Teacher thanks

To  my  students who have attended  grade  1E  at  “Leonardo da Vinci”  Middle School  in Avellino, Italy.

    The  school year  has  come to an end  and it’s  time  to say  good- bye.

We’ve  been  together  only one  year but  enough  time  for me to see you grow and  for you to treasure  what  I’ve taught you.

    You  have all done your part in making  the  school  year a truly  great one.

Thank  you  for having  appreciated   my professional   qualities and  my  personal  worth (something  really exceptional  for your age),  for   having participated  in the  school  lessons   so enthusiastically  and  having understood  so easily  the  difference  between right and  wrong.

You  have  made  my task  of molding  your personality  and shaping  your  mind  so much easier.

    I  am  glad I was  your  teacher  and  so important   in your  life.

Remember , always  try  to  do  your  best  and try to  get  the  best  you  can  from  school.   Move  ahead in life  with  the  same  effort  you  carried out all   your  tasks.  Some  of you   have  given  really great  contributions  to school  life.

   A  special  thanks  to  your  parents!

Forget them not, forget it not

Today I have  experienced the  same  emotional  impact  I felt on September 11^th 2001. I  am deeply moved by the solemnity and sobriety of the memorial ceremony that is taking place at Ground Zero in New York City at the moment.  How  wonderful it would be to be  there!

The seemingly endless four hours reading of the  names of those killed in 9/11 attacks is an example of the  extremely profound respect and  gratitude for those who died.

Very meaningful is the speech delivered by Donald Rumsfeld, ex-US Secretary of Defence,
on Sky News:  
“...The purpose of terrorism is not to kill people it’s to terrorize people, it’s to alter their behavior…. Free people, those of us here in the United States and in other free countries, the very essence of their lives  is that  we can go where we want, say what we  want and do what we  wish to do,  and that has not changed, we have not become terrorized. We have had to make  some adjustments to be  sure…… in the main the American people are still the free people they were and that is a blessing because we have not had to alter our lives…

Proud to be American