Testimonial letter from Marie Tassé
This letter is one of a remarkable series of over 2650 letters amassed in 1983 to support Osho's attempt to get permanent resident status in the US at the time of the Oregon ranch. The image is reproduced here with the kind permission of The Oregon Historical Society. Information about their collection of these letters and other supporting material -- the "Jeffrey Noles Rajneesh Collection", named for Osho's immigration lawyer Jeffrey Noles, who compiled them in 1983 and donated them to the OHS -- can be found at this page. The wiki is grateful to the OHS for making access available for these documents. For more information and links to all the letters, see Testimonial letters.
This letter is from Marie Tassé. It is "Exhibit A-406" in the Noles collection.
The text version below has been created by optical character recognition (OCR), from the images supplied by OHS. It has not been checked for errors but this process usually results in over 99% correct transcription. Most apparent "errors" are correct transcriptions of typos already in the original. The image on the right in the text box links to a pdf file of the original letter, it has one page.
 Marie Tasse To whom it may concern. I undersigned, am a specialized teacher certified by the Ontario Ministry of Education in Canada, since October 1975. I graduated with a B.A. from the University of Ottawa in Ontario in 1979. Since, I have completed a Specialization in Special Education and Oral Language. In September of 1982, I started a Master’s Degree in Education at this same University. I have taught in regular elementary schools for 4 years, after which I was employed by the University of Ottawa to teach at the Centre Jules-Leger;, a residential, experimental center for children and adolescents who have learning debilities. This center, financed by the Ministry of Education, is the only one of its kind in all of Canada. During my three years at this Center, I taught Math, Motor Development, Music, as well as Written and Oral Language, to pupils between the ages of 10 to 18. My work included giving one workshop a month to the many teachers from various parts of the province attending the monthly sessions. Although my studies in education included extensive psychology and pedagogical courses, none of them offered me such a clear and complete complete insight into human psychology and education as that of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. This religious leader has given me a much greater insight that I can share with my fellow educators, as well as the students we are trying to help grow. [signed] |
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