Reasons to be Optimistic!

I am at work in the administration office of Masinfa here in Nicaragua. Students have been coming in all morning excited to give me a list of their ideas to put on our new trash cans (a school wide anti-litter project). Just reading a couple of their sheets has me a little emotional. Two weeks ago every classroom/public area at the school had trash on the ground. Now students are unleashing their creativity to try to win soccer balls or translation dictionaries in a competition for ideas. With this competition and the help of an environmental student group, the students are starting to take ownership of the project!! Life is good. Not to mention that 76% of students in a survey I did, said they wanted to learn more about/have discussions about the environment in their English classes. :) :)