{"id":4595,"date":"2016-05-18T20:21:03","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T20:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/auip.com\/?p=4595"},"modified":"2016-05-18T22:07:34","modified_gmt":"2016-05-18T22:07:34","slug":"wanderingnotlost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wanderingnotlost\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Perspective: Let\u2019s wander, but not get lost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Anna Lovell, the <a href=\"http:\/\/bearsabroad.baylor.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Baylor University <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/auip.com\/programs\/australia\/sustainability\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sustainability in North Queensland<\/a> student blogger, writes: <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_4515.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4596 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_4515-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4515\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_4515-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_4515-669x1024.jpg 669w, https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_4515.jpg 1788w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a>Growing up, my parents never thought I would want to go far away to college in a different state, let alone study abroad somewhere 8,000 miles from home. Today as I write this, I\u2019m studying for finals in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.waco-texas.com\/\">Waco, Texas<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/\">Baylor University<\/a> (2,000 miles away from home), and will leave in less than a week to study abroad in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.australia.com\/\">Australia<\/a> (8,000 miles away from home). You could say that I have surprised them in my choices for where to study.<\/p>\n<p>G\u2019Day everyone, my name is Anna Lovell and I grew up in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitspokane.com\/\">Spokane, Washington<\/a>. Currently, I study pre-Business as a freshman at Baylor University. I am beyond excited for this trip to begin and to keep you updated with writing, pictures, and videos from my <a href=\"https:\/\/gopro.com\/\">GoPro<\/a>. Traveling to Australia will give me the opportunity to experience a different culture while learning more about their ecosystems and conservation.<\/p>\n<p>I am really looking forward to learning in the field\u2014more specifically in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatbarrierreef.org\/\">Great Barrier Reef<\/a>, as we actually have class on the water\u2014and not in a classroom. Part of the reason studying abroad appealed to me was that part of your learning comes from the classes you take, but also the experiences you have while abroad.<\/p>\n<p>In less than a week we will leave for Australia, where the outdoors will be our classroom as we snorkel in the Great Barrier Reef, hike through the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daintreerainforest.com\/\">Daintree Rainforest<\/a>, learn about Aboriginal cultures, and explore the coastal areas of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queensland.com\/\">North Queensland<\/a>.<br \/>\nOne of my favorite travel quotations\u2014or at least one that has stuck with me\u2014has been \u201cNot all those who wander are lost.\u201d So while I hope not to get lost while I\u2019m in Australia, I do hope to wander and learn from my experiences while I try new foods, make new friends, and learn a new perspective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anna Lovell, the Baylor University Sustainability in North Queensland student blogger, writes: Growing up, my parents never thought I would want to go far away to college in a different state, let alone study abroad somewhere 8,000 miles from home. Today as I write this, I\u2019m studying for finals in Waco, Texas at Baylor University (2,000 miles away from home),&#8230;<\/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":[157,5,23,34],"tags":[98,108,109,44,84,48,50],"class_list":["post-4595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2016-student-blogs","category-australia","category-australia-north-queensland","category-student-perspective","tag-australia","tag-baylor-university","tag-daintree-rainforest","tag-great-barrier-reef","tag-north-queensland","tag-study-abroad","tag-sustainability"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4595","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=4595"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4686,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4595\/revisions\/4686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}