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Ms Tina Banks said "Before coming As a part of the program, the

here, I was little worried about the hot American teachers were introduced to
climate in India, but the greetings from Hyderabadi lifestyle, Telangana culture.
the school children with a beautiful smile They visited monuments like Charminar,

on their faces, the love and affection they Golconda fort, Chowmohalla Palace,
are showering on us makes me Falaknuma Palace. Ms. Tina Banks, the art

speechless. I am almost welcomed and teacher appreciated the beauty and the
greeted by 500 students everyday all the design and the artwork of these

way from assembly hall through the monuments.
corridor. The teachers are working here

very hard with little resources."

During their stay in school, the
Ms Jacqueline is a blogger and she
school teachers made a timetable to cook wrote her memories about her vosot tp tje

and bring lunch for them. They enjoyed school in her blog "Thurston4change".
the food, all special dishes of Telangana They went back with a lot of memories,

State. Ms Jacqueline is a singer too, she
with a promise to keep in touch with the
learned the first six lines of state song "Jaya students and staff through social media.

Jaya He Telangana". They have shared the students work in

Ms. Jacqueline shared, " I liked the their classrooms.
way Assembly proceedings are conducted

in the school, the way the students pray to Process followed
God. It is amazing to see the way they fold GLOBAL CLASSROOM
their hands while praying-I noticed three

different styles, they are free to follow their TEACHERS
religious style in the School Assembly. In A notification for hosting Fulbright

America, our students call us by our first Teachers for Global classrooms was
name, here they say "teacher" and I can issued by the US Department of State

see the way they say it with great respect". Bureau of Educational and Cultural
Affairs (ECA) with funding provided by
the US government and administered by

the International Research and Exchange
Board (IREX). With the encouragement

from the Head Master Mr.Gajula Sridhar,

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