{photos by Bruno}
No segundo dia de mão-na-massa, ainda com muita coisa para fazer, dedicámo-nos não só ao Jardim das Borboletas mas também a uma manta para leituras e a parte do livro de receitas (cujo retorno financeiro, trabalharemos para isso, irá possibilitar a realização de outros sonhos).
Por esta altura, já estávamos todos exaustos, mas os nossos objectivos foram alcançados.
2ª feira a professora Ana fez um balanço de como tinha corrido o primeiro jogo Oásis em Lisboa (novo para todos nós). A coordenadora da escola foi felicitar as crianças pelo esforço que fizeram durante o fim-de-semana (14 crianças, de uma turma de 20 estiveram connosco durante os dois dias e 7 pais participaram activamente de alguma forma) e embora nenhum outro professor para além da Ana tenha estado presente em nenhuma fase do processo, algumas acabaram por ceder após ver os resultados e ir durante a hora de almoço encontrar pedras para compor os canteiros do jardim.
Este é ainda um trabalho em construção (todo o ele). Mas foi um choque de adrenalina imenso e sobretudo, no que me diz respeito, um choque interior imenso... perceber como as crianças entendem tão bem as prioridades do mundo e as suas também e estão dispostas a qualquer coisa para fazer acontecer aquilo em que acreditam.
Nós, todos nós, somos realmente a mudança que queremos ver! Isto hoje está tão claro em mim que, às vezes, até dói!
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On the second day of hands-on, still with plenty to do, we dedicated not only to the Butterfly Garden but also to a blanket where kids could seat to read and we also had to developed part of the cookbook (which payback will enable the achievement of other dreams).
By this time, we were all exhausted, but our goals have been accomplished.
Monday, Teacher Ana made a balance of how the first Oasis Game in Lisbon went (this is new to all of us). The school coordinator went to the classroom to congratulate the children and all the effort they did during the weekend (14 children of a class of 20 were with us during the two days and 7 parents also participated actively in some way) and although no other teacher in addition to Ana has been present at any stage of the process, eventually some of them gave in after seeing the results and went during the lunch hour to find some stones to make the garden even more beautiful.
This is still a work in progress (all of it). But it was a great shock of adrenaline and above all, as far as I'm concerned, a huge shock within myself in all matters... understand how kids understand so well the priorities of the world and their own and how they are willing to do anything to make what they believe in happen.
We, all of us, are really the change we want to see! This is now so clear to me that sometimes it's even painful!
By this time, we were all exhausted, but our goals have been accomplished.
Monday, Teacher Ana made a balance of how the first Oasis Game in Lisbon went (this is new to all of us). The school coordinator went to the classroom to congratulate the children and all the effort they did during the weekend (14 children of a class of 20 were with us during the two days and 7 parents also participated actively in some way) and although no other teacher in addition to Ana has been present at any stage of the process, eventually some of them gave in after seeing the results and went during the lunch hour to find some stones to make the garden even more beautiful.
This is still a work in progress (all of it). But it was a great shock of adrenaline and above all, as far as I'm concerned, a huge shock within myself in all matters... understand how kids understand so well the priorities of the world and their own and how they are willing to do anything to make what they believe in happen.
We, all of us, are really the change we want to see! This is now so clear to me that sometimes it's even painful!
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