International Students In the Land of Opportunity

one's from japan one's from ukraine one is from turkey two are from spain one speaks portuguese another korean two speak mongolian though none speak armenian one likes thick coffee another aromatic tea one tokes up on a hookah one fancies me one's here on a visa a second's an asylee three are new immigrants for them nothing's free one was a surgeon one a head nurse a third was a physicist here they'll do worse one's here alone two got divorced three are now roomates to split the rent, perforce one gets splitting headaches another the chills a third is congested so many are ill one is quite homesick one could care less another's family disowned her her life's a big mess all are my students so eager to learn to improve their 'poor English' ~ there's money to earn Note: The students all think, to a man/woman, that their English is "poor." It's not. International students are 'driven,' and in more than a few cases their English borders on excellent...At worst, it's functional...