Marumofase
High School Limpopo Reflection 11 – 5 – 14
On Wednesday, November 5, 2014 the
AISJ students held a meeting to discuss future editing deadlines and goals for
the upcoming publishing of the ‘Born-Free Book’. Editing will mainly consist of
grammatical errors and sentence structure; the original story written by each
Limpopo student will not be altered. We are aiming to have the finalized
versions of all the short stories by January 21st so we can move
forward with seeking publishing companies and book layout. All of the AISJ
students, as well as, several AISJ teachers will review these edited finals of
the Limpopo students’ short stories. This is an exciting milestone, because the
book has been in progress for years and we’re finally coming to an end.
Effective collaboration between AISJ and Marumofase High School Limpopo has
been an important element enabling our hard work to be published and
distributed.
A rough idea of the book’s layout
consists of three main parts: introduction, body, and conclusion. The
introduction will include a letter from Coach Funky, the founder of the
Marumofase High School Limpopo Service Project. In addition, an article on our
beginnings, how we started this service project, and the purpose. The body will
contain several ‘parts,’ in which the short stories would be separated into.
For example, some preliminary ideas include: family, substance abuse, sexual
harassment, and traditional beliefs or customs. Also, each Limpopo student’s
story will include the picture of the author. Lastly, the conclusion will end
with a letter from a teacher at Marumofase High School Limpopo and a group AISJ
letter reflecting on this wonderful educational experience. It should be noted
that all these ideas are still in the making, and so they are preliminary
rather than final.
This whole process in being part of creating
and publishing a book is a completely new experience to me and cannot be
related to others. I feel rewarded that I was able to participate in this
service project. In the near future, we will be hosting a service assembly at
AISJ, to promote and advertise our service project to spark AISJ students to
join. This experience will be a moment of skill development for me, as a public
relations representative. This will allow me to hone my public speaking skills;
thus, allowing me to work on this area of growth. In reference to AISJ future
visits to Limpopo, we are planning to set a date to visit in February 2015.
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