Sellest nädalast alates osaleb meie kooli tegemistes vabatahtlik Saksamaalt. Sabine on 18aastane neiu, kes ei soovinud kohe peale gümnaasiumi minna ülikooli ning otsustas selle asemel proovida vabatahtliku programmi välismaal. Sabine toimetab terve õppeaasta vältel nii Taebla koolis kui ka Taebla noortekeskuses. Ta on tubli, asjalik, rahulik ja armas neiu, kes on valmis proovima kõike, mida talle pakutakse. Talle hirmsasti meeldib kunst, seega on väga rõõmus kui saab abiks olla kunstitundides/ringides. Selle nädala jooksul on ta õppinud tundma meie koolimaja, inimesi, abiks olnud 1. klassi tundides ja kaasa löönud mõningates ringitundides, samuti on tutvunud ka Taebla noortekeskusega ja ka teiste valla keskustega.
Soovime Sabinele rõõmsat ja kindlat meelt see seiklus lõpuni käia, et koduigatsus ei saaks võitu. Õpilastelt ja kolleegidelt palume kaasamist, julget suhtlemist ja samuti rõõmsat meelt, et Sabinel oleks mõnusam seda teekonda käia ning võimalusi ennast täiendada ja kasvatada.
Siin on ka väike tekst mille on Sabine kirjutanud oma esimese nädala kohta:
As I arrived in Tallinn Saturday I didn’t really know what to expect except the things I looked up while I still was home. This plus my nervousness about everything new didn’t help my self-confidence, especially when homesickness already set in and I was thrust in a completely new environment with a language I barely knew. However, my roommate and I realized fast, Sunday already, during a tour through Haapsalu, that it gets better if you do something and not nurse your fears about the upcoming ten months alone at home. Fortunately, we were occupied every day and so the only hours we submitted to our fears were the evenings at home with a lot of ice cream. Still, my greatest anxiety was how the kids would receive me and that fear will probably still occupy my mind in the future. Would they like me? Accept that I am a foreigner only speaking German and English? What if they wouldn’t? These thoughts cost me a many night’s sleep even before I arrived in Estonia. I’m glad to say, the first time in the youth centre and at school, even with awkward moments, eased my fears a lot. Especially with the first class on Thursday where I was hugged again and again and suddenly had two to three children clinging to my hand asking me things in Estonian. And even though I didn’t understand a thing, I felt more included than I had hoped to be the first time there. Of course, I’m still scared of the future and overthink things a tad too much, but that’s just who I am as a person. And while my homesickness will stay for a while I hope it will pass the more I become integrated in school, the youth centre, and Estonia in general.
