ESL，what formally should be written as English as a Second Lan-guage．is basically an English course set for foreign students who have troubles with the language using．Like all those new foreigners here，I was asked to take ESL first，too．As a teenager who came to America forthe first time．I had no idea of what an ESL is．I still remember being seriously anxious on the first day before school．
The day I first came there was very unforgettable for me．I very carefully stepped into the room and before that I had been carefully re-minded to be polite．By the time that I was just in the room，I soonfound it all unnecessary and was greatly surprised．Students there were crazily dancing and some of the girls were just making up in front of the teacher when I stood by．The teacher was an old lady who we later called as Ms．T．She looked indeed friendly and it seemed that she was a casual person with the acceptance of fashions that students caught．Later in the class time，she asked students to introduce and I soon knew them．
Students here could be mainly divided into 3 groups by the conti-nents they were from，which were Asia，Africa and Latin America．To-taling up together，we had boys and girls from Korea，Mongolia，China，Congo，Sudan，Mexico and Honduras．They were all extremely passion-ate to the new students．My worry at once disappeared because of their kindness．I considered ESL as one of my families．