Our Friends At Lincoln Friends School /
リンカン・スクールの友達
In June we had a visit from Silvia, a Spanish teacher, from the Lincoln Friends School in Rhode Island. We have had contact with teachers and students at the Lincoln Friends School for about a year now and Silvia was the second teacher to visit us. She stayed for three days and met with many teachers and students. We had two special English Lunches while she was here and the students really enjoyed learning about another all-girls Friends School.
Silvia, who is originally from Colombia, also taught us some Spanish. On the last day of her stay with us she made a speech in morning worship. She talked about why she wanted to visit us and what she learned. She, in both her personal life and professional life, likes to live a simple and peaceful life. She sees a lot of beauty and simplicity in Japanese culture and hopes to tide that to live better when she returns to America. I’m so happy that the pandemic is essentially over and we are able to go back to welcoming guests from all over the world to our school. It offers an invaluable experience for our students while also helping us as a school to build contacts and make relationships with other educators.
シルビア先生はコロンビア出身で、スペイン語も教えてくださいました。最後の日には朝の礼拝でお話をしてくださいました。礼拝ではなぜ普連土学園を訪れたかったのか、そして普連土学園で何を学んだのかについてお話しされていました。彼女は私生活においても、職業生活においても、簡素で平和な生活をすることが好きだそうです。日本の文化の中で多くの美しさと簡素さを見出していて、アメリカに戻ったときより良い生活を送ることを望んでいると彼女は話していました。私はパンデミックが本質的に終わり、また普連土学園に世界中の国からお客さんを招くことができるようになったことをとても嬉しく思います。お客さんを招くことで生徒たちにとっても貴重な経験になりますし、学校としても他の教育者の方と連絡を取ったり関係を築く手助けとなるのです。
Translated by Y.Y 高２