“I feel more comfortable now in my school”

Ezbet El Nasr is located in El Basateen district. My family and I migrated from Minya to this area. My dad works in marble crafting while my uncle, who lives with us, owns a private grocery shop. In Ezbet El Nasr, we only have 4 schools. We actually do not have a secondary school for girls. Only one preparatory school exists in the area, which was established around 3 years ago or so and my sister Amina is enrolled there. I go the preparatory and secondary school we have for boys. My name is Yasser Ibrahim Fawzy and I’m in the 2nd prep grade. I can read and write pretty well, unlike some of my classmates, as my mother encourages me to go to school every day and study at home but I can not say that I learn a lot in my classes. Our teachers don’t do a lot of effort to actually help us understand our lessons, they always tell us to memorize. That’s why a lot of my friends drop out of school or don’t attend regularly. On top of that, our school itself is in a very bad condition. Alot of the equipment is broken and need to be repaired. Even our bathrooms aren’t sanitary at all. Gozour Foundation targeted my school as well as Amina’s, to enhance the overall educational
services of our schools. When they first visited our schools, they gave our managing and administrative staff as well as our teachers, some technical and management capacity training. Then, they also supplied our schools with a lot of equipment that we needed a lot. For instance, they provided us with white boards, a computer lab with 25 computers, desks & chairs, fans, rubbish bins and water dispensers. They also painted and repaired the walls, replaced all old and broken windows and doors as well as renewed our bathrooms. Moreover, they extended the fence of our schools. Amina did always complain that a lot of outsiders would jump over the low fence and enter her school and would harass the girls. Some trespassers would also jump into my school to steal. The school environment has definitely changedsince then. The new desks and renewed science lab make me and a lot of my friends more motivated to come to school. I was also talking with some of my friends a few days ago and we were saying that the computer lab is by far the most beneficial improvement at the school as we wanted to break the access barrier to the internet and we all want to be more comfortable and knowledgeable of technology. Our teachers have also started to use some cooperative learning techniques, which helps us get engaged in the class. I really hope that they would continue teaching like this. Finally, the roads around the school were renewed and all the garbage around the school was removed which makes the school more accessible and sanitary.
I am very interested to work in the marble business as my father but I would like to own a workshop and provide the best quality in our district. After I graduate, I would like to take a course to learn more about marble crafting. That’s why I sometimes use the computers at school to know more about the industry.