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Signs you may need a Gap Year!

Posted on November 22, 2011 by admin

Signs You May Need A Gap Year : (source:  Center for INTERIM Programs) You love learning, but can’t face having to write one more term paper. You’d like to actually speak to someone in Spanish rather than just take another … Continue reading →

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Fresh eyes in Varanasi

Posted on November 22, 2011 by admin

Impressions of India from one of the Fall 2011 LEAPYEAR group. Life in Varanasi gives new meaning to the word busy.  Millions of people moving, singing, praying, talking, selling, buying, working, cleaning, cooking, and sleeping.  If New York never sleeps, … Continue reading →

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Quilt: “A River Runs Through It”

Posted on November 14, 2011 by admin

Wall piece made in 2008 by Cassielle Bull.   16″ x 16″    In a private collection.

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Unexpected light in Florence, Italy!

Posted on June 29, 2011 by admin

A letter from a recent LEAPYEAR graduate from her travels in Italy  - beautifully demonstrating the way that an outer journey becomes a metaphor for an interior journey.  Reminds me of a quote by Lillian Smith:  ”I soon realized no journey … Continue reading →

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We have been schooled to have no inner life – JT Gatto

Posted on June 21, 2011 by admin

Our American system of compulsory schooling was created about 150 years ago.  “Schools were established when kids were experience-rich and information poor.  The world has changed; schools haven’t.”   (James Coleman)   Our accepted educational system generally asks young people to sit … Continue reading →

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Art class in Zanzibar

Posted on June 19, 2011 by admin

Check out this video shot by a LEAPYEAR student who spent the spring of 2011 working at a pre-school in Zanzibar – a group of islands off the coast of Tanzania. So I made another video this week, this time … Continue reading →

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A song of endings and beginnings….

Posted on June 19, 2011 by admin

A song of appreciation written to her group by a member of the recently completed LEAPYEAR Pegasus group: A Leap I know a place where the creek runs free And I know a place where I can be me The … Continue reading →

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Thank you for the journey…

Posted on June 19, 2011 by admin

An amazing expression of gratitude sent from one member of the most recently completed LEAPYEAR – the 2010/11 Pegasus group.    It expresses the quality of bond and family that is created by many LEAPYEAR groups: To the people who … Continue reading →

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Medical work in Indonesia

Posted on June 19, 2011 by admin

This report received from a LEAPYEAR student who spent the spring of 2009 working at a medical clinic in Aceh – a part of Indonesia that was very hard hit by the tsunami.  This student had his EMT, and had … Continue reading →

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A Summary of Two Months in India

Posted on June 19, 2011 by admin

An email sent to LEAPNOW by a student that was doing a 3-month semester of travel, work & study in India in 2009: Boiling down a two-month experience into an email isn’t an easy task. Here’s a boring list of … Continue reading →

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