Ibrahim Alshakrani, Yemen

Alexandre Rientjes, Belgium

1. Where do you come from? In which city do you live? What do you do at home?

Ibrahim comes from Yemen, Taza, a amall city in Yemen. In Yemen he started his studies of chemical engineering. He just started his studies and has between 2 and 4 years to do. He is very motivated and likes his study a lot. This is his second time that he is in the United States.

2. Why are you in the USA?

Ibrahim is in the USA to improve his English because his end goal is to pass the TOEFl exam. He needs the TOEFL exam to apply for the city college of SBCC to continue with his study of chemical engineering in the United States.

3. What are your plans for the future?

The plans of Ibrahim for the future are to study first at the city college in the United States and then to go back in Yemen to try to find a work over there. If he finds a good job in the United States after his study with a good salary then he thinks that he would stay in the United States.

4. What do you think about the United States?

ibrahim thinks that the United States is a good place to be and that the United States is very good for education. The level of education is very high over here and he says that it is very bad in Yemen. the teachers give better lessons on the USA because they have a better way of teaching. In Yemen they do not teach very much because their salary is very low. But something that is very good in Yemen is the education in dentistry.

A good place to be. For education it is good. here really have higher level education. Teachers level better hgere. The way of teaching. They dont teach that much becaquse back salary from the government. Dentestry is very good in Yemen

5. Would you like to stay longer in the USA or would you prefer to go back in Yemen?

Ibrahim would like to stay first a little bit longer in the USA but after go back in Yemen to work.