South Africa

With the holidays coming up and this first semester of school almost over with, I am a bit overwhelmed! I find the best way for me to relax is to just get all my school work done and watch my favorite shows. I am looking forward to break also. I am going to be traveling to South Africa this up coming summer for a study abroad trip. I am extremely excited about this. I will be working in a school with a host teacher who I will also be living with. I am really interested in seeing the different cultures. But especially seeing the different the different way school is ran and the technology. I have been told that some schools have computers and Internet and some don't. This will be such a good experience for me to see how school is taught without technology. I fortunately was raised in a school district where all my years at school I had computers and Internet (Internet started when I was in 4th grade for me) and just lots of different ways to use technology (over head, etc.) I am really looking forward to this culture change and working with different students. I love teaching and think that this will be a great way for me to expand my knowledge and just learn new things. I am hoping to keep a blog while I am there (depending on when/if I can get Internet.) It will most likely be this blog, so if anyone is interested in how my trip is going and the schools, I will try to post as often as I can. Like I said I am really looking forward to seeing the difference in technology. We are fortunate where we live, but I think people are just as fortunate who live without technology because then they aren't dependent on sitting on a computer but exploring and having conversations. Best of both worlds seems the best way.


This is where I will be staying, Cape Town.