The Young Bakers ready for the 2nd Semester!
海上青焙师们迎接新学期！
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After a 3-week-long break back home with their families, the Young Bakers are back to Shanghai and full of energy to start the second semester!
While reading the words written by the SYB graduates, we realize that experience in SYB is not only about learning how to bake traditional French bread, but much more. It is an amazing feeling to see that within 11 months only, the SYB program has transformed their lives on a professional but also on a personal basis. Coming from different provinces from all around China, the Young Bakers have very different background and life experiences, but all have the same goal: to come out of the poverty cycle and gain financial independence to sustain themselves and their families.
These 11 months go extremely fast as the Young Bakers have a very tight schedule: between theorical and pratical classes, outings and bakery related activities, and their internship at our partner hotels. At SYB, we try to ensure that they make the most out of this period of time, which will be a great base to start in their “new” life.
The way to graduation can have a lot of obstacles and many difficulties to overcome, which in the end make them (and all of us) grow as persons. Indeed, they will learn how to communicate in society and in a professional manner, how to interact with their colleagues and deal with different situations, how to apply for a job, write a resume… All these “soft skills” which are for us, just as important as the technical training because it will help them having better tools to life decisions in the future.
And this can only happen with the support of professionals, who dedicate their time to share their knowledge with the Young Bakers throughout the year. Thus, I would like to give a warm thanks to all of the volunteers, who support SYB through different ways, you are so important to us!
Because at SYB, our mission is much more than teaching them how to bake and we hope to keep transforming the lives of the disadvantaged Chinese youth thanks to your support!
And because it is more than teaching them how to bake, Let’s wish the Young Bakers a great start of this new semester and lot of learning ahead!
Emilie
Program & Operation Director
与父母一同共度三周后，青焙坊的学员们回到了上海，以饱满的精神状态迎接第二学期！
在阅读海上青焙坊毕业生们的感悟时，我们体会到，除了学习如何烘焙法式面包，他们学到的还有许许多多。看到仅仅11个月的SYB项目不但改变了他们的未来职业，还改变了他们的人格和人生走向，我们感到惊喜和欣慰。虽然海上青焙坊的学员们拥有不同的家庭背景，来自中国各地不同省市，他们却有着同样的目标：摆脱贫困，经济独立，养家糊口。
对于海上青焙坊的学员而言，这11个月过得飞快，因为他们的时间安排非常紧凑：除了理论课和操作课，我们还安排了郊游，烘焙课外活动，星级酒店的实习等等。我们尽力确保他们充分利用在这里的时光，以为他们未来的“新生”做充分的准备。
在SYB毕业并不简单，学员们还需要克服许许多多的困难，而正是这些坎坷挫折使得学员们（和我们）成长。当然，他们也会学会如何在社会上以专业的形象与人沟通，如何与同事相处沟通，面对各种不同的处境，如何应聘，写简历…这些“软技巧”如同专业技术一样重要，能够促成学员们未来重要的人生决定。
而这些都少不了专业人员的支持，是他们在一年中抽出大量的宝贵时间与学员们分享知识。在此，我想对通过各种方式支持海上青焙坊的所有志愿者们表达衷心的感谢！你们是SYB宝贵的财富！
因为，在海上青焙坊，我们的使命远远不仅限于教孩子们烘焙。我们的愿望是在各位的帮助下，不断改善中国贫困儿童的生活！
祝愿海上青焙坊的学员们新学期有个好的开端！并在接下来的一学期里学习进步！
艾米莉
项目运营总监