In Shenandoah in the governing state of Iowa on Tuesday, June 26, 2012, Mr. Howard Killion and I briefed the City Council on our productive trip to Tisovec, Slovakia. I was asked to read the address that was delivered before the Tisovec Parliament on behalf of the City of Shenandoah. This is the version in English. This is the version in Slovak according to Google Translater.
While in Tisovec we had a very understanding and productive meeting with local school officials as well as Mayor Peter Minac. The focus was on bringing our schools together through the means of the Internet. A common website should be built in which students separated by 9,000 kilometers can interact and solve problems. Due to the summer vacation officials on both sides will convene this project when the new school year starts.
I have met with school officials here in Shenandoah this past week and they are excited about the project. Right now we are in the process of exchanging email addresses between key players in technology and informatics. It was suggested at our Tisovec meeting that a team of at least four people be involved with the inner workings of the project from both sides. They will be the initial miracle workers both in Tisovec and also in Shenandoah. Once the site is up and running it will be the students on separate sides of the globe to become the miracles in keeping the project alive and progressing.
Be rest assured that the fires of experience that have warmed my heart in Slovakia still burn. I thoroughly enjoyed my meetings with school officials here in Shenandoah and recanting my fondest memories of interacting with the people there. Please allow me to divulge something of the heart. Since the nine of us visited Slovakia and especially mingled with the students there I have felt a strong compelling desire to be an active advocate for connecting students internationally from all parts of the globe.
I'm approaching forty years of age and this experience made me feel like a kid again learning all new things. Imagine the immense use this experience could do for scores of school age youth. It is my hope and dream to one day progress this project to where we may exchange a student age youth for a summer. I would love to see every summer sending a young man or woman from Shenandoah to Tisovec and to afford that opportunity to a young person from Tisovec. Yes, it is expensive and would require a great amount of investment and commitment. However, imagine the understanding and friendships that can come of it. Imagine world problems fading away because we took the time to learn and understand one another.
This continues to be my pursuit for the sake of this new generation and their happiness and prosperity in a very different world.
While in Tisovec we had a very understanding and productive meeting with local school officials as well as Mayor Peter Minac. The focus was on bringing our schools together through the means of the Internet. A common website should be built in which students separated by 9,000 kilometers can interact and solve problems. Due to the summer vacation officials on both sides will convene this project when the new school year starts.
I have met with school officials here in Shenandoah this past week and they are excited about the project. Right now we are in the process of exchanging email addresses between key players in technology and informatics. It was suggested at our Tisovec meeting that a team of at least four people be involved with the inner workings of the project from both sides. They will be the initial miracle workers both in Tisovec and also in Shenandoah. Once the site is up and running it will be the students on separate sides of the globe to become the miracles in keeping the project alive and progressing.
Be rest assured that the fires of experience that have warmed my heart in Slovakia still burn. I thoroughly enjoyed my meetings with school officials here in Shenandoah and recanting my fondest memories of interacting with the people there. Please allow me to divulge something of the heart. Since the nine of us visited Slovakia and especially mingled with the students there I have felt a strong compelling desire to be an active advocate for connecting students internationally from all parts of the globe.
I'm approaching forty years of age and this experience made me feel like a kid again learning all new things. Imagine the immense use this experience could do for scores of school age youth. It is my hope and dream to one day progress this project to where we may exchange a student age youth for a summer. I would love to see every summer sending a young man or woman from Shenandoah to Tisovec and to afford that opportunity to a young person from Tisovec. Yes, it is expensive and would require a great amount of investment and commitment. However, imagine the understanding and friendships that can come of it. Imagine world problems fading away because we took the time to learn and understand one another.
This continues to be my pursuit for the sake of this new generation and their happiness and prosperity in a very different world.
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