Group on Signal Hill

Group on Signal Hill
Back row: Avery, Kelsey, Ainsley, Patrick, Wylie, Erin, Ethan, Janiel, Larissa: Third Row: Tekowa, Anna, Audrey, Jerard, Andrew, Carl, Allie; Second Row: Elise, Aimee, Vara, Carolyn, Melissa, Morgan, Liz, Erica, JR; Front Row: Savitri, Brianna, Sharon, Lindsay, Andrea

Welcome to Our Blog

WELCOME TO OUR BLOG

As anyone who has participated in this program will attest, there are no words or pictures that can begin to adequately capture the beauty of the scenery or hospitality of the people in Cape Town. Therefore, this blog is merely intended to provide an overview of the program and a glimpse at some amazing adventures and life-changing experiences had by the students and staff of this program who have traveled together as co-educators and companions on the journey. As Resident Director and Faculty Advisor since 2008 it has been a privilege and honor to accompany an incredible variety of wonderful UConn students to a place we have all come to know and love.

In peace, with hope, Marita McComiskey, PhD


17 April 2013

Audrey: I believe!!!

Every time I go to start a blog I notice all of my thoughts blending and changing that I become unable to form one specific thing I would like to write about. It seemed like in the beginning of the semester it was so easy to think about something to write about and now I cannot do it without feeling like I am displaying all of my emotions, confusion and thoughts. Maybe I was writing to just get it done, or maybe I was actually about to focus on a thought without thinking about every other thing that causes me to think the way I am. Even in this explanation on how I am unable to write a blog I cannot even stay on focus. So I apologize while you're reading my lost few blogs if it seems choppy and not fully thought out.

To make a possible negative into a positive, I believe that this characteristic of mine has led me to my love for conversation. I find myself every day getting myself lost in conversation with a friend, colleague, acquaintance or a complete stranger. Our conversations jump from subject to subject in a very natural flow, something I struggle to do in my writing. I have noticed that the idea of and the act of conversing is something I love. I believe that through conversing you are able to learn so much about the world, a person, a community, a law, myself and even how to open my mind to new ideas. During this trip I have opened up to so many new people and have not feared meeting new people because I look to them now as a source of information rather than a stranger.

This past weekend I bought a necklace to represent humility that means the want to gain insight and knowledge, which leads to wisdom. 

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