International New Industry Entrant Students

[Pacificpainters]

Here are some of my students from Nauru, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Australia (my son who is now in the course), Fiji, Vanuatu, Samoa, and Papua New Guinea.

Please post a comment and I will ensure it gets read out to them.

[painter paul]

Wow wow wow. I've never seen such a high ratio of painter ladies before!

All the best girls!

And I hope you guys can keep up with them...

[Pacificpainters]

Just read your comment Paul to the class, they all are really doing well. However one of our Kiribati girls is dangerous with a brush (hope to change that soon).

Here are some comments from them transcribed by me (Translations in brackets):

Gloria from Solomon Islands - "me happy tu mas" (I am very happy)

Vitinia from Fiji "E Qasenivuli totoka qai matata na nodrau veivakavulici o Michael kei Mavuku" (the trainers Michael and Mavuku are really excellent)

Florintine from Vanuatu - "hi, me glad tu mus blo tekem course ia" (hi, I am glad to be on the course)

Missy from Nauru - "Ibibogin magur turin engamen aton" (Enjoying working with all the other students) - Missy was the hardest one to get a comment from. I hope you appreciate this because it took some time...

Anari from Kiribati - "Te mauri, te raoi ao te tabomoa" (Hello, painting is fantastic, its beyond my expectations!)

You have no idea how hard that was to get... they were all too shy to comment. I managed to get one comment from each nation present.

[greenpainters]

Wow, how do get your clothes so white? Are you all tennis players? Real painters have paint all over them!

[Pacificpainters]

The trick is to take the photo when they first get the uniforms, trust me they don't stay white for long.

[Pacificpainters]

Hey there..!! After a long time I got such an interesting post...!!
Thank you so much for posting this great stuff here and sharing it with us..!!

You are welcome, I have a wonderful privilege teaching these students. They are turning out to be great painters and I am very proud of each and every one of them.

[Pacificpainters]

I see you are very proficient at your occupation and you get much pleasure with these girls. I am sure you are a great teacher. You have a good team! Thanks for sharing this thread!

Thank you Lizzie, I enjoy training all my students, male and female. I do feel privileged helping the girls though. They have such obstacles to overcome, they are so courageous tackling a male dominated industry. One of my female students could not come to class for a while because her boyfriend busted her jaw. Another girl's boyfriend burned all her text books because he was jealous of her learning a trade.

Here are some inspiring stories of the girls that have been taking this class:

http://www.aptc.edu.au/news/100311.html
http://www.aptc.edu.au/news/acem_casey_sep08.html
http://www.aptc.edu.au/news/010610.html