English Diplomas – Thank You Louise!

Last night, Louise Audette’s English courses arrived at the finish line, and we had a diploma ceremony, followed by a reception with proud parents and friends.  These events are always emotionally charged moments, because our visiting instructors forge such deep friendships with our students, and saying good-bye isn’t easy.  For Louise, this was her very first visit to Brazil, and her experience here was so incredibly rich, thanks to the enthusiastic response to her lively teaching and the impressive progress made by the students.

As the course ended, the students wrote short, but very poetic messages to Louise, to thank her for her generous work at the ICBIE.  Here is one example:

Tudo começou por um querer
Que depois de um pouco de tempo
Sem ter como perceberse tranformou
que jamais vamos esquecer

It all began with a wish
That after a bit of time
Without feeling it at all, transformed
Into something that we’ll never forget

For the record, here is a complete list of Louise’s wonderful English students:

Beginning English

English Conversation