Last April, the Department of Education put on an island wide Speech Contest for 7th grade students throughout the island. It was organized by one of my Peace Corps coworkers in the village of Tafunsak. Each school had to select 2 students to participate in the final competition held at the Governors office. They both had to prepare a speech 5 to 10 minutes in length on the topic, "How to Make Kosrae A Better Place." The speeches could be presented in either English or Kosraen. I worked with selecting the students to go to the competition and then helped them on their speeches and presentations, along with their 7th grade English teacher Genie. It was a very good feeling to have both students win awards at the competition. While I was very happy for Rina who came in 1st place for her English speech, I was even more pleased that Sepe came in 3rd for Kosraen. Genie is Pohnpein and has about the same fluency of Kosraen as my self. Without any other help I worked tirelessly with Sepe on her Kosraen speech and was very satisfied that she was able to place. It was an amazing experience. The FSM Telecom taped the contest and I can still watch reruns on the local Kosraen channell...
7th Grade Teacher Genie Jonas, Rina Rabauw (1st place-English), and Sepe (3rd place-Kosraen)
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