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SNOWblog.net: in Kfar Kasem
While in Tel Aviv, a stupid maffiosi tries to kill another one, and for that reason shocks the world, I am visiting my first school I will be teaching the kids some basic photography: Kfar Kasem.
(Kfar Kasem is an Arab village, pretty known in Israel because of the killing of 41 Arabs in 1956)
The kids, 11-12 years old are pretty exited seeing us, English teachers and a photographer coming.
The teachers explain them the project and then do some games introducing basic English.
It is pretty noisy and hard to coordinate, but what is interesting is the evaluation in the end:
"Do you want us to come back?" "Yes"
"What do you want to do?" "Play games, tell stories, write them down, take pictures, and you have to bring the other kids involved in the project."
That last remark is very important to me.
It is maybe the only thing to hold on to, while on so many occasions people think this will be another unsuccesful, hopeless project.
But when I hear children saying this, for me it is a reason to go on, and even to say that we might reach the point where this project isn't hopeless, because in fact it brought some hope...
Posted on December 11, 2003
in Projects - SnowBlog.net
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Let's be optimistic and believe that yes, we will return to the sixth graders in Kfar Kasem, and someday,soon, we will bring other children with us to meet with them.
Posted by Elana | December 12, 2003 8:34 PMwhat was the project exactly? is this associated with some sort of organization like seeds of peace or something...i would like to know more.
michal
Posted by michal | April 20, 2004 8:12 PM