October 17, 2011
Visit our LSJ 11 Flickr page to check out all the best photos from LearnServe Jamaica 2011!
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July 10, 2011
This is the last day of our LearnServe Jamaica ’11 trip – and quite a journey this was! Everybody who came along took the plunge to try out something very new – they took the risk of going on a new trip, not knowing exactly…
Heart racing, head thumping, and legs panging. He pointed to me, singling me out from the crowd. I froze with a panicked expression clearly stamped across my face while my sweaty hand tightly clutched the trusty walking stick. “But I’m slow,” I muttered in a…
July 9, 2011
Hello peoples! Today we went shopping !!!!!
Let me tell you, shopping in Jamaica is very different from shopping in America. It was a totally new experience for me, because I had to bargain and I have never bargained for anything before. I messed…
July 8, 2011
Hey my name is Ryan and I am one of the students from KBC Learning that have joined the Learn Serve group for part of their trip. I am 18 years old and a Jamaican from Kingston which is the urban part of Jamaica. I…
Well, this is my last official blog for the Learn Serve Jamaica 2011 trip. I have to say that this experience was far more than I could have ever dared to imagine. Today was our last day of work in our last project at Scott’s…
July 7, 2011
Where has time gone? Day thirteen? I remember when we were all just anticipating to meet our pillows on day ten, the Sunday of the hike to the Blue Mountain peak. When we finally arrived back to Penlyne Castle, each one of us did not…
Work hard, play hard they say. But, I’ve never been one to rough it out in a game of football. Instead, give me a pen and paper and I’ll show you my play with words. Carefully chosen and purposely placed. A combination of letters and…
Sweat trickles down my neck as I bend down to refill my brush with paint. My yellow splotched feet staring up at me as I swirl my brush in the mesmerizing color. I wonder to myself if it’ll be hard to remove it from my…
July 6, 2011
Here I sit splattered in paint thinking about this past week. For the past two days, I have taught the cutest little grade 2 class, eaten American french fries, danced in pouring rain, and helped paint the front of Scott’s Hall Primary school, All while,…