海上青焙坊2013年7月简报月刊
距离我第一次见到第五批年轻的烘焙师，已经过去近一年了。当我们核对他们的文件、处理他们的新生礼物时，他们正分散在宿舍里。每个人都能体会到他们初到大城市的那份兴奋和能够学习一门新技能的激动，而这些兴奋与激动中又有着对于未来的一丝焦虑。在那天我们照下的照片上，他们中的许多人看着相机，留下了严肃的表情，好像在试图掩藏他们脑中的疑问与困惑。
7月15日，周一，当法国驻沪总领事卢力捷先生为他们颁发毕业证书时，我想起了一年前的画面，而这些画面又很快被他们在这一年中经历的变化所取代。一个看上去一直在焦虑或害怕的学生，此时正笑得很自信；一个过去会在别人讲话时看着别处的学生，如今成为了招聘会上最积极参加面试的人；另一个有一些口吃、从不在公众面前发言的学生，现在变成了班级中最健谈的人；一个不会说标准普通话的学生，在100多个人面前表演了英语短剧。
正如我在毕业典礼之前对这些年轻烘焙师所说的一样，成长是一个没有终点的过程，因此，他们应该永远保持对学习与发现的渴望。他们都担负着失去亲人或贫困的重担，而我们给了他们家庭的温暖和一门珍贵的技术。对于他们大多数人来说，这是发现他们个性、发挥他们潜能的催化剂。尽管他们仍然很年轻，他们已经知道自己是谁并且为自己设立了清晰的目标：他们是烘焙师，并且他们要成为杰出的烘焙师。
林兰，项目经理
SYB July 2013 Newsletter
Nearly one year has gone since I first met the 5th batch of future young bakers. They were scattered in their dorms as we were checking their documents and handing the arrival kits, and one could feel that the excitement of arriving in a big city and be able to study a skill was tinged by some anxiety regarding their future. On the pictures that we took on that day, many of them look at the camera with a very serious expression, as if trying to hide the concerns and questions lingering in their mind.
On Monday 15th July, as the French consul Emmanuel Lenain was presenting them with their diplomas, I remembered these pictures and was overwhelmed by the change they had undergone during that year. A student who looked concerned or scared at all times was now smiling with confidence; one who would look away when someone spoke to her was the most pro-active to take interviews during the career fair; another who has a speech impediment and would never talk in public before is now among the most talkative of the class; one who couldn’t speak mandarin performed an English skit in front of 100 persons.
As I told the young bakers before the graduation ceremony, growth is a never ending process, and they should always keep their thirst to learn and discover. They all carry a heavy burden of poverty or bereavement, and we gave them the warmth of a family and a unique technical skill. For many of them, this was the catalyst to reveal their personality and make them realize their potential. Although they are still young, they know who they are and they have set clear goals for themselves: they are bakers, and they want to excel at it.
Floriane, SYB program manager