A summer's reading

Dear Mr. Cattanzara,

20 years ago I was a different person then I am now.  I didn’t finish school, I could barley read, I had no job, I lived at the expense of my sister and father. I was ashamed of myself. Every time I left home I was hoping nobody would see me in this shameful state. 
Today, after 20 years I have become another person. I have made many significant changes in myself, all thanks to you, for making see life in a different light. I studied literature at university, and now I am a literature teacher in a high school. Every year I teach different pupils, and in each first lesson I tell my pupils about my past when I was their age. I make them believe that even if you are at the bottom you can rise
and change.  I live with my lovely wife, Jordan, and we have three wonderful children.
And I hope that if one day one of my pupils would be in the situation that I was, I will be able to change him like you changed me.

My pupils have been waiting to meet you so come and visit us, I miss you.

George.

 
     

mr. know all - a different point of view

I was quite nervous when I went on board. I was worried about how people would treat me, because of the fact that I don't look like a typical English man. I got into my cabin and I started to unpack my suitcases when I noticed the man I shared a cabin with. I could see clearly that he didn't like me, but I was determined to change that so I started to communicate with him in order to get him to like me.  One evening we went to a dinner with a few people we had met on board. After a while I saw that the woman, who was sitting next to me, had a pearls necklace. I know a lot about pearls, so immediately I saw that it was a real pearls necklace and I said it out loud. Her husband Smiled and said that the necklace was fake and those are cultured pearls. We bet on 100$ if it was fake or not but when I saw the woman's face I realized that she probably lied to her husband. I felt sorry for the woman so I gave her husband 100$ note. The next morning I got a letter with the 100$. I was happy when I realized that i had done the right thing.