Season's Greetings from Phoenix!
The last time that my English 061 class met during the past semester, most of the students wrote messages for the blog. I've posted them one by one as comments to this message.
My own reaction to this blog is that I've greatly enjoyed being part of it and can't begin to tell all of you how much I've personally benefitted from my involvement in the project. Thank you for enriching my life and for greatly expanding my knowledge of Brazil!
I also think the blog has been very valuable for my students. For most of them, the blog was their first experience in using English for international communication—and to gain personal knowledge of another culture. Through the blog, I think my students gained quite a bit of knowledge about Brazil and, more importantly, learned that while Brazilians are in some ways different from people in the U.S., there are actually many more similarities than differences. This is a very important lesson, I think.
I hope Chanukah or Christmas will be very special for all of you, and I also hope that 2007 will be filled with opportunities, challenges, success, prosperity, and all that is good, true, and beautiful!
Dennis
posted by Dennis @ 3:53 PM
14 Comments:
I would like to say happy holidays to everyone and I hope you have fun this year. Stay safe and have fun. I also want to say that I've really learned a lot from the blog. I've learned how some people's opinions are more expressive than others'.
Honey Simms
Dear Carla and Students,
I would like to wish all of you guys a happy Christmas and a happy New Year's. It was nice talking to some of you; I wish I could have talked to all of you.
I hope that I can visit Brazil since it sounds like a beautiful place to go and visit. You guys should also visit Arizona some day!
Well, thank you again. I hope to talk to you sometime again in the future.
Always,
Diana Alvarado
Hello, Carla and Students.
I would like to wish you Happy Holidays. I hope you have a great Christmas!
I was great talking back and forth to you. I enjoyed all of the feedback about the Madonna adoption incident.
Enjoy your break!
Leesa Savage
Hi, Carla and everybody.
I want to wish you happy holidays. I hope you'll be with your family and friends. I'd be interested to know what kinds of things people do in Brazil for the holiday season, and of course I'd be happy to share what my family and I do here in the U.S.
I think the most important thing everybody should do is to celebrate the holiday season with family and to have fun.
Happy Holidays!
Angelica Rodríguez
One semester has passed, but we still keep going for a better quality of our lives. I hope you guys from Brazil have a better quality of life every day and I hope that you won't give up with anything that may be difficult; instead, just take your time. I've learned about soccer from you and how you guys celebrated during the World Cup. It was really fantastic! Finally, I hope that you guys have the most beautiful holiday that you have ever had!
Pat Chaotham
:o)
Dear Carla and Students,
I would like to wish everyone happy holidays! It was great to connect on the computer. I will definitely miss coming to writing class because of that!
Best wishes for health and happiness from Diane O'Brien.
To Carla and her students:
Thank you for all the information you gave me.
I also hope you all had a wonderful time talking with our English students here in Arizona. I hope you learned interesting things about Arizona and the U.S., and I hope you will be able to use that information.
I hope you all have wonderful holidays.
Your friend,
Desiree Montes
Hi, Carla and students.
I wish all of you happpy holidays and the best for the future. It was great to write to you and to learn more about Brazil. I really like your country and your traditions, and I hope this isn't the last time I will be in touch with you.
María Rubio
12-13-06
I want to wish Carla and her students a merry Christmas.
I didn't know anything about Brazil before I went to the blog, but since visiting it, I have picked up a lot of knowledge, for example, about the people, nature, and geography. I also had a lot of fun sharing on some things.
Kulwinder Singh
I learned that Brazil is nice.
Freddie Germany
Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas!
Esperanza Porchini
Dear Carla,
I wish you and your students happy holidays. It was nice talking to you on the International Exchange blog. I liked it. It was something different for me, and I also liked that I could talk to you guys even though you are in Brazil. I think that was really neat!
:o) Venis (o:
Dear Dennis and Students,
You´ve enriched our lives, showing your values and culture. Your opinions were always precious one and we all learned and changed with you.
Thanks for taking your time and sharing so much with us.
Do keep in touch!
Beijos,
Carla and students.
Dear Carla and Students,
Feliz Ano Novo!
You and your students have also enriched our lives through sharing your values and culture. Your opinions were always precious to us as well, and as a result, we all learned and changed, too.
Thank you for all you did to make this blog such a meaningful experience for so many people (including me)!
Abraços!
Dennis
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