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On Friday the 13th I got an email…

Here I need to say that an awful lot of people don’t like Friday the 13th and some of them superstitiously try to stay at home on this very day. There is a special and hard to pronounce word for this category of people – friggatriskaidekaphobia!

Not me! I love this day because Friday is a holy day for every Muslim and 13 is one of my favorite numbers. And it is exactly this day as I mentioned before, that I got an email. I was thrilled because it was a very important message. I took a deep breath and I could finally open the email.  And yes it happened; I saw the long-awaited message from the University – “Congratulations – you are admitted to Harvard University” OMG !!!! Does anyone understand that people are suffering from friggatriskaidekaphobia?

Okay, lets skip it! It doesn’t really matter. But the point is, and I think everybody knows, that getting into Harvard is a demanding task and it requires tremendous work. I used to work very hard, but I think that there are a lot of ingredients involved in every success story. Aside from some personal characteristics, everyone needs a decent level of English, good essays, helpful advice and some cheerful words during the daunting time of the application process. All of the invaluable and effective assistance I generously received was from my teachers and the personal staff at CELOP.

My teacher this spring semester, Marsha Dean, recently asked us in our Core class – “What is happiness?” I think there are many possible interpretations, and I could say that perhaps happiness is the opportunity to meet good people.

I am happy because I have met a lot of good people at CELOP. My first semester at school was exciting and gave me a lot of experience. I admired my first teachers at CELOP – brilliant Kim Perkins and Imelda Stoffregen. I still remember when Kim told us in class once upon a time – “You’d better practice how to write academic essays at CELOP because it might be too late and more painful at Universities”. Don’t you think that this was very wise advice!?!

Not surprisingly I hit it off with Imelda very quickly because of her natural kindness and patience. She sparked our interest in public speaking, how to start using English with good pronunciation and rich vocabulary.

I could endlessly write about Imelda and Kim, and also about Amelia Onorato, who is the best teacher I have ever known for the IELTS, Judith Di Leo, whose priceless advice helped numerous students at CELOP to get into desirable universities in the United States, Irene Maksymjuk, Shelley Bertolino…..

I know for sure that there are other very strong and brilliant teachers at CELOP. Our teachers from my point of view comprise the Alpha and Omega of the CELOP success story. It is the organization, which attracts people wishing to improve the English language from all corners of our planet. I know it for sure because there are no lucky or unlucky numbers or days. There is only the great art of our teachers giving their students “the pure gold” of their knowledge for everyone from CELOP to take. Don’t miss your lucky chance to learn and experience CELOP.

By Yerkin Tukumov