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Protected: Chicken Fight
Simone Fillion-Raff
2013-12-04
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Equality, and bringing people together. (Blue Sweater analysis)
Charles Hill
2013-12-04
As part of our fellow work, we read The Blue Sweater byJacqueline Novogratz. This book is about Jacqueline’s quest to bridge the gap between rich and poor in our increasingly interconnected world. In this book, Jacqueline donates her prized blue sweater after she outgrew it. Eleven years later, she sees a boy in Rwanda wearing this sweater with her name...
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Eat, Pray, Love
Lillie Mayfield
2013-12-04
I have never read the book, I have only seen parts of the movie on TV, but when I came across that title (Eat, Pray, Love) it struck me as the theme of my year. EAT “If you really want to make a friend, go to someone’s house and eat with him… the people who...
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October with Quinoa {a poem}
Ilana Marder-Eppstein
2013-12-04
I am a bride Carrying a bouquet of dried Quinoa. My train of dust dances Behind bare-feet. Down the sloped aisle I walk towards the awaiting women Circled around a mound of bouquets The same as mine. I let my Quinoa fall on the pile Landing with the rattle of seeds. The last harvest of...
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Finding Joy in Simplicity
Abigail Clavin
2013-12-02
If there were one word to describe my bridge year experience so far it would be overwhelming. Adjusting to a new family, job, language, food, climate, and way of life has been incredibly difficult. The continuous highs and lows I experience make me feel like I’m constantly on a roller coaster. The love and support...
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How Justin Bieber May Have Saved Me from Despondency
Rachel Teevens
2013-11-23
For the past six weeks I’ve been living in Tivaouane and its safe to say I’ve had some extreme ups and down. One minute I’m having fun with host family playing, dancing, laughing, then the next minute I’m standing face to face with an angry sheep who’s guarding the bathroom door & refusing to allow...
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Stepping Back to Move Forward
Ilana Marder-Eppstein
2013-11-22
Lets talk about poop. Not mine, although I probably could talk about that for a good while as well. I am talking about cow patties, the kind that land with a splatter, and if you’re not careful, will fly on to your clean white shirt drying on the nearby clothesline. Here we have seven cows. Each morning I wake...
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Be willing to take risks.
ShaLuJuan Williams
2013-11-21
On April 25th, I screamed and jumped around – from what I recorded in my notes, “that was the best day of my life” To study abroad has always been on my mind. Born with a crazy spirit, indescribable imagination and abnormal curiosity to touch the world all over keeps me overly engaged in this quite...
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Check it Out!
Zoe Rose Clarke
2013-11-21
The sounds of gunshots ring out across the land as I weep in my bedroom; I am frightened to live in this war zone. No not at all. That sound was just a firework. Itajaí, in truth, is a mostly wonderful safe city. I walk by myself and feel totally in control. The busy busy...
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