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Among the students of the Internet course, Demetrio Burgueño stands out, who, at his 97 years of age, attends class every day "with the illusion of learning from a child".
The councilor of the Mayor of the City of Lorca, María Dolores Chumillas, has visited this morning the students of the New Technologies program that is taught during these months at the "Francisco Méndez" Civic Center of the Barrio de San Cristóbal.
The councilor of the Major explained that "this program, launched by the City of Lorca, through the Department of the Mayor and managed by the company Initiatives the Giant, is running from January to June and from October to December of this year and about 70 older people are participating in it, every week. "
Within this program there are courses that take place from Monday to Friday in the morning, such as the Internet (Monday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and from 12 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.), Internet improvement (Tuesday and Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.), Improvement (Monday and Wednesday from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., and Tuesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.), Computer Science, Computer Initiation (Tuesday and Thursday from 12 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.) and Creative classroom (Friday from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.).
Chumillas Martínez has highlighted the involvement of these students to learn in the field of new technologies: obtain information in different search engines, send emails, write, ... staying active and acquiring new capabilities. "
On the other hand, Chumillas has placed special emphasis on the story of Demetrio Burgueño, one of the students participating in the workshop who has just turned 97 birthdays and "who has the illusion to learn from a child, going to class every day, and paying a lot attention to the indications of the teacher, whom she has told us, has a special affection ".
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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