Toward Respectful Engagement: Reflections and Recommendations from Host Country Facilitators in Short-term Study Abroad
If someone told you they were going to put you on a small 100-passenger ship, and send you into one of the most potentially treacherous stretches of ocean for two full days of incredible adventure OR incredibly intense nausea, would you accept?
Florida Culture for the Week of January 16 by Josh Garrick
In my previous post (No-Cost Academic Travel) I described the concept of a working vacation–a 2 to 6 months overseas posting taken while on temporary leave from your teaching job (perhaps during sabbatical or summer break) while earning enough money to finance your stay in the host country. This is not unlike what many recent college graduates do when they opt to spend a year or two in the Peace Corps, VISTA, or Teach
January
15
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Unique Photography of Ancient Parthenon at EGAD! Art Lab
January 20 during 'No Stone Unturned' Art Exhibit by American Josh Garrick
January
14
/ 2012
When I ‘planned’ my last visit to Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, I decided to arrive without a plan - no itinerary, no specific purpose, and no set destination. I was just going to fly into Mérida and take the local transportation wherever it would take me. I wasn’t going to teach. I wasn’t going to research. I was just going for a nice visit on a whim and a dare; and I decided I would find places to stay as I traveled the Peninsula.