TEA-2002: Мы подружились по-настоящему

         Десять лет назад моя третья попытка победить в Российско-Американском конкурсе учителей английского языка увенчалась успехом и я, в числе тридцати других счастливчиков, была названа национальным победителем конкурса и  приглашена в США для участия в специально разработанной для нас обменной программе TEA.  Первое знакомство с учителями-победителями произвело на меня огромное впечатление: ещё-бы, самые лучшие  учителя английского языка из самых разных уголков России.

15 Years With TEA

Мой первый памятный диплом (1997 год)

By learning you will teach,

By teaching you will learn.

Latin proverb.

Teaching is...

                         

Посол мира и дружбы

Это обращение Кей Эсмиол, замечательная американская учительница, прислала участникам моего авторского семинара, который я проводила в январе 2008 года. Здесь напечатана та часть обращения, в которой говорится об учителях.

                             From Kay Esmiol's 

"Address to the Teachers of Blagoveschensk: A Message of Hope"

Once again we have celebrated a new year, and 2008 is well underway. Today I am thinking of you—my colleagues in Blagoveschensk—as you work to inspire your students to take advantage of a fresh start. That is one thing that I have always loved about teaching. Students begin the school year with expectations, goals, and dreams as they enter a new grade. Sometimes their hopes are fulfilled through hard work and conscientious attitudes. However, if things do not go as planned, they have a second chance to begin again—in January when the whole world ushers in a new year.

As teachers, you give your students the hope that they can rededicate themselves and be successful. As a matter of fact, you probably do that each and every day. Perhaps that is one of the most important aspects of being an educator—the business of giving hope to the future by preparing students not only for a year but for an entire lifetime. Even though we live in troubled times, I am optimistic because there are dedicated teachers like you everywhere across the globe. Like you, they are engendering hope in children and giving them the academic tools to pursue their dreams. Teachers of every nationality have much in common with one another. We have a mutual love of children and a determination to help young people achieve their potential. We are more alike than different.