Activity and Handout: Student Writings:
Dream Houses and Places That Feel like Home

1. A place that makes me feel at home would be like a very quiet neighborhood in the middle of the woods where I don’t know anybody, but where everybody living there is very nice and helpful. A place where I could sit in my yard and fall asleep without anybody trying to kill or hurt me. I think Puerto Rico would be a good place for me to live. The weather is nice and there is a lot of woods and animals. Out at night, looking up at the clear sky, watching a shooting star, thinking what is the universe really like, and are we the only ones here?

—Josue Morales, WAITT House, Roxbury, MA

2. I always dream about a house in white color, with the red Japanese maple tree in the front yard. I love to have a big kitchen, so we can eat and cook at the same time. A family room is in my dream too; we need that for the kids playing anytime we have family coming over. I like to have a garden. It doesn’t have to be fancy, just the place for me to plant something and cut some flowers or pick some tomatoes and peppers. Some of my dream already come true, some still far away, but I still love to dream about my house.

—Ha Nguyen, Quincy College, Quincy, MA

3. I hate a city, crowds of people, somewhere going, fastest car, pollution, higher living expense, and others make me crazy. I love the music, fresh air, quiet place voice of water current my people and family, and female. But I live in city because I do not have a choice about my future. I am just trying to make my life. I have ability to live anywhere, I would live, in summer, on the beach and in deep and quiet mountain place with my only one best wife.

—Kim Sung-Mook, Quincy College, Quincy, MA

4. I would like to have my own house, but it is not easy to reach it. In my mind it is a one-family house located on the top of some hill with a view to a mountain or sea. Many tree and flowers grow around. This house has only two floors. Downstairs we can find a large kitchen, a living room with a fireplace, a guest’s room, and a bathroom. The sun can easily find a way in because the windows are big. If we walk upstairs, we will get into a big hall that is used for relaxing. In night it is beautiful view to the sleeping city, which is distant around ten minutes by car. There is also a terrace where we can sit and have breakfast, read a book, discuss with our friends, or watch mountains. From this room leads four doors to other rooms. One of them is to the master bedroom with bathroom. Others are for children. There are also flowers everywhere.

—Romana Jurikova, Quincy College, Quincy, MA

5. I would like to have a house big enough for me and my family. The house must be in a quiet area and near public transportation. The house has to be close to schools and stores. The house should have a basement and an attic. It should have a yard for kids to play. It must have two bathrooms and a dining room. The house does not have to be new, but it must be nice and attractive. Finally, the house should be Victorian style.

—Jeannette Mealance, Somerville Center for Adult Learning Experience (SCALE), MA

6. My dream house is a ranch style house. My house must be in a quiet area close to the T, schools, shopping, and the hospital. My house must be a two family house. It should have five bedrooms, two bathrooms, a big kitchen, and a big living garage. The house doesn’t have to have to have a swimming pool, but it would be nice. I am hoping that I will have my dream house one day.

—Anonymous

7. My house must be for one family. It has to have three bedrooms with walk-in closets and two bathrooms. It should be near public transportation. It must be in a quiet neighborhood with a big yard. It has to have a two-car garage and should not be close to a shopping center. It would be nice to have a swimming pool, but it does not have to.

—Evilyne Schettini, SCALE, MA

8. I want to buy a house for my family, and I am looking for it. My house must be in a nice place and must be a three family house. Every floor must have three bedrooms, a living room, a dining room, and two bathrooms. It must not be on a busy street, near the airport, restaurants, or clubs. The house should have a garage, and a driveway, and it should have a big yard. The house doesn’t have to have a swimming pool or a big yard with trees, but it would be nice.

—Gjinovefa Ndrenika, SCALE, MA

9. I want to tell you about my dream house. When we buy our house, I want the house to be near schools, shopping, a park, and other facilities. I prefer that the house be new or not very old. It should have three bedrooms, one or two bathrooms, a living room, a dining room, a big kitchen, a deck, a fireplace, air-conditioning, and a balcony looking over the yard. The style of the house I want is Victorian or ranch. The exterior that I want is brick. When I buy the house, I will check that I don’t need more money for repairs because I don’t have much money in my pocket at the moment. I understand that buying a new house is more expensive (than an older house) but it is better because it is insulated better and the heating system is better. To do this I must have a good job. That is all for now, but when I buy my house, you will know.

—Anonymous

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