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From YouTube: Tell Arlington's Story 2011 Sampler
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A sampling of the best stories submitted on video from Arlington Virginia's Tell Arlington's Story first year. .
A
B
Name
is
Emma
villain
sanchez
and
I
have
been
in
arlington
for
46
years
when
I
came
from
bolivia
as
an
educator.
I
wanted
to
settle
in
a
place
where
I
would
feel
at
home,
where
I
could
use
my
talents,
such
as
being
bilingual,
and
to
feel
that
I
can
be
in
a
place
where,
on
saturdays
I
can
go
and
buy
my
Bolivian
sultania
or
to
go
to
church
where
I
could
be
in
Spanish
and
now
after
46
years,
Here
I
am
still
in
Arlington
and
I
have
my
mother.
C
Having
grown
up
in
arlington
county,
I
actually
grew
up
in
the
county,
but
we
were
still
segregated.
I
grew
up
under
Jim
Crow,
what
I'm
sure
other
people
that
have
talked
about
the
various
knowledge
and
experiences
and
shared
some
idea
of
that,
but
simply
what
it
was
was
the
separation,
the
segregation
of
the
races
here
now
to
the
county,
and
so
our
school
system
was
segregated,
Parks
and
Recreation
work
was
segregated.
Our
fire.
E
E
G
2003
I
ran
for
office
in
a
primary
Democratic.
Primary
I
won
that
election
for
commissioner
of
revenue
and
won
again
in
a
general
election.
I
didn't
run
as
a
minority
candidate,
because
I
felt
that
very
strongly
that,
as
an
elected
official
I
should
be
representative
for
everyone
who
lives
in
arlington.
But
I
am
proud
of
the
fact
that
I'm,
the
first
and
maybe
the
only
certain
amis
American
in
the
United
States,
who
is
an
elected
official
I.
H
Had
one
student
one
year
at
the
HP
Woodlawn
who
was
not
doing
her
homework,
she
wasn't
doing
well
at
all
so
I
called
her
and
I
talked
with
her
I
said
we
talked
together
and
we
came
up
with
a
plan
to
help
her
do
homework.
I
said
what
you
do.
Each
of
the
students
had
free
blocks
during
your
free
block.
Come
into
my
room,
sit
right
there
and
do
your
homework
then.
So
she
was
doing
that
and
there
she
was
sitting
there
all
alone.
H
No
one
else
was
in
the
room
till
one
of
my
more
advanced
students
came
in
and
said
to
me.
You
know
I'm
hearing
a
lot
about
that.
Rene
Descartes
and
he
said
I.
Think
therefore
I
am.
What
did
he
mean
by
that?
What
was
that?
All
about
so
I
started
to
explain
how
he
wanted
to
look
at
the
world
and
see
something
that
he
really
could
believe
in
absolutely
without
any
any
problem,
and
he
would
say
like
there's
a
tree
there.
Well,
okay,
there's
a
tree
there.
H
It
looks
like
way,
but
maybe
my
sensors
are
deceiving
me.
I.
Think
water
is
good
for
me,
but
I.
Don't
really
know,
oh,
that
there's
all
kinds
of
things
going
around
it
looks
like
things
fall,
do
they
always
fall,
it
seemed
to,
but
I
don't
really
know.
How
do
I
know
something
rock
bottom
solid
and
I
went
through
this
whole
explanation
like
this,
at
which
point
this
kid
over
in
the
corner
looks
up
and
said.
Was
he
from
the
60s.
I
America,
american,
don't
know
what
they
have
spoiled
up
too
much,
but
we
come
from
other
country.
We
appreciate
we
work
hard
very
hard.
What
will
have
now?
I
am
businesswomen
I
used
to
be
business.
I
used
to
have
beauty
shop
in
Potomac,
Maryland
I
come
very,
very
successful
women
single
women
young.
I
J
The
lessons
I've
learned
is
that
I've
got
to
be
very
diligent
about
taking
not
just
taking
care
of
myself
in
terms
of
exercise
and
that's
what
to
watch
my
diet
watch
what
I
eat.
You
can
be
pretty
sure
that
I
will
be
preaching
a
story
of
taking
care
of
your
diet
and
making
sure
that
your
cholesterol,
blood
vessels
and
all
these
things
associated
with
that
in
this
whole
ordeal,
I,
don't
think
I
could
have
made
it
without
my
wife.
K
K
So
it
was,
every
house
was
unique
whether
it
was
gonna,
be
like
two
floors
or
one
floor,
and
the
fact
that
it
was
very
green
I
really
like
that,
and
it
seemed
like
it
was
a
very
safe
place
to
take
blogs
so
the
first
week
I
remember
what
I
did
was
just
around
six
o'clock.
I
would
go
and
take
a
walk
around
the
block
and
to
me
was
like
walking
around
some
sort
of
paradise
because
it
was
just
so
pretty.
L
M
O
P
Here
because
there
was
a
war
in
my
country,
so
I
saw
a
lot
of
her
with
things
I
saw.
My
friend
got
her
hand
cut
off
and
I
was
supposed
to
be
next,
but
I
was
unlucky
because
I
got
my
dad
to
take
me
out
of
there
and
I
lived
in
a
refugee
kid
refugee
camp
for
about
a
year,
and
then
my
mother
was
taken
away,
so
she
she
found
a
way
to
come
to
this
country.
Q
D
I
guess
what
I
miss
the
most
about
Ethiopia
would
be.
The
lot
of
the
things
are
down
there.
It's
it's
the
cultural
aspect
of
it.
It's
here,
it's
I!
Guess
it's
more
individualistic,
meaning
you
know
it's.
You
you're
doing
your
own
thing
and
then
there's
family
there.
It's
it's
a
lot
more
communal.
It's
a
lot
more
interaction
with
different
family
members,
friends
and
just
the
whole
I
guess:
I
see
it
more
as
organic
living
and
it's
it's
really.
O
M
P
My
little
sister
back
and
certainly
on
on
my
dad's
side
there
and
she's
counting
on
me,
like
my
whole
family
on
my
dads
Assad,
is
counting
on
me
because
my
dad
used
to
be
the
one
taking
care
of
my
family
on
his
side.
So
they
count
on
me
for
me
to
be
successful
and
help
them
out
in
the
best
way.
I
could
so
I.
Really
I
stroke
myself,
stress
myself
so
I
could
I
have
to
finish
school.
N
Q
D
D
K
The
librarians
were
very
nice,
they
would
always
be
like.
Are
you
interested
in
any
particular
subject?
I
was
like
well,
I
have
a
project
to
about
animals
and
they're
like
what
animal
and
I
was
like,
oh
equals,
and
they
they
went
and
brought
me
pile
of
books
that
were
just
about
Eagles,
but
they
weren't,
like
you,
know
those
like
fat
ox
for
like
books.
Don't,
like
you,
know,
books,
so
they
were
manageable.
That
could
read
them
and
I
could
understand
them.
K
So
from
one
book,
I
went
to
the
other,
and
although
I
would
I
was
I
still
struggle,
speaking
I
still
do
today,
my
reading
and
my
writing
in
because
I
just
spent
all
of
my
afternoons
in
the
library
and
so
did
my
sisters.
So
whenever
I
go
to
the
library
which
is
gonna
get
destroyed,
westover
library,
it's
it's
like
I'm,
going
I'm
going
home
I'm
like
I
I,
know
the
people
there
I
got
my
first
job
there
actually
and
I.
L
Yeah,
like
mr.
sample
he's
I,
think
a
counselor
in
our
school.
He
helped
me
a
lot
so
he's
like
my
dad
in
the
school
he's,
always
checking
my
grades,
hazelmere
the
field
trips
and
other
people,
of
course,
and
he's
a
bear
for
me
and
it
makes
me
feel
good.
You
know
like
to
have
someone
there
who
cared
for
me
beside
I,
home
and
and
there's
another
person,
miss
joy.
She
was
awesome.
Oh
my
god,
she
was
like
I
mom.
L
She
cares
about
it
like
me,
and
my
friends
he's
always
checking
I,
guess
also
taken
us
to
fill
chirps
and
I'm.
Giving
this
boy's
advice
and
yeah
and
I
know
someone
else
who
is
my
eighth
grade?
Counselor
he's
late
wow.
It's
like
she
was
awesome.
Cuz
I,
remember
this
grade
through
my
middle
school
years,
I
used
to
get
in
trouble
and
she
was
there
for
me,
and
you
know
she
calmed
me
down
and
I
learned
a
lot
of
things
from
them.
Yeah
I
love
them
all.
M
O
Oh,
my
by
shorting
will
be
too
don't
be
afraid.
This
goes
up
for
the
hardest
part
of
learning.
English
is
that
you
don't
want
to
say
what
you
want
to
say
because
just
might
think
that
you're
going
to
say
it
wrong.
People
won't
get
you,
but
if,
if
you,
if
you
don't
say
it
anyhow
turn
you're
gonna
learn
because
of
the
hardest
part
for
many
of
my
classmates
speaking
English,
because
they're
afraid
they
will
say
it
wrong.
I.
P
Will
say,
accept
change,
don't
don't
all
feel
insecure
about
yourself.
Make
sure
that
what
you
do
is
what
is
best
for
you
and
always
make
sure
that
you
have
your
family
close,
close
and
heart
and
speak
to
as
many
people
as
you
have
to
for
you
to
feel
comfortable,
because
if
you're
not
comfortable,
then
you're
not
gonna,
be
successful
in
this
country.
P
R
R
When
I
was
in
elementary
school,
we
had
a
very
close-knit
school,
everybody
knew
everybody.
We
went
to
church
with
the
with
the
teachers
with
the
principal
and
so
everybody.
If
there
was
something
going
on
that
was
not
right
at
school,
then
it
was.
You
could
hear
about
it
at
home
as
soon
as
you
got
home
because
they
get
right
on
the
phone
and
call
so
it
was
important
that
they
as
we're
going
to
this
new
setting,
that
we
be
prepared
not
only
academically
but
socially.
R
So
one
of
the
things
that
I
remember
particularly,
is
at
that
time
we
used
to
have
lunch
is
served
in
the
cafeteria
and
they
fix
the
food
right.
There.
We'd
have
to
use
knives
and
forks
real
knives
and
forks,
not
the
plastic
like
we
use
now,
so
they
one
of
the
things
that
the
teacher
said
is
when
you
go
to
the
new
school,
don't
pick
up
the
chicken
with
your
hand,
make
sure
that
you
cut
your
chicken
because
over
there
the
students
eat
the
chicken
with
a
knife
and
a
fork.
R
So
we
practiced
we
had
chicken
at
my
elementary
school
for
many
days
many
days.
So
we
practiced,
and
then
we
went
over
to
the
over
to
Swanson
and
we
waited
very
patiently
to
have
chicken.
Finally,
the
day
came
when
we
had
the
chicken
and
we
all
pulled
out
all
of
my
friends.
Black
students
pulled
out
our
knives
and
forks
and
started
what
we
call
deboning
our
our
chicken
with
our
with
our
knife
and
fork,
and
we
looked
around
and
all
of
the
white
students
were
eating
their
chicken
with
their
hands.
R
So
that
was
one
story
that
kind
of
stuck
stuck
with
me
again.
It
wasn't
just
an
academic
preparation,
but
it
was
a
social
preparation.
They
did
not
because
we
were
a
close-knit
family
at
the
elementary
school.
They
didn't
want
us
to
embarrass
them
in
any
way,
and
it's
not
that
what
the
white
students
were
doing
was
different.
It's
just
that
that's
the
way
they
they
have
been.
They
were
eating
their
chicken.
We
finally
got
on
board
and
eight
hours
the
same
way.
R
S
A
T
F
One
that
I
am
from
a
walk,
but
I
live
in
Jordan
I
said
goodbye
to
my
father
and
my
grandpa
and
my
grandmother.
I
said
goodbye
to
my
old
friends
and
my
teacher
and
my
house,
and
by
school.
My
name
is
Asma
I'm
from
Yemen
I
said
goodbye
to
my
grandparents,
my
aunt
semi
on
my
uncle
Mohammed,
my
best
friend
my
am
and
perfect
weather
and
the
delicious
food
capsa.
V
W
X
Z
F
AA
AB
My
name
is
new
desperado
I'm
from
the
park.
I
said
goodbye
to
my
grandmother.
I
said
goodbye
to
my
friends.
Meters
per
testicle
and
I
said
goodbye
to
my
country
in
a
park,
I'm
and
I
said
goodbye
to
my
cousins,
no
rest
for
a
Julie
I
said
goodbye
to
my
family
and
visit
Abel's,
tea
gardens
and
my
fun
land.
My
father
growth
cups
crops
like
vegetables,
potatoes,
tomatoes,
wheat
and
that's
it
and
I
said.
Lastly,
I
said
goodbye
to
my
country
Nepal.
My.
S
A
F
V
AB
F
W
AC
AC
AC
AD
AC
AE
All
right,
so
my
name's
Claire
is
poured
one
and
I'm
originally
from
El,
Salvador
and
Mexico.
My
father
is
mexican
and
my
mother
is
from
El
Salvador
and
I've
lived
in
Arlington
for
over
25
years.
I
would
say
it's
about
28
years
maybe
went
to
school
here
and
I
work
here
in
Arlington,
public
schools,
I'm
the
public
information
specialist,
my
husband
and
I
have
three
children
and
they
attend
Arlington.
Both
with
schools
were
very
happy.
AE
We
have
an
excellent
school
system
and,
of
course,
I'm
saying
that,
because
my
children
attend
bit
because
I
work
for
arlington
public
schools
and
it
is
an
excellent
place,
we
love
it
because
its
first
of
many
reasons,
but
it's
very
multicultural.
My
husband
and
I
met
here
in
Arlington.
My
husband
is
from
Morocco
and
his
family
also
comes
from
Spain,
so
Spade
in
Morocco.
You
know
there's
so
much
to
say
about
that.
But
multiculturalism
is
a
big
part
of
who
we
are
it's
our
identity,
so
culture
is
very
important
in
culture.
AE
Perez
comes
from
all
over
El
Salvador
Spain,
Mexico
Morocco
and
the
Arabic
world's
the
Middle
Eastern
world,
and
this
month
actually
is
a
very
special
month.
It's
ramadan
and
I'd
like
to
share
this
because
I'm
doing
ramadan
my
family
and
I,
we
I'm
fast
during
the
month
of
Ramadan,
it's
a
very
spiritual
time
and
right
now,
I'm
fasting
some
little
bit
tired.
But
it's
a
very
good
thing
during
ramadan.
It's
a
lot
of
tolerance
and
discipline.
AF
AF
A
pitching
Bosman
strange
adoro
desolate
bed
was
in
harlingen
desnair
yer,
a
new
person
Sansa
or
Chidori
Destro's
had
a
surrogate
reporta
que
moscato
atras
hora
y
los
santos
para
su
homos
curtain,
domonkos,
todo,
estaba,
por,
nada,
Hans,
Angela,
media-saturated,
condo,
home
to
bajas
origin,
Whitney,
taraji,
utter
shock,
enanitos,
porcelain,
arison,
vulnerable,
sorry,
improv,
androgyny,
argento,
ho
dendron,
SWAPO
period,
kirtan,
tottenham,
exotic
organ
or
arsenic
addiction,
encoder,
chinwag,
rangamma,
terrific
arlington,
hortonville,
potes,
arlington
virginia
at
us.
In
arlington
I
talked
a
tangible
sanghas
or
just
washed
out.
AF
Its
turbocharged
engine
vestrana
in
photos,
son
Jack,
watches
the
circus
minivan
course
of
toasts
are
engineered,
Enoch
Venusian
so
en
Haut,
Monde
massacre,
ambattur
teman
center
in
august
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