Nov 22, 2015
Nelson Mandela said, “If you talk to a person in a language they understand, it goes to their head. If you talk to them in their language, it goes to their heart.” We were given the challenge to learn a couple phrases in 5 different languages, and we not only did that, but we connected […]
Nov 22, 2015
Solo living in a big city is not as scary as it sounds. Of course, there are going to be scary situations, as we experienced these past three days, but once you get your bearings and understand how to react, things get easy. These past few days, we were given the challenge of creating a […]
Nov 22, 2015
Why did we do this? Why did we decide to sacrifice 10 weeks of our lives and thousands of dollars to a program that would pull us together from every corner of the continent? We didn’t do it because it was fun, we didn’t do it for a vacation from our every day life, and […]
Nov 22, 2015
Our adventures lasted for 60 hours in Denver, Colorado. Despite cold winds, long bus rides, and terrible directions, we persevered out into the city to explore. We focused on jobs and authentic cuisine for the first day. While Joel, Micayla, and I were going to a modeling call, Catherine and Jack went to a job interview […]
Nov 22, 2015
Denver. The Big City. Home of the Broncos, and of the highest stadium (and population) in the US. It’s absolutely fascinating. We only have a week, but it’s been jammed full of activities and adventures so far. Our first three days here have been dedicated to a scavenger hunt of sorts. They weren’t items like […]
Nov 14, 2015
Today at the UA Adventure Semester the staff were given challenges instead of the students. From this ironic plot twist the size of our everyday lives, spawned a distributed matrix of thought crucibles that casted in wrought iron, the layout of our day. This day looked semi similar to the picture that you will soon […]
Nov 12, 2015
For my individual self-designed challenge, I decided to build a world for a novel, from start to finish. When I set out to do this challenge, I had my ambitions high. I planned to write two worlds and pump out 5 characters. I thought, “It should be no problem, right? I can get something done […]
Nov 12, 2015
The challenge: be blindfolded for two days, go to a coffee shop and order a hot chocolate, talk to a stranger, buy something at the groceries store, play guitar. My shin is bruised after someone moved a chair into a stupid place and I collide with it. I screamed in annoyance “Who the fuck keeps […]
Nov 12, 2015
For days 1 and 2 of week 9 of the Adventure Semester, our challenges were individual and self-designed. Since this is a program for accomplishing challenges we set for ourselves, I used the opportunity to continue to accomplish something I’ve never done before. This year, I’m participating in NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month. The […]
Nov 12, 2015
Oaxaca, Mexico or Quetzaltenango, Guatemala…. Oaxaca… Quetzaltenango… Oaxaca… My challenge was creating a Prezi Presentation about my traveling decision between Oaxaca, Mexico and Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. I wanted to do this research because I want to plan my upcoming semester differently. I’ve taken Spanish courses in the past, but haven’t been able to have a cultural experience […]