[IDT] Final Reflection
The I Dig Tanzania project was a program testing the application of a new medium for learning; digital learning. The broader aspects of this feast are profound in their possible implementations for students who are not provided with traditional classroom environments. For me, this program has shown me that such a unique beneficial endeavor can work and can succeed on many scales. The important values I can recall from this program are the promotion of science and education and the importance and complexity of culture. Human culture is a large standing awkward facet of human nature. It is delicate and valuable, providing inspiration and teaching respectable values. It is being, because it is important to people in that it is what defines them, and yet it is indefinable for us. I have learned what culture is to the people of Africa and what it means to me. More personal for me is the importance of sciences. Education is the aspect that fosters passion which fosters entrepreneurship which furthermore leads to success. Sciences need not be a crutch for progress but a love which inevitably achieves this goal. Education is necessary a catalyst, no matter how small, is impactful. These are the important values I have attained and reaffirmed through this program. -Anil Vaitla
