Feb 2009 Newsletter: Pangaea ring - Ms. Naomi Dylan
This month, I'd like to introduce Ms. Naomi as a Pangaea Ring writer.
She is an Assistant Language Teacher in Mie and has been working with us
as a facilitator. She has a lovely smile and is a joy to work with.
Hello Everyone, My name is Naomi Rachel Dylan and I have been involved
with Pangaea for the past two years.
Pangaea is a non-profit organization that aims to bridge children from various countries and cultures to communicate with one another by sharing their hopes, dreams and artwork through the internet.
As a Canadian who has come to Japan to teach English to Japanese students, Pangaea has given me a special oppurtuntiy to meet with many imaginative and intelligent children from Pangaea's Mie Ken location. I watch the children eagerly read messages they recieve from other children who do not share the same language but who have learn to communication from their heart through art, animation and messages describing their feelings with the use of pictographs instead of it words.
Pangaea is an important organization. It is important because it provides children with a place and the means to communicate with one another, it allows children to see children from other countries, not as foreigners living in distant lands, but as friends who share the same hopes and dreams. It teaches them that language is merely a barrier but with determination and imagination, communication is always possible. It is my hope that more countries around the world open Pangea locations, so that we can all benefit from learning from these young people who share their visions of a beautiful world online. Maybe if we are lucky, we can all learn to communicate as they have begun.
Naomi Dylan
ALT(Assistant Language Teacher), Tsu city, Mie prefecture
Pangaea is a non-profit organization that aims to bridge children from various countries and cultures to communicate with one another by sharing their hopes, dreams and artwork through the internet.
As a Canadian who has come to Japan to teach English to Japanese students, Pangaea has given me a special oppurtuntiy to meet with many imaginative and intelligent children from Pangaea's Mie Ken location. I watch the children eagerly read messages they recieve from other children who do not share the same language but who have learn to communication from their heart through art, animation and messages describing their feelings with the use of pictographs instead of it words.
Pangaea is an important organization. It is important because it provides children with a place and the means to communicate with one another, it allows children to see children from other countries, not as foreigners living in distant lands, but as friends who share the same hopes and dreams. It teaches them that language is merely a barrier but with determination and imagination, communication is always possible. It is my hope that more countries around the world open Pangea locations, so that we can all benefit from learning from these young people who share their visions of a beautiful world online. Maybe if we are lucky, we can all learn to communicate as they have begun.
Naomi Dylan
ALT(Assistant Language Teacher), Tsu city, Mie prefecture
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