of one of the main buildings. The boys sat on one side, the girls on the other, and we sat at the front. Then, the principal spoke several words of gratitude for the team and also for Raj, who helped (in conjunction with Devisetham) to bring about the connection. Raj and Dan both followed, and I was especially impressed that pretty much everyone conducted the entire ceremony in English. Even a few of the teachers came up to speak, which was fun to see, and even a couple of the students. Even for the latter, whose speeches were brief, you could tell that they made very deliberate efforts to speak clearly and use words beyond the “standard vocabulary”. We were all impressed, and enjoyed the time immensely. As each student came up to get a signed certificate from us for completing the day and shake our hands, each of the other students cheered warmly. What a blast!
Friday, August 1, 2008
Conversational English: Graduation!
After seeing the Medical Camp (and leaving my secondary camera with The Camera Ninja mentioned in my last post), Raj and I headed back to the private school where the Conversational English team was preparing to hand out certificates of completion to the students who spent the day with them. In typical form for this school, the kids paraded in neat and orderly lines onto a sort of large patio in the back 
of one of the main buildings. The boys sat on one side, the girls on the other, and we sat at the front. Then, the principal spoke several words of gratitude for the team and also for Raj, who helped (in conjunction with Devisetham) to bring about the connection. Raj and Dan both followed, and I was especially impressed that pretty much everyone conducted the entire ceremony in English. Even a few of the teachers came up to speak, which was fun to see, and even a couple of the students. Even for the latter, whose speeches were brief, you could tell that they made very deliberate efforts to speak clearly and use words beyond the “standard vocabulary”. We were all impressed, and enjoyed the time immensely. As each student came up to get a signed certificate from us for completing the day and shake our hands, each of the other students cheered warmly. What a blast!
of one of the main buildings. The boys sat on one side, the girls on the other, and we sat at the front. Then, the principal spoke several words of gratitude for the team and also for Raj, who helped (in conjunction with Devisetham) to bring about the connection. Raj and Dan both followed, and I was especially impressed that pretty much everyone conducted the entire ceremony in English. Even a few of the teachers came up to speak, which was fun to see, and even a couple of the students. Even for the latter, whose speeches were brief, you could tell that they made very deliberate efforts to speak clearly and use words beyond the “standard vocabulary”. We were all impressed, and enjoyed the time immensely. As each student came up to get a signed certificate from us for completing the day and shake our hands, each of the other students cheered warmly. What a blast!
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