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LearnServe Jamaica 2011 Photos Online

October 17, 2011 Visit our LSJ 11 Flickr page to check out all the best photos from LearnServe Jamaica 2011! Direct link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cie-wis/sets/72157627047454282/…

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LearnServe Jamaica: Last Words

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…

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LearnServe Jamaica, Day 15: Snapshots of our Adventure

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…

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LearnServe Jamaica, Day 14: Tourists for a day

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…

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LearnServe Jamaica: Guest blog from Ryan

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…

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LearnServe Jamaica, Day 13: In Sync

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…

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LearnServe Jamaica, Day 12: Memories

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…

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LearnServe Jamaica, Words from the Island 2: On Writing

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…

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LearnServe Jamaica, Words From the Island 1: Yellow

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…

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LearnServe Jamaica Day 11: Empowerment

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,…

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