{"id":3671,"date":"2015-05-20T02:13:13","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T02:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/auip.com\/?p=3671"},"modified":"2015-05-26T22:23:31","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T22:23:31","slug":"beyond-the-surface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/beyond-the-surface\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Perspective: Studying beyond the surface in North Queensland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Katie Armstrong, the Buckeyes Abroad<\/a> North Queensland Sustaining Human Societies and the Natural Environment 2015 student blogger, writes:<\/b><\/p>\n

\"image1\"<\/a>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, and then forgetting. All of a sudden I realized this was useless. This valuable information had gone in and out of my head in a matter of weeks. So now I have a passion for learning that pushes me out of my comfort zone; study abroad.<\/p>\n

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This summer I will be studying sustainability in North Queensland<\/a>, and although my study abroad program will not directly relate to my major of Business Marketing, I could not pass up the opportunity to learn about sustainability in Australia<\/a>. One of the biggest appeals for me and what I am most looking forward to, is snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef<\/a>. Although I have been snorkeling several times, I have yet to explore deeper and learn about our oceans. Like many of us, when I snorkeled I simply viewed the fish and coral without learning anything about them, and I am excited to rectify that.<\/p>\n

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In these three and a half weeks in Australia, I know that I will learn more about the environment, sustainability and Australian culture than I ever could from a textbook. Now that the trip has begun, I am eager to experience the beautiful landscapes and diverse wildlife, forge new friendships, and gain an immense amount of knowledge. Let the journey begin! \u00a0<\/p>\n

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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,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,5,23,16,34],"tags":[98,97,44,84,96,48,50],"class_list":["post-3671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2014-15-student-blogs","category-australia","category-australia-north-queensland","category-postcard","category-student-perspective","tag-australia","tag-buckeyes","tag-great-barrier-reef","tag-north-queensland","tag-ohio-state","tag-study-abroad","tag-sustainability"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3671"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3684,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3671\/revisions\/3684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}