OK. Raise your hand if you’ve ever met the Prime Minister of a country. During first period yesterday principal Don came in my room to announce that he would be meeting with Prime Minister Hashim Thaqi at 10:00 that morning. “Would you like to join me?” he asked. I thought to myself…that’s during my Geometry class and today is the last day prior to Spring Break…I had some important things to say and mid-terms are right around the corner…do I have time to prepare some notes for whoever covers my class…dang, I’m wearing jeans today…”Sure, I’ll go.”
Four students, two teachers, our facilities supervisor and our principal were sitting in a private conference room at 10:30 talking to Deputy Prime Minister Huci. He chaired the committee of 22 people that authored Kosova’s constitution. Mr. Thaqi came in from his adjoining office, greeted each of us, then sat next to his deputy. Don gave him a letter from Pristina High School offering our congratulations for Kosova’s independence. He explained that our goal was to establish a school with high standards and help equip students to be responsible citizens of Kosova. Our meeting lasted about 10 minutes; I said very little. Thaqi mentioned that education was very important and that they were working on getting a computer lab in every school. He said he was grateful for the American school we were establishing. He seemed a bit preoccupied which is understandable – his government has a buffet of challenges right now. We took a group photo and were on our way – back to school by lunchtime.
Four students, two teachers, our facilities supervisor and our principal were sitting in a private conference room at 10:30 talking to Deputy Prime Minister Huci. He chaired the committee of 22 people that authored Kosova’s constitution. Mr. Thaqi came in from his adjoining office, greeted each of us, then sat next to his deputy. Don gave him a letter from Pristina High School offering our congratulations for Kosova’s independence. He explained that our goal was to establish a school with high standards and help equip students to be responsible citizens of Kosova. Our meeting lasted about 10 minutes; I said very little. Thaqi mentioned that education was very important and that they were working on getting a computer lab in every school. He said he was grateful for the American school we were establishing. He seemed a bit preoccupied which is understandable – his government has a buffet of challenges right now. We took a group photo and were on our way – back to school by lunchtime.
