Hi everyone,
I am writing this final article to conclude our semester, and I
have to say that I am very happy that I chose this class for my first semester
abroad.
First, because it forced be to learn more about the city I am
living in for one year than I would have otherwise. It is easy to experience a
city’s student life and downtown and thinking that you know the city. I now
have a broader picture of it and I also have knowledge about some of its
problems.
Secondly, it allowed me to be part of a concrete project in a
community that was just nearby, not in another country. This also enabled me to
actually talk to the people we were trying to help. It is an experience that I
cherish and that I think will be very useful in my future life and studies.
Finally, it was a possibility to work on a group project with
very interesting people and we were all very different from each other. This
made the concept of intersection of cultures more real to me and I think this
aspect contributed a lot to our project.
I also hope that the Martin Middleschool project will be
continued in the spring. We have now reached a point where the pictures have
been taken, so a huge part of the work has been achieved. It would be great if
these pictures could be organized and given a meaning to, by working with the
children and by creating a final piece which could be shown to the whole
school, like a photo exhibition for example.
I am looking forward to the presentations in the spring.
I hope you all have great holidays and thank you all for your
blog posts, the ones I read were often very interesting!
Maria
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