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2014-15 Student Blogs, Australia, Australia: North Queensland, Postcard, Student Perspective

Student Perspective: Studying beyond the surface in North Queensland

Katie Armstrong, the Buckeyes Abroad North Queensland Sustaining Human Societies and the Natural Environment 2015 student blogger, writes: It was during my junior year of high school that I really began to appreciate the value of education and knowledge. While I have always been motivated to maintain good grades, like many high-school students I followed a pattern of memorizing, testing,…

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2014-15 Interns, Australia: North Queensland, Australia: Sydney, Fiji, Student Perspective

Student Perspective: Experiential learning opens the mind to more than a classroom setting can achieve  

Thomas Koller, the Lions Abroad marketing intern, writes: When people ask me about my experience studying abroad in Fiji and North Queensland and Sydney, I hesitate. I hesitate not because I did not enjoy the experience (this would be a complete and utter lie); I hesitate because their question conjures feelings of joy, excitement, euphoria, bliss, and exhilaration. I immediately…

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