The Question… Why? One of the most important questions that one can ask themselves is “why?”. Unfortunately most of the current models for education do not teach us how to effectively do this, nor do they explain the importance. There’s a quote from a philosopher named Howard Thurman that I believe draws on this[…]
Your time traveling abroad might be short and sweet, but that doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice in-depth learning and personal growth. In fact, with the right mindset and a couple of these ideas in your back pocket, you’ll set yourself up to not only learn about the country around you, but about yourself, too.[…]
What makes a good teacher? Is it their clearly communicated objectives? Is it their organization, their clever activities/games, or their mastery of the subject matter? Is it their ability to make strong relationships with their students? While all of the above are incredibly important and positively impact a student’s ability to grasp and retain concepts[…]
Last September, I packed my bags and left the only home I’d ever known, San Francisco, and landed in Senegal where I’d be living for the next 8 months during my Global Citizen Year. After a month of cultural training and language lessons in French, I learn that I will be placed into a homestay[…]
Let me open with a question: What are you passionate about? Don’t rush on to the next sentence to find out what I’m going to say about that. Stop. Think. Give your mind and your heart a few minutes to whisper in the corner about that. What are you passionate about? Our passions are the[…]
What is This? Hey ya’ll, this week I have prepared a short sketchnote video (aprx. 1 minute 30 seconds) related to the Methods of Self Discovery blog post from the last week. It was quite fun to make and also my first stab at video content creation! I was blessed to have a fellow collaborator illustrate the[…]
Editor’s Note:H??ng Uyên Bùi is a Vietnamese student who applied for, and won, the TAP grant in her second language. I’ve chosen not to edit her work in English because, while her grammar and usage might not be fully standard, she communicates her message, and her heart, fluently. One of the things travel teaches is[…]
We are pleased and excited to announce our next TAP grant recipient! This week we share with you a glimpse of who H??ng Uyên Bùi is in her own words. H??ng Uyên Bùi Dear Mom, I have never made you unsatisfied, at school, I always make my best effort to become the best student[…]
It’s the final week of August and we are pleased to send it off with an introduction and congratulations to Aleah Cordoba for being chosen as a member of the first cohort of TAP grant recipients! Aleah Cordoba Recently, I discovered that when I was three years old, for uncertain reasons, my mother sent[…]
This week we are introducing Filip Carnogursky and congratulating him on his admittance into the first cohort of TAP grant recipients! Filip Carnogursky Filip Carnogursky is just a regular ginger guy from a beautiful little village in Slovakia, where, when mentioned the word ‘gap-year’ (which doesn’t even have a direct translation), an avalanche of[…]