I have so many wonderful experiences running through my mind that I want to share. Every time I travel with students my heart and mind are opened in so many ways. It is great to connect with the community we have created in Venezuela and give that experience to another group of students. We have visited schools, neighborhoods, people and places for the second and third time and it is starting to become familiar. Seeing students from both countries hang out and learn together is always a highlight.
I am learning even more about the community-based projects that are a big part of the Bolivarian Schools. The way they weave together the content and the project and come up with outcomes that directly benefit the community is a model I need to help get started at Oasis.
The student’s eagerness to learn and desire to question is stronger on this trip than ever before. I see questions being answered and lights turning on every time we talk to people in the communities and students in the schools. Most USians have been immersed in media propaganda that paints Venezuela as a bad country with an evil dictator. I am glad the students are getting a different perspective to bring home. My support for Chavez is reassured by what I see happening in Venezuela. He is a model world leader that is truly doing something to help the majority of the people in his country. I have so much more to write but we are off to another school. I miss and love mi novia and am ecstatic to be having a baby.
Peace and Love Jason Gardner
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