The easy way

I never studied English in school, as my mother thought that French was more sophisticated for a young girl.
Although I was a journalist, I never wrote my articles in English as I wrote only for local daily newspapers.
I studied from time to time by myself , except for one English summer course in Ireland. I followed my son, who was at the time 13 years old.
All my life I have dreamt of speaking, understanding, writing and reading English.
Here I am.
Now, in my sixties, I'm trying again, more seriously, to learn English. The big gamble has started one month ago, when I decided to take a long trip to the Usa and Canada.
I said to myself, you understand written English quite well, and you are able to speak about food and accomodations.... Yes, I said to myself, but you can't have a shred of conversation with anybody.
Since then, I started to watch movies, listen to and watch talks on Ted.com, take some classes on Skype, read books in English and look for the last miraculous method to learn English.
Well, I can say that my English is improving day by day but I have a nightmare: the grammar and especially the "terrifying" negative interrogative form! When I see in one of my favorite TV series, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, a subtitle like this: "Anyone home?" I feel full of hope. That's it? Therefore, I ask myself (and you): is it possible even to speak English the easy way?

ESSAY! I wrote this essay. Could anyone check it out and tell me if there are any mistakes? 1st PART

I CANNOT PUT ALL THE ESSAY HERE BECAUSE IT WAS TOO LONG, THIS IS THE FIRST PART. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
Question
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "We can learn more from people at a higher level than us (like teachers) than from people who are at the same level as us"
Answer:
Some people prefer to take classes and learn from people who are at the same level as them. I, on the other hand, strongly believe that learning from a teacher or a professional with at a superior level than us yields better results and guarantees a more efficient learning process. I feel this way for two reasons, which I will explore in the following essay.

To begin with, professors and professionals are persons that have spent a significant amount of time preparing themselves and mastering their skills in a specific area or activity. Generally, they are accredited by Universities and Institutions with diplomas and certificates that materialize recognize all the time and effort they have invested to acquire a competitive level of knowledge. Therefore, if we want to learn about something specific, we should consider first asking for the advice or opinion of someone who has spent more time studying the subject than us. For example, when I was taking the Introduction to Geomechanics course in my sophomore year, I organized a study group with some of my colleagues. Although many of them were very intelligent, dedicated and talented students, in on some occasions none of us knew how to approach the activities in our Geomechanics book. It was always necessary to ask for the advice of our professor. He, as a Geomechanical engineer, used would not only to guide us through to the solution of the activities but also to give us papers and articles as supporting material. This example shows how important it is to have a more experienced person as a teacher.

About my sister Nancy

I have six brothers siblings, two brothers and four sisters, and one of my sisters is Nancy. She is sixteen years old and has just finished secondary school. She loves nature, animals and listening to rock music. We spend a lot of time together trying to feeding our pets, over more than twenty ducks. She plays guitar well. I taught her and she is an excellent musician, plus her taste in music is amazing.
She is going to study social communication at the university. She´ll have to go up to Neiva (the capital principal city of our department region*), and it she might be go the next weekend. In despite Although she´ll live with Francy, another of my sisters, my mom is so worried about it because Nancy is still a child.
We have no money to pay for her studies but fortunately Francy offered her support to help us in this important aspect. However, Nancy was about to give up but her will was bigger greater than our difficulties and I´m sure she will get it. What will she get?
Fortunately that the city isn´t as far away as to so I can visit her oftenly and spend some of time with her.
Nancy is so excited about it because she wants to become a professional and I know when we want something, we have to fight for it and this way to get it and reach all kind of achieve satisfactions.

*A capital city would be of a country. A region would have a main or principal city.

Two months ago, to write this would have taken hours.