Practice for Stay in School

Juan: Please, Diego. Tell us what is .
 
Diego: I don’t know what’s going on! That’s the ! In Mexico, it was different. Here, in English, everything is blah, blah, blah. I don’t my teachers. I can’t read the books. With my English, I’ll be in school forever.

Carmen: It’s hard to English. It’s hard to be in a new . It was the same for us.
 
Diego: I just want to help the family. I got a job.
 
Juan: A job!
 
Diego: I could help you pay .
 
Juan: That’s not why you are here in New York. You are here to go to school. That is your job!

Diego: I want to make my mother proud.
 
Carmen: But your mother is of you.
 
Juan: We are all proud of you. But school is very important.
 
Diego: But school is so hard.
 
Juan: Get an . You will have more choices. You can get the job you want. You can go to .

Mr. Shamma: Every young person in New York City has a to free education. Classes are , and is free.
 
Juan: For everyone?
 
Mr. Shamma: For everyone! With papers, without papers.

Diego: What if I can’t do it? Maybe I don’t in school.
 
Mr. Shamma: Yes, you do. If it doesn’t work here, we’ll find another school. There are big schools, small schools, international schools, that have classes at night. You have a lot of .