blog #5
Esme Merritt-Dorosin
2017-09-05
Well friends, it's been a hectic few days. Our connecting flight to Houston was cancelled due to the flooding and complications caused by the hurricane, and there isn't another until Wednesday, so we'll be departing then. Luckily the staff was able to find us a place to stay until then. We're currently residing at the...
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Esme Merritt-Dorosin
2017-09-01
It happened! I broke down today. And that's all right. Of course I'm embarrassed about it, as it is instinctive of humans to experience feelings of weakness and helplessness when we have to cry and show emotions that we feel portray us as such. It's very late right now, and I should have gone to...
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Esme Merritt-Dorosin
2017-08-31
I might as well get in as many blogs as I can while I'm still in America, right? Tonight I was really moved by the fireside chat about decision making that was presented by an alum who was unfortunately sent home from his global citizen year (along with some other fellows). I was so moved...
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Esme Merritt-Dorosin
2017-08-30
I didn't expect to be writing another blog so soon, but today I was really moved by our morning seminar. We were visited by a speaker, Lee Mun Wah, who taught us about diversity by literally forcing us to interact and make a connection with someone else in the room that we hadn't met yet. ...
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Esme Merritt-Dorosin
2017-08-29
Well, here I am. Yesterday I left my first and only home, a little house in the quiet comfort of Carrboro, North Carolina, at 4:45 AM to start a journey that will indubitably change me forever. It's safe to say I'm still in shock. I arrived in California for the first time at 8:34 AM....
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