“Man if I had a bunch of Afghanistan kids up in here, they would probably be being quiet and paying close attention, while you guys are goofing off”, stated Mr. Romero (one of Constitution High School’s English teachers.) The topic was brought up when discussing the fact that Constitution High School has a “sister school” in Afghanistan. A sister school is a school is a school that is closely related to another. We use the word sister instead of brother because brothers fight, while sisters usually have closer relationships. Wondering where your sister school is I bet? But anyway, our school will be exchanging articles with our sister school in Afghanistan. I was a little worried about the idea so I interviewed a student and a teacher to get their views on it. I also had an advantage because on Friday, March 13th, 2009, a man from Afghanistan came to our school, showed us pictures and told us information about the country.
When interviewing Mr. Romero, I asked how he felt about writing to Afghanistan and boy did he have tons to say! It seemed as if he was very excited about the situation due to his tone. He said that he likes that fact that our school is doing something new because we have never communicated to a school out of the country before, so this is a first. One quote that was pretty funny was “I am very excited to write articles, which is sort of like a lost art form.” I was like wow!
Nicole Golden, a tenth grade student at Constitution High School stated that she loved this whole idea. She totally supported the fact that we would be exchanging articles with the school in Afghanistan. One quote said, “Its nice because they get to walk in the shoes of an American, as well as we are to.” This meaning that they get to learn a little something about us but at the same time, we are learning about them. This is really a great experience because we are reaching across the world to another school and learning about what goes on over there.
Although us Americans may not look the same as those from Afghanistan or any other country, we are alike just as much as different. When listening to a speaker from Afghanistan, a lot was learned on my part. One way that we are alike is because we both use the websites blogger and twitter to communicate. As far as school, we are very different because when Nasim (man from Afghanistan) showed us pictures of the children in school, I felt bad. They had no chairs so they had to sit on the floor. Us American students are very lucky because we have a good support system for our school. Nasim quoted, “We cherish our education”, which I find interesting because the average student comes to school and goofs off.
One day, I see myself standing in front of a bunch of foreigners and them looking at me like I’m crazy. When this does happens, I will always remember the day Nasim came to our school and talked to us about his country.
