losing my scholarship (make) __________
(70) my life more difficult, but I (believe)
__________ (71) that I (take, finally)
__________ (72) charge of my life. It's a good feeling.
Please write. I'd love to hear from you.
Jessica
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