Hi all, I'm sending a translation of Rosamel's message in olpc-sur.
Regards, Gabriel [Starting translation] I want to share an ACROSTIC made by my students with their families (form a very difficult socio-cultural context) that they gave me as a end-of-the-year's present, with a photograph of the group, wrote in handwriting, and signed by all of them. I was so move that I started to read it aloud and ended up crying when they gave it to me, at the scool's party. I'm going to frame it and put it in my home. It says: Estamos agradecidos por todo lo que nos enseñó. We are thankful for all you have taught us. Sembró en nuestras cabecitas que con poquito, se puede llegar lejos. You sowed in our little heads that with very little, one can get far. Proyectos, trabajo y estudio, estuvieron. Projects, work and study, were. Orden! entre cuentos y risas. Order! among tales and smiles. Nada nos impidió aprender conocimientos nuevos Nothing prevented us from learning new knowledge Jamás pensamos que desde l a Laptop, pudiéramos aprender tanto We never thought that from the Laptop we could learn so much Amigos hicimos en el camino Friends we made on the way Verdad y esfuerzo, entre todos. Truth and effort, among all of us. Etoys fue la palabra de moda , que nuestros padres escucharon. Etoys was the word in fashion, that our parents heard. Gran curiosidad despertó en todos el trabajo del grupo Great curiosity awoke in us team work Etoys Etoys Tortugarte TurtleArt Animación...estuvieron a la orden de nuestros días, pero también nos enseñó... Animation... were present in our days, but you also taught us... Lealtald a nuetros principios, a nuestros padres y sobre todo que lo que queremos lograr, depende de nosotros mismos! Loyalty to our principles, our parents and over all that what we want to achieve depends on ourselves! Friends of Peru: it would be interesting to give this material to the education authorities in your country. It is the best evaluation that they can make of Plan Ceibal. [N. on T.: this was following critics of the OLPC program made by the peruvian press: http://www.larepublica.pe/archive/all/domingo/20091213/12/node/238081/todos/1558] ESPONJA VEGETAL [vegetal sponge, loofah] is the non-edible fruit of a plant that we are cultivating in the school's neighborhood. Greetings to all, Rosamel [Rosamel's blog in Spanish: http://www.blogedu-rosamel.blogspot.com/] [Loofah project 1: http://blogedu-rosamel.blogspot.com/2009/11/cultivo-de-esponja-vegetal-durazno.html] [Loofah project 2: http://blogedu-rosamel.blogspot.com/2009/11/nuestro-cultivo-de-esponja-vegetal.html] _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep