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UConn Honors in Cape Town Study Abroad 2009: May 2009
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UConn Honors in Cape Town Study Abroad 2009. Http:/ www.wunderground.com/global/stations/68816.html. Emily A reflects on her time in the townships. I don’t pretend to know everything about South Africa and I realize I have only been here for 3 months, so let me preface this with the fact that everything I say is entirely from my own perspective. However, I found that whenever I talked to white South Africans about my time in the townships, I got the same shocked response. “You did WHAT? Links to this post.
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UConn Honors in Cape Town Study Abroad 2009: Hannah's reflections on being back
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UConn Honors in Cape Town Study Abroad 2009. Http:/ www.wunderground.com/global/stations/68816.html. Hannah's reflections on being back. Walking to the train station, at the minibus station in town, through the underground mall, down the streets of downtown Cape Town- I felt so comfortable and at ease. I can’t properly explain or put my finger on what is different or why I do not feel this way here. What made Cape Town such a welcoming place? Posted by Marita McComiskey. Labels: * Student Reflections #6.
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UConn Honors in Cape Town Study Abroad 2009: Ubuntu
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UConn Honors in Cape Town Study Abroad 2009. Http:/ www.wunderground.com/global/stations/68816.html. May we all learn to embrace the gift of Ubuntu that Archbishop Desmond Tutu has said is Africa's gift to the world. 8220;Africans have this thing called UBUNTU. It is about the essence of being human, it is part of the gift that Africa will give the world. From No Future Without Forgiveness. Posted by Marita McComiskey. Reflections of Steph O. Reflections of Emily A. More blogs and pictures.
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UConn Honors in Cape Town Study Abroad 2009: Dan on why so grateful for the opportunities and experiences
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UConn Honors in Cape Town Study Abroad 2009. Http:/ www.wunderground.com/global/stations/68816.html. Dan on why so grateful for the opportunities and experiences. It’s time to depart. . We had our final thank you dinner last night. . It was a great time to close our loose ties and be together with everyone one last time. . The food was plentiful and delicious which added to the party. . It’s extremely difficult for me to gather my feelings on leaving and my time spent here. . It seems a trifle unfai...
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UConn Honors in Cape Town Study Abroad 2009: Jordan's Reflections on what she learned on election day
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UConn Honors in Cape Town Study Abroad 2009. Http:/ www.wunderground.com/global/stations/68816.html. Jordan's Reflections on what she learned on election day. Jordan, Hannah, Steph. Today two things happened that have really caused me to reflect on the journey that I, and all of the students, have been on since we have arrived. That can’t be possible…”. Posted by Marita McComiskey. Labels: * Student Reflections #6. Kevins Reflections on Leaving South Africa. Kevins Reflections on South African Elections.
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UConn Honors in Cape Town Study Abroad 2009: March 2009
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UConn Honors in Cape Town Study Abroad 2009. Http:/ www.wunderground.com/global/stations/68816.html. Steph O: “Psss Do Something”. I have always felt that I was born into the wrong generation. Every time I closed my eyes and immersed myself into my favorite Pink Floyd album Umma Gumma, I thought for sure I belong with the beat generation. I could not answer the question back then. It always baffled us how little social change our generation was willing to achieve. How could other generations prop...For e...
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UConn Honors in Cape Town Study Abroad 2009: November 2008
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UConn Honors in Cape Town Study Abroad 2009. Http:/ www.wunderground.com/global/stations/68816.html. 160; Major: Chemical Engineering; Minor: Math/Business. 160; Major: Economics. 160; Major: Women’s Studies;Minor: Human Rights. 160; Major: Sociology. 160; Major: English; Minor: Women’s Studies. 160; Major: Political Science. 160; Majors: Women’s Studies/Sociology; Minor: Anthro. 160; Major: Political Science; Minor: Human Rights/Anthro. 160; Major: Undecided; Minor: Psychology. South Africa Inf...
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UConn Honors in Cape Town Study Abroad 2009: Faina's Reflections things so many of us take for granted
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UConn Honors in Cape Town Study Abroad 2009. Http:/ www.wunderground.com/global/stations/68816.html. Faina's Reflections things so many of us take for granted. As my concluding blog I would like to touch on several things that have happened towards the end of this trip. In class we talk about race and class and I have seen first hand how these things play out in the real world, in a different country. If you imagine your childhood what do you see? Do you picture playing sports in the park? And instead of...
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UConn Honors in Cape Town Study Abroad 2009: February 2009
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UConn Honors in Cape Town Study Abroad 2009. Http:/ www.wunderground.com/global/stations/68816.html. Kevin's Reflection #3 on Porcupines. Usually by morning the next day a porcupine will be in the cage because they are curious and love to explore. What now? Now the porcupine is relocated to a nearby nature reserve space where consensus has allowed is to roam about. The two experiences have put the key into my creativity ignition which incited a poem to flow into the here and now. I call it. We call it a ...
