Canada: ‘Sports kept me going… It made me come to school more
The Ottowa Citizen notes that when Awo Farah arrived in Canada from Djibouti in 2001 to seek a better education, the nine-year-old Grade 5 student couldn’t speak English. Eight years later, it’s amazing how her life has developed … all for the positive.
Farah would substitute the word “crazy” for “amazing” to describe her early months in her new country as she used her outgoing personality to learn to speak English with her friends, became a strong academic student and was a highly recruited basketball player by several universities.Rideau athletic director Sherri Tanner understands why Farah has succeeded. “Her social personality allowed her to pick up conversational English and her involvement in sport gave her confidence and a place to work on her communication skills.”
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