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May 11, 2021

The Power of a Bike

By: Leslie

By Matthew  How do you get around without a car when nothing is nearby? That is a problem I had to face with four of my friends in a small town in the southwest corner of Costa Rica. The only guaranteed ride was to and from work, and buses definitely did not come on the […]

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Greetings from France!

By: Leslie

By Sofia Coucou! I think the best place to start this post is a summary of the last two months. On February 25th, I made the long flight from San Francisco to Toulouse, France. Though I was undeniably nervous about the trip, I’m becoming more and more used to picking up my life every 3-4 […]

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April 14, 2021

Hello from Jerusalem!

By: Leslie

By Abby Since I haven’t been the most diligent about writing my blogs, I thought reflecting on my mechinah’s middle of the year seminar, designed to reflect on individual and group growth, would be appropriate. I was pleasantly surprised to realize that I didn’t quite need the time to ponder my own journey because I […]

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April 13, 2021

Sustainability in New Hampshire

By: Leslie

By Sara Greetings from Marlborough, New Hampshire! The last time you heard from me, I was about to leave South Carolina on a multi-day road trip up north headed for Camp Glen Brook. Now, I am already more than halfway through the program, and I can’t believe how fast the weeks have flown by. Before […]

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Full Circle 

By: Leslie

By Hannah On March 11, 2020, I walked the halls of my high school for what I would have never guessed to be the last time. My sister and I celebrated the phone call we received that night that we would have no school for the next few weeks. And I think you know how […]

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Carpe Diem

By: Leslie

By Valerie It was all I could ever think about, the nasty culprit behind countless sleepless nights, a master puppeteer who toyed with my emotional strings, wearing me down till I went limp as a rag doll. Childish. Immature. Melodramatic. Many derided my all-consuming obsession as such. But was it really? How could I stop […]

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February 17, 2021

Out on the Trail

By: Leslie

By Leah We’ve reached the height of the season for dog sledding trips, and are now going out on an overnight trip about once a week. Just yesterday we got back from a three-day trip–we spent two nights at our established winter campsite, with five of us staff members, five clients, and 20 dogs.        […]

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How Skiing Made Me a Better Person

By: Leslie

By Christina This month I began work as a lift operator at a ski resort in Utah.  I maintain the ramps that you ski on to load or unload the lift; manage the buttons that start, stop, and control the speed of the lift; and bump chairs on fixed-grip lifts, meaning I hold back the […]

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February 11, 2021

New Paths

By: Leslie

By Kayla The start of the new year – it’s always a mix of excitement and apprehension. I’m looking forward to what the year will bring, and can’t wait to make the most of my gap year. Recently, I’ve revisited old interests that I hadn’t pursued before. In my family’s storage, I found an old […]

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