(Gina’s) GCW Reflection – Sumatra, Indonesia
For this year’s Global Citizenship Week, I went to Sumatra, Indonesia. Sumatra is the sixth-largest island in the world and Indonesia’s second-largest island (after Borneo). Sumatra is unique for...
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During global citizenship week, I learned a lot about the culture in North Sumatra and global issues like deforestation. When visiting the villages in Batak Toba, we learned about the past kings that...
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Imagine hiking up a volcano so rich in biodiversity that you would find three types of forests as you ascend its heights. Throughout these fifteen years of my life, I had never known that my...
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I only realized how amazing the trip was and how much I will miss it on the early morning bus ride to the Medan airport, departing to Bangkok. I realized how my contribution to a school trip caused me...
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Being in Sumatra for GCW, I learned about the wildlife and how the orangutans in Sumatra desperately need our help. Studying in an International School, we have the power to help and even in small ways...
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Visiting North Sumatra has definitely changed how I view the world and my self. From learning old cannibal traditions to on going recent day problems with deforestation and endangered wildlife, Sumatra...
View ArticleGCW Sumatra Reflection- Meagan Smith
Hiking up Mount Sibayak- Photo by the amazingly talented Prairie. Before leaving for GCW this year, I’ll admit I was a little nervous that it wouldn’t live up to my high expectations. However, I can...
View ArticleGCW North Sumatra Reflection – Paolo Salvador Rodríguez
For my Global Citizenship Week Course, I went on the North Sumatra Adventure where we travelled to various eco-friendly hotspots for tourist, learned about Crater Lake geology, trekked through...
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1. What did you learn from this course about yourself? 2. How did you grow and/or change as a result of this course? As a freshman, I didn’t think that I would have a good variety of choices for my...
View ArticleReflection-Christian Castano
I learned about many things in the duration of this course. The main focus was the deforestation in Sumatra, Indonesia. Sumatra is the island with the most biodiversity on the planet; a square meter of...
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