learning English saved my life!

by Adele Aava

I didn't know I was building a mansion; I just laid the bricks!

I started learning English when I was a teenager. Living in a small, one-horse town in The Middle East that had nothing going for it, I barely had a better thing to do; there were not many bookstores or proper libraries around and computers, smart phones, and easy access to the internet was considered a…