My lovely Duc-Tri School

Last week one of my friends was extremely excited to tell me about Duc-Tri's website. I am so astonished and happy for the first time in more than 40 years that I have not had a chance to go back to Tuy-Hoa to see how our beloved school looked like. However, the picture of our lovely school is now on the front page bringing back lots of fabulous memories of my childhood. Even though it's a small school, but the most beautiful memory I have is at Duc-Tri Elementary School.

I believe that we all should get involved in any activity related to the community. I am extremely excited about Duc-Tri's party and I will be there to join the party no matter what happens. I truly think Duc-Tri's website is the soul of Duc-Tri community, through which we have an opportunity to review our marvelous good, old days. We should be proud to show it to our younger generation what we had been through. I almost access to Duc-Tri's website every day, although it has been just established recently with great efforts and passionate dedication from Tanya. We'd like her to know we are very grateful for her talented contribution to the prosperity of Duc-Tri community. I sincerely urge all Duc-Tri's alumni giving her a hand by sending your valuable black & white old pictures, essays, articles, comments, poems, pictures, video clips, looking for friends, everything which is related to Duc-Tri community.

With "Union and Harmony", we surely will build our strong community starting from now and we must have our younger generation getting involved. Then they can carry on this valuable tradition with pride and big smile on their faces.

We are aware and acknowledge that many Duc-Tri's families have very successful children in USA. Many of our younger generation have become doctors and lawyers. Some even hold high positions in business, banking, real estate, accounting, investment, etc…We deserve to be proud of our hardship in building up our younger generation in this new land. Therefore, I'd like to take this opportunity briefly explaining the meaning of our beloved school's name in my humble understanding to our younger generation and also urge them to get involved in our activities for the sake and the prosperity of the community.

德 means virtue, morals, 智means knowledgeable, intelligent, smart. These two characteristics are very crucial value for this society. I believe our school's name is the most meaningful name among many Chinese schools in Viet-Nam. I, myself really love and respect our school's name. Our ultimate goal in life is to achieve both of these valuable characteristics because lacking one of these will not be good enough. Obtaining 德 virtue only, one will easily become mislead and superstitious. Obtaining intelligence only, one will also easily become arrogant, cruel and tyrant, such as Hitler, Mao Trach Dong, and the Japanese emperor who had led millions of people in a horrible devastation and endless miserable. Therefore, our ultimate goal in life is to develop with all exhaustive efforts in achieving these two characteristics as our school's name is implied.

Sincerely wishing our website the best …

德啟浪子 2010