Sixers Nation’s Tanzola takes the process overseas
PHLSportsNation’s own Will Tanzola showed once again just how far-reaching The Process has become.
Tanzola served in Romania through a volunteer in a program called Learning Enterprises, which sends people to other countries to teach English. There were 18 other volunteers that were in the Romania program, each of whom was assigned a village or city and a host family to live with.
In their areas, the volunteers taught class every weekday to any kids that wanted to participate—since the classes were during summer, children were out of school, so the instruction was optional. A lot of kids are excited about English, however, especially in smaller villages where there is less exposure to the global language.
Volunteers get to design and create lessons and curriculum completely. It’s entirely up to the volunteer, who is also get a translator that will help with the language barrier, as there exists no language requirement to teach the class.
Tanzola decided to offer the children an glimpse into the Philadelphia basketball culture, as a sort of “bonus feature” in his program: “One day my translator was late, and I decided to teach the kids to say Trust The Process while we waited for class to start,” Tanzola said. “I had another volunteer with me and we co-taught so he video-ed it for me.”
Tanzola’s experience illustrates the power of sports across the planet, and its ability to be a unifier that can break even the strongest of language barriers. His creativity and initiative have put him on the “Retweet Armageddon” contest by the Rights to Rickie Sanchez podcast.
Vote for Tanzola’s International Process Trusters here. Voting ends Friday, January 13th at midnight.
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