A SCHOOL DIRECTOR:THE SOWING OF PATRIOTISM DEPENDS ON TEACHERS

Aysor
Sept 18 2009
Armenia

Since today morning in the school N 29 of Yerevan can be heard
patriotic songs. The children and parents are gathered there. The
children wear military uniforms.

The series of events dedicated to the Day of Independence of Armenia
is launched in this school already.

Angela Baghdasaryan who is in the third form was very excited. She
remembered that she had promised her parents since last year that
she will make a surprise for them on the Independence Day. "This
event dedicated to our fatherland is a surprise too. We are dressed
as soldiers to defend our fatherland now and after many years", –
Angela said.

The director of the school N 29 Ruzanna Sarukhanyan mentioned in the
interview with Aysor.am that it is a big happiness when one can work
with such people whom you trust and when they say that the scenario
will not be presented beforehand you be sure that you will have such
a surprise.

"We attach great importance to the patriotic education. We do not
lose any chance to evaluate it for one more time. The children get
prepared for all these things cheerfully. The patriotic spirit the
children will bear as long as we keep it inside of us. For me the good
school is the good teacher", – said R. Sarukhanyan adding that if the
teacher is a patriot that quality will be passed also to the students.

The director said that they know well what it means to be after the
war, to be independent and to bring up an independent generation.

"Not all the families are able to have the same attitude. The school is
open for any child from any family, from academician up to a criminal;
the important thing is to show a correct attitude for the child. If
you manage to give important values the child can be the founder of
those values in his family. In this aspect our work is too important",
– said R. Sarukhanyan.

It was the idea of the organizer of the event Karine Lazarian to
keep the scenario in a secret till the last second, for the parents
and the teachers not to see something they have seen already. As for
the pupils she said that they are the soldiers of the future.