3. augusta 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pri pr\u00edle\u017eitosti osl\u00e1v 50. v\u00fdro\u010dia sme v roku 2018\/19 zozbierali pr\u00edbehy a profily \u013eud\u00ed a in\u0161tit\u00faci\u00ed, ktor\u00e9 n\u00e1m pomohli vybudova\u0165 na\u0161u organiz\u00e1ciu, ktor\u00e1 sa za\u010dala v roku 1968 ako sen jedn\u00e9ho \u010dloveka. Na na\u0161om blogu budeme ka\u017ed\u00fd t\u00fd\u017ede\u0148 uv\u00e1dza\u0165 jeden pr\u00edbeh. Vychutnajte si tieto profily \"50 za 50\", ktor\u00e9 predstavuj\u00fa oddan\u00fdch \u010dlenov spr\u00e1vnej rady ASSIST, dynamick\u00fdch zamestnancov, pr\u00edjemn\u00e9 hostite\u013esk\u00e9 rodiny a nad\u0161en\u00fdch ASSIST Scholars.<\/em> Ke\u010f Sandy (zakladate\u013e ASSIST Paul G. Sanderson) pri\u0161iel do mesta, v\u017edy mi to pripom\u00ednalo Krysa\u0159a z Hamelinu. Nie na pochm\u00farnu verziu legendy bratov Grimmovcov, v ktorej \u010darovn\u00fd, z\u00e1platovan\u00fd dud\u00e1k odv\u00e1dza deti do z\u00e1huby, ale na \u0161\u0165astn\u00fd pr\u00edbeh, v ktorom fantastick\u00fd flautista odv\u00e1dza deti na \u00fa\u017easn\u00e9 dobrodru\u017estvo, ktor\u00e9 im zmen\u00ed \u017eivot. Jedno je ist\u00e9: v\u017edy to bolo \u010darovn\u00e9. Dohodol som si mno\u017estvo d\u00f4le\u017eit\u00fdch stretnut\u00ed, v\u0161etky stroskotali a v\u017edy sa nejako zhmotnili nov\u00e9 a lep\u0161ie stretnutia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sandy vyrazil do Pyrenej\u00ed na na\u0161om d\u017e\u00edpe Commando, ohlu\u0161uj\u00facom, zuby drkotaj\u00facom, kos\u0165ami tras\u00facom hluku \u0161kr\u00edpaj\u00facich prevodoviek, hrkotaj\u00facich ozuben\u00fdch kolies a cievok, a vych\u00e1dzal s t\u00fdm diabolsk\u00fdm \u00fasmevom na tv\u00e1ri, pripraven\u00fd zamie\u0161a\u0165 to a pokra\u010dova\u0165 v z\u00e1bave. Moje deti, ktor\u00e9 mali za\u010diatkom osemdesiatych rokov \u0161tyri a\u017e \u0161trn\u00e1s\u0165 rokov, mu museli pripom\u00edna\u0165 jeho vlastn\u00fd kme\u0148, ke\u010f v roku 1968 \u017eil zo svojho autobusu Volkswagen v mn\u00edchovskom t\u00e1bore a opatrne pre\u0161\u013eapoval medzi kalu\u017eami blata na ceste na nemeck\u00e9 ministerstv\u00e1 \u0161kolstva, aby ich presved\u010dil, \u017ee mu maj\u00fa zveri\u0165 svojich najlep\u0161\u00edch vedcov a \u0161portovcov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Zdalo sa, \u017ee v\u0161ade, kam sme i\u0161li, n\u00e1s sprev\u00e1dzalo \u0161\u0165astie. \u0160kolsk\u00fd rok v zahrani\u010d\u00ed h\u013eadal sp\u00f4sob, ako posla\u0165 prebyto\u010dn\u00fdch kandid\u00e1tov na Kemperovo \u0161tipendium do nez\u00e1visl\u00fdch \u0161k\u00f4l v Spojen\u00fdch \u0161t\u00e1toch. Madridsk\u00e9 Colegio Estudio malo dvojt\u00fd\u017ed\u0148ov\u00fa v\u00fdmenu s Milton Academy, ktor\u00e1 viedla k z\u00e1ujmu \u0161tudentov str\u00e1vi\u0165 \u0161kolsk\u00fd rok v podobn\u00fdch \u0161kol\u00e1ch. Sandy sa na ministerstve \u0161kolstva v Madride zozn\u00e1mila so Shelley Buckwalterovou, ktor\u00e1 za\u010dala odpor\u00fa\u010da\u0165 dobr\u00fdch kandid\u00e1tov do \u0161tipendijnej s\u00fa\u0165a\u017ee ASSIST. Zrazu sme mali deleg\u00e1cie, triedy, pribli\u017ene tucet \u0161tudentov ro\u010dne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prv\u00e9 orienta\u010dn\u00e9 kurzy boli \u00fa\u017easn\u00e9 bitky, na ktor\u00fdch Sandy takmer v\u0161etky rady a in\u0161trukcie odovzd\u00e1val cez megaf\u00f3n v ozvu\u010den\u00fdch telocvi\u010dniach r\u00f4znych \u0161k\u00f4l a univerz\u00edt, ktor\u00e9 n\u00e1m poskytli priestor na nieko\u013eko hor\u00facich augustov\u00fdch dn\u00ed. Long Island, Staten Island, Stevensov in\u0161tit\u00fat na druhom brehu Hudsonu v Hobokene, \u0161kola Walnut Hill ne\u010faleko Bostonu, Saint Mark's, Saint Paul's: nikdy sa nezdalo, \u017ee by sme boli dvakr\u00e1t na tom istom mieste, ale duch bol v\u017edy rovnak\u00fd. Nad\u0161en\u00ed p\u00e4tn\u00e1s\u0165- a\u017e osemn\u00e1s\u0165ro\u010dn\u00ed \u0161tudenti z cel\u00e9ho sveta, ktor\u00ed sa vyberali pod\u013ea podobn\u00fdch krit\u00e9ri\u00ed, ka\u017ed\u00fd s obrovsk\u00fdmi snami a hviezdami v o\u010diach, ka\u017ed\u00fd skamenen\u00fd, ale nen\u00e1sytne zvedav\u00fd a odv\u00e1\u017eny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Teraz, takmer 40 rokov po tom, \u010do som prv\u00fdkr\u00e1t stretol Sandyho a ve\u013emi pomaly pochopil, \u010do chce, aby som tu v \u0160panielsku robil, je ASSIST-Espa\u0148a na lep\u0161om mieste ako kedyko\u013evek predt\u00fdm. Moja man\u017eelka Lucie Hayesov\u00e1, ktor\u00e1 je u\u017e na d\u00f4chodku, sa akt\u00edvnej\u0161ie zap\u00e1ja do pr\u00e1ce ASSIST, moja dc\u00e9ra Katherine a jej man\u017eel Sam Lardner prispeli rozhoduj\u00facimi n\u00e1borov\u00fdmi a vzdel\u00e1vac\u00edmi zru\u010dnos\u0165ami a Bobovi a Anne Stanleyov\u00fdm a t\u00edmu ASSIST v Suffielde sa nejako podarilo v\u0161etko spoji\u0165 a na\u0161tartova\u0165 n\u00e1s do bud\u00facnosti. ASSIST mal v\u017edy magick\u00fd rozmer. Ako v Zamilovanom Shakespearovi, ke\u010f sa producenta a mana\u017e\u00e9ra Henshawa p\u00fdtaj\u00fa, ako to v\u0161etko dopadne, a on odpoved\u00e1: \u201cNeviem, je to z\u00e1hada.\u201d Sandyho divok\u00fd sen nejako pokra\u010duje a dokonca sa zd\u00e1, \u017ee naber\u00e1 na obr\u00e1tkach. P\u00fdtal som sa mnoh\u00fdch absolventov, \u010di aj oni c\u00edtia to zvl\u00e1\u0161tne k\u00fazlo, ktor\u00e9 akoby oplod\u0148ovalo v\u0161etky z\u00e1le\u017eitosti ASSIST, a v\u017edy si s \u00fa\u013eavou vyd\u00fdchli, akoby povedali: \u201cKone\u010dne! Myslel som si, \u017ee m\u00e1m len halucin\u00e1cie!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n M\u00e1me absolventov, ktor\u00ed s\u00fa (doslova) raketov\u00fdmi vedcami, mozgov\u00fdmi chirurgmi, odborn\u00edkmi na robotiku a in\u017einiermi umelej inteligencie. Keby boli s\u00fa\u010das\u0165ou programu Bradavice, mali by sme majstrov k\u00fazeln\u00edkov a ve\u013ekolep\u00fdch \u010darodejn\u00edkov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 19. okt\u00f3bra 2022 Pri pr\u00edle\u017eitosti 50. v\u00fdro\u010dia zalo\u017eenia organiz\u00e1cie sme v roku 2018\/19 zozbierali pr\u00edbehy a profily \u013eud\u00ed a in\u0161tit\u00faci\u00ed, ktor\u00e9 n\u00e1m pomohli vybudova\u0165 na\u0161u organiz\u00e1ciu, ktor\u00e1 sa za\u010dala v roku 1968 ako sen jedn\u00e9ho \u010dloveka. Na na\u0161om blogu budeme ka\u017ed\u00fd t\u00fd\u017ede\u0148 uv\u00e1dza\u0165 jeden pr\u00edbeh. Vychutnajte si tieto profily \"50 za 50\", ktor\u00e9 predstavuj\u00fa ASSIST...<\/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 pre \u0160panielsko<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
O Brianovi:
George Semler sa v roku 1979 zozn\u00e1mil s Paulom G. Sandersonom a v roku 1980 za\u010dal v \u0160panielsku s n\u00e1borom kandid\u00e1tov ASSIST. Absolvent franc\u00fazskej literat\u00fary na univerzite Yale, magister \u0161paniel\u010diny na Middlebury a spisovate\u013e na vo\u013enej nohe Semler publikoval \u010dl\u00e1nky a eseje v americk\u00fdch a medzin\u00e1rodn\u00fdch publik\u00e1ci\u00e1ch od \u010dasopisu Saveur po Gray's Sporting Journal, The Wall Street Journal, The International Herald Tribune, El Pais aEpicurious.com. Semler svoju spisovate\u013esk\u00fa kari\u00e9ru sp\u00e1ja s pr\u00e1cou v ASSIST od roku 1979.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"