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A Pilot’s Tale
This week has been story making week during English class in our orphan home, and the children have really been enjoying the process. For most of them, it is their first real introduction to the creative process and having the freedom to make up a story of their own. We spent last week learning about adjectives and using them to describe people and things in preparation for this week’s exercise, and it has been a great benefit. Next we learned about the 4 key elements of a story: Characters, Setting, Plot, and Moral. Using these elements, we have been creating our story. What is most impressive about this whole week is the characters and story the children have come up with so far.
In Nepal, most of the stories have to do with love and duty to family and country. These are certainly valuable and worthwhile topics for a story, but the children are not often exposed to stories of independence and personal freedom. That is why it was pleasantly surprising to hear them choose a young female protagonist who becomes an international pilot, traveling the world, and who is unmarried at the age of 24 and in no hurry to marry despite her mother’s pressure because she is happy with her life of freedom and adventure. In fact, the moral of the story they decided upon is that it is okay to be independent and follow your dreams. When asked if there was anyone they knew in real life who was independent and followed their dreams that they admired, they picked their guardian, our director, Himal. We can only hope they keep this feeling as they get older and find their own dreams to follow.
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