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Oct 20, 2015
Today our challenge was to practice our listening skills with each other, learn how to talk about and discuss controversial topics, and then go out into the streets with signs asking a controversial question and listen to what peoples’ thoughts were on that topic. We started our day with taking the bus up to […]
Oct 14, 2015
For my personal challenge I wrote a college essay with the prompt “Tell us about an event in your life that is particularly meaning for you and why it is important to you” and after many drafts, and edits from staff members, I did just that. It was great to spend time doing something that I had […]
Oct 9, 2015
On the fourth day of the fourth week of the U.A. Adventure Semester, my group was challenged to create, execute, and finalize a scientific experiment. In the beginning, we were faced with the decision of whether we wanted to do a psychologic experiment or a biological experiment. It was split down the middle, and on […]
Oct 7, 2015
Today, our challenge was to create and film a exercise regime. We decided to create our fitness video for peers and staffers right here at the High Desert Center in Paonia, Colorado! We started out with some basic safety, like remembering water and staying protected from the elements, be them rain, snow, or sun. Then […]
Oct 6, 2015
This is day 2, week 4 of the UA Adventure Semester. My group’s challenge today was to teach the rest of our group how to recognize one type of native plant, with a catch – half the group we were teaching would be blindfolded, and half would be blocking out sound with music. The goal […]
Oct 5, 2015
Hello Internet friends! Today our group challenge was to create a website about ourselves, so we can control how we are seen on the Internet. We created a website on GoDaddy.com, the worlds leading domain registrar. Each of us chose a unique and personal domain name. Some of us chose camp nicknames, like Pop and […]
Sep 26, 2015
Friday activities at the Adventure Semester have the distinction of being participated in only by groups who have already seen every other group rotate through them. Every member of our group, as a result, had heard a good deal about the activity we were to participate in today, spending 5 hours alone in the woods […]
Sep 25, 2015
***Warning: Full Details of Chicken Slaughter – Only Read if Able to Handle It*** As I took a deep breath, I counted… one, two, three. Then came that unforgettable crunching sound. I stood still while I processed the fact I had just killed a rooster with a hedge clipper. Our group challenge today was to […]
Sep 24, 2015
Today my group embarked upon the most hands-off challenge to date. Many previous adventures involved a group interpretting a challenge as they saw fit, but all envolved a greater deal of staff oversight than this one. This challenge only possessed an end goal: a map that was both accurate and informative, and that highlighted something […]
Sep 23, 2015
Do you remember the last time a stranger did something for you and how it made you feel? Today’s challenge was to perform radical acts of kindness for others. Our goal was to complete two acts of kindness on our own in the span of two hours, then to collaborate on two group projects for […]