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[…]
Ever since I arrived in France, some weird things have started happening to me. Some weird, slightly worrisome, growning-up kind of things. For one thing, I’ve started making my bed every morning, something I could never muster up the energy for in the past. What’s worse, I sweep my room and I keep my hair[…]
Stanford. New friendships. Inspiring speeches. Learning a new language. More friends. Cultural differences. First signs of fluency in Portuguese. Making a joke in Portuguese! Cultural and language similarities. Host father. Host family. Beautiful beaches. Views. Smells. Unfamiliar food and drinks. Time to think. Downtime…. From each day that I spent in Brazil, I can come[…]
Rolling into week 4 of our grant recipient winners we are happy to introduce and congratulate Michelle Zhang! Michelle Zhang I have another name; it’s rarely used outside my family and not even printed on my birth certificate. But the other name, ??, connects me to my heritage and unravels a story. It symbolizes the[…]
Nathan Lane spent two weeks in Guatemala with a group traveling to learn about themselves, the world and to develop traveling skills. This is his story: I guess it’s kind of cliché to say that the best thing about going to Guatemala was what I learned. But I’m not really big on travel for its[…]
It no longer comes as a surprise that art funding and program implementation has become less of a focus in secondary schools. This means that many of our youth, especially those underrepresented will either receive little to no exposure of the arts. Meanwhile, the decline of artist jobs can make any student think twice about[…]