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Erik oline blog entry 1
Erik Oline
2017-08-04
T-minus 23 Days First off, I would like to thank all the people that have made my gap year possible. Thank you to all my teachers that motivated me through high school. Thank you to my friends and family who are supporting my year abroad. Thank you to all the people that donated toward my...
Read MoreGCY and why I’m applying to colleges a second time
Elise Steenburgh
2017-08-03
Hello! This is for all the high school juniors and seniors who are in the process of applying to colleges, as well as the parents who are wondering where to send their soon-to-be graduates. I never had plans to take a gap year. Ever since the age of five, I planned on attending the most prestigious...
Read MoreRonaldinho in the Nike Employee Store
Nick Cleveland-Stout
2017-08-03
What had I been thinking? The black sneakers I had bought were way too big. It was like one of the seven dwarves trying to fit into Cinderella's slipper. I looked like a giant human L with them on. Opening the door to the Nike Employee store, there seemed to be a rush of excitement...
Read MoreHigh School Seniors, Listen Up.
Elise Leise
2017-08-02
Transcripts. Letters of recommendation. Freaking out over the relative merits of extracurricular activities. It’s August, and college application season is officially upon us, marking the final culmination of the high school experience. It seems as if the school of your choice will decide your success, wealth, and happiness for life. Not in actuality. But...
Read MoreFun Fact: I’m Scared
Toluwani Roberts
2017-07-30
Fun fact #1: I knew that I wanted to do a “gap year” before I even applied for college. The best learning I had ever had was outside of the standard educational system. Summer internships and my semester school taught me more about myself and gave me a new lens to see the world. I...
Read MoreWhen Foreign Cuisines Enter Brazil’s Border
Will Kosling
2017-06-04
Brazilians have a way of making their food look undeniably brazilian. Whether it’s adding way to much sugar to coffee or putting meat in literally everything, in spite of the fact that it may be a vegetarian dish. This dish may look as familiar to you as it does foreign, but maybe the...
Read Morethe foundation of Brazilian culture
Will Kosling
2017-06-04
Sitting at the very base of Brazilian culture: food, seemingly simple, yet it has a strong ability to bring people together. Much of Brazil’s cultural diversity derives from it’s epic diversity of cuisine throughout different regions of the country. Food in Brazil contrasts drastically from North to South. This dish, pictured...
Read MoreA Família de meu Coração
Will Kosling
2017-06-04
It should come as no surprise that one of the largest influences during my bridge year was my Brazilian host family, the Pereira’s. My host family, host parents especially, are a very traditional family who ran a local bakery for the past 24 years.. My host parents were both born and raised in the community...
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7 Days of Gratitude: Day #4
Fernanda Savaris Nunes
2017-06-02
DAY #4: Food. YES, FOOD!!! I have loved Senegalese food from the first time I ate it. Yes, it is mostly rice and fish, and yes, it is sometimes so spicy you will sweat a lot for the next hour, but that is exactly why I loved it. The almost unimaginable amount of oil they...
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