1. ICT Bridges Leonardo da Vinci Project, Partnership The computer - a friend for me and my mates

2. ICT Bridges Leonardo da Vinci Project, Partnership My name is Alexandru and I’m a 10 th grade student at “Sfânta Maria” vocational school in Bistriţa

3. ICT Bridges Leonardo da Vinci Project, Partnership I live with my family in Bistriţa. I love my town because it’s a mediaeval town and every year we celebrate it with a “Mediaeval Bistriţa” festival.

4. ICT Bridges Leonardo da Vinci Project, Partnership Because of my skipping classes and because nobody took care of my school situation my dad transferred me to a special needs school. Since then I felt bad and I decided not to tell my close friends where I go to school.

5. ICT Bridges Leonardo da Vinci Project, Partnership Ever since I started vocational school and I started studying to become a waiter I got involved in lots of activities, I took part in many contests and I got continuous training.

6. ICT Bridges Leonardo da Vinci Project, Partnership The computer helped me achieve self-trust and keep in close touch with my friends.

7. ICT Bridges Leonardo da Vinci Project, Partnership I met the computer in my 2 nd grade at school. There was the place where I learned to use it. Five years ago my parents bought me a computer and two years ago I started to use the internet regularly at home.

8. ICT Bridges Leonardo da Vinci Project, Partnership I use my computer on a daily basis. I use it to talk to my friends, to get new information from the intenet, to enrich my knowledge, I search for music, I download programs. I very often play network games with my friends.

9. ICT Bridges Leonardo da Vinci Project, Partnership It seems very useful to me to have the possibility to talk to my friends from long distances, to see them even if they are far away, to find out necessary things that can help me at school. It also seems important to take part in debates on games, programs, to communicate via messenger with my friends and classmates. This is how I feel more attached to the group.

10. ICT Bridges Leonardo da Vinci Project, Partnership The computer is a connection- bridge between my friends and me.