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News from Gowri and the Future of Communication

www.rainbowprimaryschool.com 23 July 2008

So I was driving to a winery with my friend Ward. We were discussing his friend in East Africa, a school headmaster who regularly researches and sends along suggestions to Ward out here in California. The headmaster doesn't use his own email address, just the internet cafe's email address. We talked about how this kind of casual, catch-as-catch-can internet use in the third world will really help our work!

The next day, I got a note from Gowri teacher who is struggling to serve as the temporary headmistress while Usha Madam is visiting her son. It was from an internet center, sent by the owner of the center for Gowri (who never really got comfortable typing).

"today M.E.O (Mandal Education Officer, Sharma Mohanchary) visied (sic) our school and charts,reports,dairys (sic),big books, visied (sic) registers,food,all good.

M.E.O sharma sir.

all teachers making lesson plans,activities."

How cute is that!! Love Gowri teacher! (You can see her class in the video in the previous posting.)

Ward was right. Information will get out even with just a little tiny bit of opportunity!

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