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March 11, 2010
Hoban, you are Banglamazing.
With Banglabash ending yesterday, I could not help but to use this space to say thank you to everyone who participated in one of the most successful Banglabashes Hoban has ever seen.
This year, student participation in Banglabash skyrocketed. You may have noticed this from the way the available shirt sizes quickly disappeared and were reordered on numerous occasions. As of Tuesday afternoon, a majority of students had donated in some form.
During the two week campaign, it’s easy to let Banglabash just blend in with everything else going on at Hoban. But now that all is said and done, it’s impossible to not recognize the significance of our actions.
While we share the similarity of being a Holy Cross school with the Bangladeshi school we are helping, Biroiakuni Highschool, it is the economic differences that set us apart. While we sit in a school with advanced technology and nearly unlimited resources and opportunities at our disposal, Biroidakuni HS only recently received stable electricity. The poverty extends beyond the school to the whole country of Bangladesh, where over 80% of the population lives on less than $2 day. Furthermore, nearly 55% of Bangladeshi citizens over the age of seven are illiterate.
Biroidakuni High School is trying to rectify these horrific statistics through education. By providing the school with a computer lab, we are assisting them greatly. The students who benefit from our efforts will receive more than just a piece of equipment.
Studies show that access to technology allows students to learn how to organize complex information, recognize patterns, draw inferences and communicate findings. It also improves student motivation and attitudes about themselves and learning.
In addition, access to computers connects Biroidakuni with the world. I hope that one day students at Hoban will be able to directly communicate with Biroidakuni students through these computers, and when that time comes, everyone who helped out by donating this year will have had a hand in this.
I also want to extend a special thank you to Makenzie Bell, David Sutter, Mrs. Frye, Mr. Fahey, Mr. Hillery and all of Student Council for all of their help and hard work to make Banglabash possible. Their months of planning have undoubtedly paid off.
I hope that everyone enjoyed the Banglabash festivities as much as I did. I feel extremely blessed to lead a student body so willing to come together and help others in the midst of the busyness of your own lives.
So for the next few months, every time you throw on your Banglabash t-shirt, scratch your facial hair or admire your flip flops, please remember the true impact of your donation and how proud you should be to know that you are part of a student body that cares.
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