The Afghan School Project

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• Ali Raza
  June 15th, 2009 at 12:46 am

  We are very proud that Mr.Ehsan Ullah have received an honourary degree from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, As you reach another milestone, we
  want you to know how extremely
  proud we are of you. Through much
  perseverance and dedication you were
  able to conquer yet another challenge.
  There are no limits to your success.
  We know no matter what path you
  take from this point, you will prosper.
  You are a true star and you light up
  our lives and ACCC. We love you!

  Kind Regards,
  Ali Raza

• Ryan Aldred
  June 16th, 2009 at 5:31 am

  Dear Ali Raza,

  Thank you for your kind words – I just wanted to say what an honour it was to meet Ehsan in person for the first time, and how proud I am to be able to support the students and teachers of the ACCC. You have done incredible work, and I look forward to seeing all that you accomplish in the future.

  Best Regards,

  Ryan

• Sharifa
  June 17th, 2009 at 4:49 am

  We would like to offer him our sincere congratulations on receiving this special degree as recognition of his untiring efforts and dedication towards improving education level and his achievements.

  We wish more success in future.

  Regards,

  Students of leadership class

• Yelda Mahmood
  June 21st, 2009 at 5:55 am

  Dear Supporters,
  I want to express my appreciation for your generosity in support of ACCC. Your personal commitment was incredibly helpful and allowed us to reach our goal. Your assistance means so much to me but even more to ACCC. Thank you from all of us.
  Sincerely,
  Yelda Mahmood.

• Yelda Mahmood
  June 21st, 2009 at 6:20 am

  Dear Sir Ehsan,
  On behalf of everyone here at ACCC, I would like to sincerely congratulate you on your recent Honorary Degree from SAIT.
  Congratulations! I know how strongly you felt about the issue, and how long you worked on developing your argument. You are a good example of how commitment and hard work pay off.
  Your honor indicates a promising future in public service. We wish you the very best.
  I’m certain you will thrive in your environment and that you’ll relish all the challenges that will come your way.
  There is no doubt that your recent achievements will be spoken of for some time to come and that the admiration for your accomplishments is felt by all of us within the ACCC as well as the general public.

  On behalf of the Management Class I wish you all the best in your future career and life endeavors, whatever they may be.
  Yours Sincerely,
  Yelda Mahmood.

• Sara
  June 23rd, 2009 at 7:38 am

  Congratulations! Great work!! you have done incredible work, wish you all the best in every step you take.

  Regards,
  Sara

• Meena Sahibzada
  June 26th, 2009 at 9:29 pm

  Dear Ehsan Sir,
  I would like to sincerely congratulate you on your recent Honorary Degree from SAIT.
  Congratulations! I know how strongly you felt about the issue, and how long you worked on developing your argument. You are a good example of how commitment and hard work pay off.
  Your honor indicates a promising future in public service. We wish you all the very best.
  I’m certain you will thrive in your environment and that you’ll relish all the challenges that will come your way.
  I want to express my appreciation for your generosity in support of ACCC. Your personal commitment was incredibly helpful and allowed us to reach our goal. Your assistance means so much to me but even more to ACCC.
  Wish you all the best in your future career and life endeavors, whatever they may be.

  Yours Sincerely,
  Meena Sahibzada

• Yelda Mahmood
  June 27th, 2009 at 6:34 am

  Hi Mina Jan,
  Dont you think that you copied my comment?I mean copied all of it!

• Ali
  June 27th, 2009 at 7:44 am

  I really wanted to mention this issue but I was waiting for your comment Yelda, I think you have also copied your comments from(httpwww.thank-you-note-samples.comdonation-thank-you.html).
  hope you don’t mind.

  Regards,
  Ali

• Mohammad Dawood "Banury"
  June 28th, 2009 at 3:29 am

  Dear All,

  On behalf of ACCC teachers, I am deeply honored and happy to have offered a dinner party to Mr. Ehsan for his bringing home Honorary Degree from Canada. This is a big achievement made in our history and we are proud of Mr. Ehsan’s abilities and services and sacrifices he has given in improving Afghans lives through an education. Here I would also thank the people of Canada giving us this big honor.

  Regards,

  Mohammad Dawood Banury
  ICT Trainer ACC Center
  Kandahar, Afghanistan

• Nisar Ahmad Azaad
  July 1st, 2009 at 12:48 am

  The people of Kandahar and south west region are proud of Mr. Ehsan

  Dear Supporters,

  We have aired few trails for Ehsan’s interview on our radio to let people know that an important story is coming. The trials will continue the whole day today. Then we will broadcast Mr.Ehsan’s whole interview. During the last few hours, we have received hundreds of calls from our listeners across south region. They are not only anxious to hear the interview, but are extremely delighted and proud that an ordinary Afghan brings home such a big honor from Canada .

  One caller said, ‘ This is a big reputation for our city. We never forget the struggles of Mr. Ehsan. Mr. Ehsan is the person who served our youth, our children for years. We are really glad hearing the trails of his interview and eager to hear his complete interview soon. The caller added that this is big honor and will motivate our children our young generation to give more focus to get education. It is all the efforts of Mr.Ehsan and his active team and generous friends supporting him in his noble work. We pray for his long and successful life.’

  Really sir we have few such success stories so no wonder how happy people are about your story.

  Regards

  Nisar Ahmad Azaad
  Head of Killid Radio
  Kandahar Afghanistan
  And one of ACCC student

• Yelda Mahmood
  July 2nd, 2009 at 3:52 am

  Dear Ali,
  I think for writing or copying needs an art and is! It doesn’t mean that you cut and paste something from somewhere. The important thing is what you find comparable to that issue and then according to that issue you are going to search for some good sentences and prefer that for your subject.

  I didn’t mind but to express your feelings you need something special and desirable to show it, whether that is a poem copied, or an application! However it needs time and research.

• Ali Raza
  July 5th, 2009 at 4:01 am

  Dear Yelda,
  I agree what you have mentioned in your comment, every body researches for something special, I also search for more desirable and craving sentences.
  Actually I meant that may be Meena has also come across with the same sentences and words you had pasted. My milestone was just to tell you that it was not essential to mention such things.

  Regards,
  Ali Raza

• Nisar Ahmad Hamkar
  July 7th, 2009 at 6:09 am

  Dear readers,

  ACCC teachers praise Sir Ehsan invigorated educational efforts; I am greatly privileged to present a dinner party to Sir Ehsan because of coming back at the ranch with his honorary degree from Canada. This degree is a huge attainment for our great Country and especially for ACC center. Finally I would him to carry on his faithful and honest working to progress and Afghans education and lives; and I would like to thanks Sait Polytechnic.

  Best regards
  Nisar Ahmad Hamkar
  Computer Instructor at ACCC

• Khan Khadim
  July 10th, 2009 at 10:42 pm

  Dear ACCC Administration,

  Greetings:

  I wish my idea are acceptable for you.

  My name is Khan Khadim and one the residents of Kandahar. I am working with LGCD/USAID as Technical Advisor in Kandahar.

  In addition I am studying English at ACCC. For the last six months, I have found out that ACCC is making remarkable progress day by day. Many people have come to the center and standing in cues for taking admission at ACCC. Sometimes there is even no chance for people as ACCC is overcrowded with too many people coming and studying positively.

  This course has left a remarkable prestige and publicity in Kandahar communities. Not alone young men and women taking interest in this center, but also aged people come to this school for an education.

  The people of Kandahar would like to see this course expand its programs. First there will be more enlightenment in the region and secondly more people will get jobs because of the valuable skills taught at ACCC.

  I just have one suggestion: I would like the ACCC administration to put up a memory book in which guests, visitor will write their suggestions and memories of ACCC remarkable activities. I have seen a lot of visitors of ACCC and they have told me that this is an excellent program. So I would like that these things be noted in the ACCC memory book.

  I would also suggest if ACCC put up a complaint box so that if ACCC students have any ideas/opinion for further betterment of ACCC would be great.

  Manana

• Somayah
  July 14th, 2009 at 5:08 am

  ACCC Afghan Canadian Community Center, as a professional school in Kandahar province, academy place especially for women in Kandahar, this center is supported by Canadian and managed by Mr. Ehsan sir, the most honorable person who provides us facilities that much that I can’t explain. Computer and English classes, management and health class, online studies, internet facilities, free transportation as we better realize that these things are not so easy to be provided but by the hard working and by the struggle of Mr. Ehsan sir we do have different kinds of facilities that allow us to study in hard, learn more and be in peace and happiness.

  We are really grateful and appreciate Mr. Ehsan and very humanitarian people of Canada.

• Ehsan
  July 16th, 2009 at 8:28 am

  Dear Patrons,

  Thank you very much for leaving these wonderful comments and compliments. I am deeply honored to have received them and would like to dedicate this honor to you all. I could not have made this achievement unless I had had your prayers and good wishes. Upon this, I would like to thank the great people of Canada for their recognition of my long drawn out efforts in promotion of education, enlightenment and human rights in the difficult areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

  Dear Khan _ Thank you for the beautiful comment and suggestions. Your suggestions were taken into consideration and both the public suggestion box and ACCC visitors’ comments book have been put up at the ACCC.

• Fatema
  July 19th, 2009 at 4:42 am

  Hi Everyone,

  I have an interesting story to share.

  It was 2002, when we heard that a training program in computer and English language has opened under a man whose name is Ehsan who has recently returned from Pakistan to serve his Afghan brothers and sisters. Teaching English and computer to women by men was a strange news in Kandahar. But parents said that Ehsan taught both men and women in Pakistan and there he strictly applied cultural values, respect and moral conducts. Soon my parents wanted me to join the school. After I studied happily for a few months, the school got crowded, many girls came and Mr. Ehsan decided that children should leave as he announced that his program should remain only as an adult education program. So he came to our class one day and asked the teacher if he could speak to the students. As soon as I saw him I slipped down the chair and hid between chairs. But he saw me and took me and all the other children out of the classroom. The other children left for homes, but I did not. Instead, I stood under a tree there and continued to weep in despair. I was deeply disappointed. Ehsan showed up again and walked towards me. I was more afraid and thought that he is going to take me out of the school now. As he came nearer, he was not aiming at me actually. He got into his car. As he started his car to drive, he saw me in tears. He immediately stopped the car and got off the car and asked me why I was weeping. I told him I was crying because he took me out of the class. On telling him this, I noticed how sad he became (that I was sorry for him) and how tender he became and how much pity he took upon me. He took me to his office and called all the teachers to his office. He told all of them to allow the children back to classes.

  Happily I was in the class again. I studied hard and always got first position. Today I am a teacher teaching English to many other students. I am paid well and I am supporting my self, my family and my country __ Congratulations Ehsan! You deserve the Honorary Degree. How wise the people of Canada are to give this honor to the right person at the right time.

• Sultana kochi
  July 20th, 2009 at 3:36 am

  ACC Center is one of the largest and effective centers in Kandahar, which helps Kandahar girls and women to make their future full of brightness and fulfill their hopes and wish. As we are announced graduated students of SAIT polytechnic, we are really proud that we got such a big achievement in our life by the help of all Kind and wonderful people of Canada and Mr. Ehsan. These kind personalities has really changed our life and made us able to perform well on our own and with confidence for our country and society. I myself would like to appreciate these personalities from the depth of my heart for their contribution to ACCC. In addition my message to all online and ACC Center students is to be present and take benefit from this golden opportunity don’t miss this chance. ACC center is the way from which we can defend our people city and country. As well as through this golden opportunity we can fulfill and bring happiness on our parents, family and relatives faces.

  Thank you so musch

• kochi Lodin & Anita Taraky
  July 20th, 2009 at 3:48 am

  We students of ACCC (Afghan Canadian Community Center) from the deep of our hearths we really and obviously appreciate who are contributing to ACCC’s students Internet facilities through internet we are benefiting a lot because most of our studies are online such us Management, skype, e-schooling and etc but most of the time we face slow internet connection because vast number of students using internet for their studies.

  We would like to have fast /speed internet for ACCC students in main while we would like to take more advantage of internet at ACCC especially those whom are studying online courses.

  sincerely
  Kochi Lodin
  Anita Taraky

• Anita Taraky
  July 22nd, 2009 at 3:23 am

  Our ACCC

  I am Anita Taraky student of Advanced 2, Management and Computer class in ACC Center. As I know that ACCC (Afghan Canadian Community Center) is one of the largest community center in the whole Kandahar City,
  In here: we students are having such kinds of beneficial and essential courses like: (Project management, Organizational Behavior, Accounting, Human Resources, Leadership, Skype course, E-Schooling, and Carliton Courses are taught and will taught.
  And also ACC Center is having standard English and Computer Classes for all the students of it. Besides having professional, experienced and qualified teachers for teaching those courses at ACCC.
  We have as well Internet Facilities for students of online course which they are much benefiting from it (Internet)
  Those who supports and sponsor ACC Center like Canadian, Our Director Mr Ehsanullah Ehsan and also our teacher of Management class Mr Noor Ahmad Ghalib I am really appreciating and thankful from them.
  Because they always and obviously want us to get education perfectly by having this gold opportunity of Canada.

• haroon ehsan and nargis ehsan
  July 31st, 2009 at 2:52 am

  Hello Dad how nice it is, we see you here, we are proud of you that you are working hard and good for the people, but you also please give us sometime, spend some time with us at home and make time to go for a picnic. You are always working hard, busy in your offices, classes, center, and always with laptop computer working everywhere. And here very beautiful comments from people about our dad. Thank you everyone here giving a lot of respects to our father. and he is also working for people and he got degree from the Canada people and he said this degree is for the people of Afghanistan. Thank you from the people of Canada to give this respect to our dad. we all know this degree is not easy to get and because our father work hard he got it and tell us we all work hard for people promotion and we will get a degree also. The people of Canada very good people to helping our father. Thank you and we the children of Afghanistan remember this kindness of Canada people.

• Sharifullah Kanishka
  August 5th, 2009 at 4:58 am

  The Role of Women in Society

  Women are important in our society. Every woman has her own job or duty in this
  modern society in which men are still the ’strongest gender’;. We can´t forget that
  women´s life is a lot more complicated than a man´s life. A woman has to take care of
  her own personal life and if she is a mother , she has to take care also about her
  children´s life too. Marriaged women have lots of worries and believe it or not , they
  carry out a more stressfull life than marriaged men.

  Several times in my life I have heard commentaries about the lack of importance of
  women. I am personally against these kind of commentaries. In my life the most
  important person I remember is my mother. She is a professional also , but besides her
  profession , she always took good care of me. We can´t forget that all human beings
  come right from a woman. We can´t ignore that is a woman the one who has to live
  with her own life and also learn the right cares for rescent born babies in order to
  garantee our safety and the chance to survive.

• Sharifullah Kanishka
  August 5th, 2009 at 5:10 am

  Few points for the teachers to remember and have a good class.

  1: Know your students: Understand their learning
  styles, strengths and weaknesses. Don’t assume the whole class group learns the same way.

  2:Make students take notes often and force them regularly review them. How can teachers do that? Surprisingly, each student in our Fish Bowl valued pop quizzes as the most effective way to “guarantee” students will pay attention in class, take notes and study them.

  3: Start each class period by reviewing the previous class session’s learnings and sum up learning at the end of each class period.

  4: Lectures into sections for optimal retrieval of information. This was the most requested item for students. In order to take the best notes and confer with other students, students want teachers to employ lecture strategies.

• Sharifullah Kanishka
  August 5th, 2009 at 5:15 am

  Principles of Language Learning:

  Language learning principles are generally sorted into three sub-groupings: Cognitive Principles, Affective Principals and Linguistic Principles. Principles are seen as theory derived from research, to which teachers need to match classroom practices. Here are some brief summaries of the principles that fall into each grouping:

  Cognitive Principles:

  Automaticity: Subconcious processing of language with peripheral attention to language forms;

  Meaningful Learning: This can be contrasted to Rote Learning, and is thought to lead to better long term retention;

  Anticipation of Rewards: Learners are driven to act by the anticipation of rewards, tangible or intangible;

  Intrinsic Motivation: The most potent learning “rewards” are intrinsically motivated within the learner;

  Strategic Investment: The time and learning strategies learners invest into the language learning process.

  Affective Principles:

  Language Ego: Learning a new language involves developing a new mode of thinking – a new language “ego”;

  Self-Confidence: Success in learning something can be equated to the belief in learners that they can learn it;

  Risk-Taking: Taking risks and experimenting “beyond” what is certain creates better long-term retention;

  Language-Culture Connection: Learning a language also involves learning about cultural values and thinking.

  Linguistic Principles:

  Native Language Effect: A learner’s native language creates both facilitating and interfering effects on learning;

  Interlanguage: At least some of the learner’s development in a new language can be seen as systematic;

  Communicative Competence: Fluency and use are just as important as accuracy and usage – instruction needs to be aimed at organizational, pragmatic and strategic competence as well as psychomotor skills.

  This is a very brief overview of various language learning principles, drawn heavily from H. Douglas Brown’s explanation (see resources for reference). You may be able to come up with more or different interpretations yourself. However you view language learning principles, these should form the basis or backdrop of the techniques you choose to use and the choices you make in the language learner classroom.

• Ehsan
  August 8th, 2009 at 3:22 am

  I just thought I should write a few sentences to thank the team members in Kandahar, Kabul, Ottawa and New York for looking after ACCC during my leave. As I watched I saw everything from Carleton e-schooling, SAIT Distance Education Program/SAIT Business Diploma Program, Skype Program, ACCC regular classes, Education Generation Program, communication and ACCC Administration activities were highly satisfactorily administered. It does seem like ACCC has got a strong and cohesive team to serve people in need without any greed and selfishness.
  I also thought I should name a few members of the team who worked very hard during these few days: Hashim and Qaseem, as always, kept our 70 computers in tip top conditions everyday for students use; Shir Mohammad Kandahari fully organized and coordinated Skype classes, schedules and programs and reported that now over 40 students of ACCC are positively enrolled on Skype communication program, the English language program; Hamayoon and Esmat organized and managed ACCC activities; Dawood assisted e-schooling students with their preparation for exam; Esmat and Ilyas worked on students profiles to complete for students education sponsorship; Esmat worked on handling contract services; Ryan and Ruiz wrote proposals; Ruiz also wrote a business course curriculum; Hamayoon, Esmat and Naghma organized a slide show about an Afghan woman hero for ACCC students and families; Ahmadi Sab supervised the Helmand training program while Abdullah supervised Zabul training programs. All teachers of ACCC, despite increased heat and other challenges in Kandahar, gave full attendance to their classes and shared knowledge and information with their hundreds of fellow sisters and brothers studying at ACCC. Ehsan/myself, Ryan and Vicky directed, coordinated and closely supervised all the programs.

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