School of the Air-Worlds largest classroom

   Another big attraction we went to while we were in Alice Springs was "The School of the Air". I know it sounds to you like a boring school, I had the same intention. But this school is for the Aboriginal children in each Australian state (One for each state except Tasmania), and it's just amazing. I'll tell you more about it.
   It started in 1951, and still going today. It is a short wave radio station that gives lessons to children all over each state. Since the Aboriginals have their own way of living, they can't really send their children for 6-7 hours of school every day! So, to get educated, this radio station has lessons playing all day long, for the Aboriginal kids. The kids only need one hour a day, and have direct contact with the teachers via modern technologies.
   We went on our 7th day in Alice Springs, was only a 10 minute drive, and it was pretty cool. We had our tour at 1:30, and we were there 'till 2:30. The tour was 30 minutes but we stayed for another half hour, to just explore ourselves.
   We got to see where they talk to the students and got to see part of a lesson with a group of 6 students on the other line.
  
That was the last of what we did in Australia :(. We were really sad to leave, and we went to the school the last day and the next day was our flight to the Philippines, and Japan. The next day was Vancouver. And the day after was our flight back to Quebec. Our flight back was only 3 days that time, kind of rushed. I wanted to stay FOREVER...:)

The School's Logo

See the computers? Those are used like Skype, so the teachers have contact with the students and can actually see them.