Friday 9 May 2008

Spring Day. ( New Europeans)

What is the meaning of "European"? What's "Europe"?
Difficult questions in a changing world where our neighbours are not from our village, the smells from their kitchen are spicer, their music sounds differently, their prayers do not meet ours, their languages have new waves. Yet, their most beautiful words mean feelings, like ours.
Yes, something must change because we are and move much more.
For the School Day, we had a multicultural activity: Building Multicultural Bridges. It dealt with the way we cook. Inmigrant students were encouraged to join a Cooking exhibition and show their most typical food. We had students from many countries: Marrocco, Colombia, Equator, Dominican Republique, Bulgaria, Romania, Peru, Somalia, France, Germany.
Only four foreign students joined the activity: two girls from Morrocco, a girl from Colombia and a boy from Colombia.
Everybody had a collaboration prize. Here we have Ikram greeting the headmaster when she got her prize.


Jeison, the Colombian boy, is explaining the people around how long he had been in Spain, how he felt, how to cook his meat cake.

A very smiling Jeison that feels happy to be one among the others.


Latifa is getting his price. She got the prize for the best course. A deserved prize!.


Mourat won in sports together with a Spanish boy.

I missed my Romanian students but there was a family wedding and they had many relatives at home.
But I liked the this kind of infection. I liked watching these kids feeling accepted, admired and loved.
I wish everything would go on like it.
Happy spring Day.

1 comment:

ivasil said...

This was a very nice and touching activity. Made me think of two things. First: it's simple, common things that can help us relate, come together. Not complicated, subtle ones, just humble ones we do each day,like cooking, to remind us that we're no better, no worse, just human.Different and yet similar.
The second thought is about tolerance and accepting. We don't have many immigrants yet, so we're mostly in the role of the newcomers abroad. And being accepted is not easy either. And every human being needs it, just like we need the food.
Really moving. Happy Spring Day to you too, partner.