3. srpna 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n
P\u0159i p\u0159\u00edle\u017eitosti oslav na\u0161eho 50. v\u00fdro\u010d\u00ed jsme v roce 2018\/19 shrom\u00e1\u017edili p\u0159\u00edb\u011bhy a profily lid\u00ed a instituc\u00ed, kter\u00e9 n\u00e1m pomohly vybudovat na\u0161i organizaci, je\u017e za\u010dala v roce 1968 jako sen jednoho \u010dlov\u011bka. Na na\u0161em blogu budeme ka\u017ed\u00fd t\u00fdden uv\u00e1d\u011bt jeden p\u0159\u00edb\u011bh. Vychutnejte si pros\u00edm tyto profily \"50 za 50\", kter\u00e9 p\u0159edstavuj\u00ed ob\u011btav\u00e9 \u010dleny spr\u00e1vn\u00ed rady ASSIST, dynamick\u00e9 zam\u011bstnance, p\u0159\u00edv\u011btiv\u00e9 hostitelsk\u00e9 rodiny a nad\u0161en\u00e9 ASSIST Scholars.<\/em> Kdy\u017e Sandy (zakladatel ASSIST Paul G. Sanderson) p\u0159ijel do m\u011bsta, v\u017edycky jsem si vzpomn\u011bl na Krysa\u0159e z Hameln. Ne tu ponurou verzi legendy brat\u0159\u00ed Grimm\u016f, ve kter\u00e9 kouzeln\u00fd dud\u00e1k odv\u00e1d\u00ed d\u011bti do z\u00e1huby, ale \u0161\u0165astn\u00fd p\u0159\u00edb\u011bh, ve kter\u00e9m fantastick\u00fd fl\u00e9tnista odv\u00e1d\u00ed d\u011bti na \u00fa\u017easn\u00e9 dobrodru\u017estv\u00ed, kter\u00e9 jim zm\u011bn\u00ed \u017eivot. Jedno je jist\u00e9: v\u017edycky to bylo kouzeln\u00e9. Domlouval jsem si nep\u0159ebern\u00e9 mno\u017estv\u00ed d\u016fle\u017eit\u00fdch sch\u016fzek, v\u0161echny ztroskotaly a v\u017edy se n\u011bjak zhmotnily nov\u00e9 a lep\u0161\u00ed sch\u016fzky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sandy p\u0159ij\u00ed\u017ed\u011bl do Pyrenej\u00ed v na\u0161em Jeepu Commando, ohlu\u0161uj\u00edc\u00edm, zuby dr\u00e1saj\u00edc\u00edm, kostmi chv\u011bj\u00edc\u00edm se rachotu sk\u0159\u00edpaj\u00edc\u00edch p\u0159evod\u016f a chrast\u00edc\u00edch ozuben\u00fdch kol a c\u00edvek, a vyj\u00ed\u017ed\u011bl s \u010f\u00e1belsk\u00fdm \u00fasm\u011bvem na tv\u00e1\u0159i, p\u0159ipraven to rozjet a pokra\u010dovat v z\u00e1bav\u011b. Moje d\u011bti, kter\u00fdm bylo na za\u010d\u00e1tku osmdes\u00e1t\u00fdch let \u010dty\u0159i a\u017e \u010dtrn\u00e1ct let, mu musely p\u0159ipom\u00ednat jeho vlastn\u00ed kmen, kdy\u017e v roce 1968 bydlel ve sv\u00e9m autobusu Volkswagen v mnichovsk\u00e9m t\u00e1bo\u0159i\u0161ti a opatrn\u011b p\u0159e\u0161lapoval mezi kalu\u017eemi bl\u00e1ta na cest\u011b na n\u011bmeck\u00e9 ministerstvo \u0161kolstv\u00ed, aby je p\u0159esv\u011bd\u010dil, \u017ee mu maj\u00ed sv\u011b\u0159it sv\u00e9 nejlep\u0161\u00ed u\u010dence a sportovce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n V\u0161ude, kam jsme \u0161li, se zd\u00e1lo, \u017ee se na n\u00e1s usm\u00e1lo \u0161t\u011bst\u00ed. \u0160koln\u00ed rok v zahrani\u010d\u00ed hledal zp\u016fsob, jak poslat p\u0159ebyte\u010dn\u00e9 kandid\u00e1ty na Kemperovo stipendium do nez\u00e1visl\u00fdch \u0161kol ve Spojen\u00fdch st\u00e1tech. Madridsk\u00e9 Colegio Estudio m\u011blo dvout\u00fddenn\u00ed v\u00fdm\u011bnn\u00fd pobyt s Milton Academy, kter\u00fd vedl k z\u00e1jmu student\u016f str\u00e1vit \u0161koln\u00ed rok na podobn\u00fdch \u0161kol\u00e1ch. Sandy se na ministerstvu \u0161kolstv\u00ed v Madridu sezn\u00e1mila s Shelley Buckwalterovou, kter\u00e1 za\u010dala doporu\u010dovat dobr\u00e9 kandid\u00e1ty do stipendijn\u00ed sout\u011b\u017ee ASSIST. Najednou jsme m\u011bli delegace, t\u0159\u00eddy, zhruba tucet student\u016f ro\u010dn\u011b.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prvn\u00ed seznamovac\u00ed kurzy byly b\u00e1je\u010dn\u00e9 rva\u010dky, kdy Sandy p\u0159ed\u00e1val t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 v\u0161echny rady a instrukce prost\u0159ednictv\u00edm megafonu v ozvu\u010den\u00fdch t\u011blocvi\u010dn\u00e1ch r\u016fzn\u00fdch \u0161kol a kolej\u00ed, kter\u00e9 n\u00e1m poskytly prostor na n\u011bkolik hork\u00fdch srpnov\u00fdch dn\u00ed. Long Island, Staten Island, Stevens\u016fv institut na druh\u00e9m b\u0159ehu Hudsonu v Hobokenu, \u0161kola Walnut Hill nedaleko Bostonu, Saint Mark's, Saint Paul's: zd\u00e1lo se, \u017ee nikdy nejsme dvakr\u00e1t na stejn\u00e9m m\u00edst\u011b, ale duch byl v\u017edy stejn\u00fd. Nad\u0161en\u00ed patn\u00e1ctilet\u00ed a\u017e osmn\u00e1ctilet\u00ed studenti z cel\u00e9ho sv\u011bta, kte\u0159\u00ed byli vybr\u00e1ni podle podobn\u00fdch krit\u00e9ri\u00ed, ka\u017ed\u00fd s obrovsk\u00fdmi sny a hv\u011bzdami v o\u010d\u00edch, ka\u017ed\u00fd zkamen\u011bl\u00fd, ale s\u017e\u00edrav\u011b zv\u011bdav\u00fd a odv\u00e1\u017en\u00fd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nyn\u00ed, t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 40 let pot\u00e9, co jsem se poprv\u00e9 setkal se Sandym a pomalu pochopil, co chce, abych tady ve \u0160pan\u011blsku d\u011blal, je ASSIST-Espa\u00f1a na lep\u0161\u00edm m\u00edst\u011b ne\u017e kdykoli p\u0159edt\u00edm. Moje \u017eena Lucie Hayesov\u00e1, kter\u00e1 je nyn\u00ed v d\u016fchodu a p\u0159estala u\u010dit, se aktivn\u011bji zapojuje do pr\u00e1ce ASSIST, moje dcera Katherine a jej\u00ed man\u017eel Sam Lardner p\u0159isp\u011bli z\u00e1sadn\u00edmi n\u00e1borov\u00fdmi a vzd\u011bl\u00e1vac\u00edmi dovednostmi a Bobovi a Anne Stanleyov\u00fdm a t\u00fdmu ASSIST v Suffieldu se n\u011bjak\u00fdm zp\u016fsobem da\u0159\u00ed v\u0161e se\u0161\u00edt dohromady a nastartovat n\u00e1s do budoucnosti. ASSIST m\u011bl v\u017edy magick\u00fd rozm\u011br. Stejn\u011b jako ve filmu Zamilovan\u00fd Shakespeare, kdy\u017e se producenta a mana\u017eera Henshawa ptaj\u00ed, jak to v\u0161echno dopadne, a on odpov\u00ed: \u201cNev\u00edm, je to z\u00e1hada.\u201d Sandyho divok\u00fd sen n\u011bjak pokra\u010duje a dokonce se zd\u00e1, \u017ee nab\u00edr\u00e1 na obr\u00e1tk\u00e1ch. Ptal jsem se mnoha absolvent\u016f, zda tak\u00e9 c\u00edt\u00ed to zvl\u00e1\u0161tn\u00ed kouzlo, kter\u00e9 jako by oplod\u0148ovalo v\u0161echny z\u00e1le\u017eitosti ASSIST, a oni si v\u017edy s \u00falevou vydechli, jako by \u0159\u00edkali: \u201cKone\u010dn\u011b! Myslel jsem, \u017ee m\u00e1m jen halucinace!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n M\u00e1me absolventy, kte\u0159\u00ed jsou (doslova) raketov\u00fdmi v\u011bdci, mozkov\u00fdmi chirurgy, odborn\u00edky na robotiku a in\u017een\u00fdry um\u011bl\u00e9 inteligence. Kdyby byly sou\u010d\u00e1st\u00ed programu Bradavice, m\u011bli bychom mistry kouzeln\u00edky a velk\u00e9 \u010darod\u011bje.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 19. \u0159\u00edjna 2022 P\u0159i p\u0159\u00edle\u017eitosti oslav 50. v\u00fdro\u010d\u00ed zalo\u017een\u00ed organizace jsme v roce 2018\/19 shrom\u00e1\u017edili p\u0159\u00edb\u011bhy a profily lid\u00ed a instituc\u00ed, kter\u00e9 n\u00e1m pomohly vybudovat na\u0161i organizaci, je\u017e za\u010dala v roce 1968 jako sen jednoho \u010dlov\u011bka. Na na\u0161em blogu budeme ka\u017ed\u00fd t\u00fdden uv\u00e1d\u011bt jeden p\u0159\u00edb\u011bh. Vychutnejte si pros\u00edm tyto profily \"50 for 50\", kter\u00e9 p\u0159edstavuj\u00ed...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":57371,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[134,135],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-50-stories","category-blog"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
George Semler
Koordin\u00e1tor ASSIST pro \u0160pan\u011blsko<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
O Brianovi:
George Semler se v roce 1979 sezn\u00e1mil s Paulem G. Sandersonem a v roce 1980 za\u010dal ve \u0160pan\u011blsku s n\u00e1borem kandid\u00e1t\u016f ASSIST. Absolvent francouzsk\u00e9 literatury na Yaleov\u011b univerzit\u011b, magistr \u0161pan\u011bl\u0161tiny na Middlebury a spisovatel na voln\u00e9 noze Semler publikoval \u010dl\u00e1nky a eseje v americk\u00fdch i mezin\u00e1rodn\u00edch publikac\u00edch od \u010dasopisu Saveur po Gray's Sporting Journal, The Wall Street Journal, The International Herald Tribune, El Pais aEpicurious.com. Od roku 1979 spojuje svou spisovatelskou kari\u00e9ru s prac\u00ed v ASSIST.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"