2012-07-11
The world is a big place. I think just about anyone could come to this conclusion on their own. The world is fascinatingly large; we are surrounded by people and places we have never seen or encountered even though we’ve learned about them in school. Some say that we’re beyond our carrying capacity and that...
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2012-07-10
I can’t say that I have had a “normal’ education, but at this stage in my life I find that it has been one that serves me well. Waldorf schooling, home schooling, bits of college, forays into art schools in California and New York and a NOLS adventure in Mexico have ultimately brought me here....
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2012-07-10
My name is Ella Wegman-Lawless. I have been raised to be who I want to be. I try to live in the moment and seize any opportunity put in front of me and make the most of it. I love to swim, bike and hike. I am social but I also love to find the...
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2012-07-10
My name is Joseph Wolf, and I am an 18-year-old high school graduate from Pine City, Minnesota. I have been heavily involved with school and local government. I was the senior class president, director on the local chamber of commerce, a student representative on the local planning commission, and a volunteer in my community. I...
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2012-07-10
My parents always raised me to be independent and be able to handle myself. It’s also possible that I was born naturally independent, but my mom and dad definitely instilled great values in me. They raised me in a small town by San Francisco, and I have been living in the same house for almost...
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2012-07-10
I come from a family of adventurers, and I have always been one myself. New things thrill me. Taking the path less traveled is the story of my life. I went to a tiny Montessori school through middle school, lived in London during 3rd grade, lived in Panama in 11th grade, and decided to choose...
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2012-07-10
When I first saw Global Citizen Year’s advertisement publicizing the opportunity to take a gap year between high school and college I had two options: click the ad and discover that it was just another scam, or ignore it and save myself from certain disappointment. Although it wasn’t obvious to me at the time, I’m...
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