#15 Concession & objection

November, 14 2009

Dear mum and dad,



The first question I want to ask you is “How are you doing?” I hope you always will be healthy to face with your busy work. I think you will be surprised when you receive this letter. Because this is the first time I write sentences to you since I came to America. We just only have conversation by telephone because nobody has time for lettering. The last time we talked about changing my major. Mum and Dad ignored changing phamarcy major to business major. Now I write hopefully these words to explain something to you.


I always understand you have been proud of me who was able to join the Medical university. In addtion, you spent a lot of money for my future to continue studying phamarcy major in the U.S. However, this time I let you feel hopless because I made decision to learn business major. When i came here, I discovered that wanting to study phamarcy in America is not easy to study. First of all I have to pass 550 IPT TOEFL scores and GMAT to learn phamarcy, but English is not my mother language because I have studied English in the U.S. for 2 years. I did not pass IPT. In the other hands, I passed 500 PPT TOEFL scores, and be able to step into university to study business major. In addition, I am 26 years old now. If I learn pharmacy in America, I have to take 8 years for studying while it take me 4 years for business. Thus the pharmacy tuation and fees are 40,000 dollar every year, but the business tuation and fees are 21,000 dollar every year. Pharmacy tuation and fees are 2 times business.

You worry our relatives and friends will laugh at our faces because when I come back our country, I just get business certificate, and it is not easy for me to find job. I think you feel sad about this. However, every major is their tools to step into social war (competition in life). I thought carefully before choosing this major. Thus, Viet Nam is the developing country. Many allien companies came and invested it. They always need people to help them develop this market. They request their labor have to have a good background knowlege to earn a lot of interests for them. With this major I can easy to find job in our country. In American society they do not care what people around them think about them. Because every one has self-life. They can do everything that they want to do. For example, when American children can choose any major they want to learn because they have to take care of themselvies when they are enough 18 years old. Similarly, nobody pays any money for me except you. You need to feel comfortable. Forgetting the thinkings from our relatives and friends.

Finally, I hope you trust and help me to finish my major. Because I made a good decision for my life. I will get succesful education to join the social war. Once time, I just want to say one sentence to you " Good healthy and happy to you."

#13 Summarize

John M. Glionna (November 11, 2009). Indonesia teen who amputated his leg recalls earthquake ordeal. Los Angeles Times. From http://www.latimes.com

Recalling the earthquake 7.6 magnitude in Indonesia by the sad story of a right-broken- leg boy. He was studied with sixth-grade education, unable to find job in the West Java village of 15000 people. Ralam left home, and took a construction job in the Sumatran city of Padang. On the evening of Septemper 30, he was living with 18 workers on the seventh floor, and ran for the stairway of the unfinished building because the building was shaken by earthquake that killed more than 1000 people and destroyed city. He didn't escape from this building because a wall crashed down on him. He made decision to escape by begging his wokers around him cut his right leg. One of them is a 18-year-old boy Raman accepted his words and cut his leg. After that Ralam was brought to hospital, and came over the dangerous operation.