I Was An American But I Did Not Know It

The Story You Are About To Read Is A True Story Of My Life. I Was Born As An American In A Small Village In Lebanon. That Village Like All Other Villages Of That Time Was Lacking The Facilities We Usually Expect In A House. There Was No Inside Plumbing No Electricity No Running Water No Telephones And No Roads. No I Was Not Born In The 1800S But In 1935. Schools In Lebanon Were Not Conducive To Learning. Corporal Punishment Was Common And I Got My Share Of It. It Was Never Using A Paddle On OneS \Behind\ But A Hard Stick Used On OneS Open Hands. Students Lived In Fear. If You Raised Your Hand And Gave The Wrong Answer You Got Punished; If You Did Not Raise Your Hand You Got Punished For Not Knowing The Answer. I Was Not A Good Student Under That System. Coming To The U.S. In 1948 At Age 13 Was The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me In Spite Of The Obstacles I Faced. I Was A Stranger In A Strange World But I Loved It. I Was Given A Chance To Succeed. I Went Through Junior High High School And College And Became A Teacher In Ten Years. Those Ten Years Included One Year In Mexico To Study And Master Spanish Which Became My LifeS Work As A Teacher. If You Judge By What My Students Say Or Write Then I Was A Very Successful Teacher. Read What Former Students Wrote To Me And That Would Tell You Who I Was Or What I Did. I Have Enjoyed Everything That Has Happened To Me Or That I Have Done Since My Arrival In The United States Of America My Country.