January 14, 2023
By: Camey VanSant
By Quinn July 2021, the Thierfelder kitchen dinner table. “Quinn, what is this obsession with Barcelona? You do realize they hardly even speak Spanish there, right? Why would you go to a Catalan city to learn Spanish?” asked my mother,...
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January 13, 2023
By: Camey VanSant
By Emmie When I think of December I think of The Nutcracker. It has become a staple of my December since I danced in my first Nutcracker (I was the mouse that got shot in the battle scene). I think...
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January 9, 2023
By: Camey VanSant
By Pallavi I’ve been home from my adventure in the pacific islands since November 10, working, spending time with my family and friends on break, and reacclimating to normal life. The last 6 weeks have consisted of many different things:...
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December 27, 2022
By: Camey VanSant
By Benjamin One of my longtime goals was to become a national master in chess, a game I’ve been playing since I was nine. In chess, an elo rating system is used to standardize each player’s approximate strength. In the...
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December 23, 2022
By: Camey VanSant
By Georgia Note: This is an adaptation of a blog post, “Feet,” that I wrote and posted on the “Where There Be Dragons Yak Board” (11/24/22). It represents well some of the learning I did and conversations I had while...
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December 19, 2022
By: Camey VanSant
By Nathan I spent most of the past month on a trip through Argentina’s Patagonia region organized through my exchange program. Along with 52 other exchange students, I spent 17 days traveling along the famous “Ruta 40”. The trip started...
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December 15, 2022
By: Camey VanSant
By Emmie For the past 14 weeks, I have been dancing Monday through Friday 9 am until 3 pm every day. I have danced in programs with similar schedules but it was for only 9 weeks at a maximum. I...
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November 29, 2022
By: Camey VanSant
By Ellie November 21: it was the last day my High Desert Center (HDC) family was together. I use the word “family” purposefully as that is what we were (more on that later). I spent the morning watching the sunrise...
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November 28, 2022
By: Camey VanSant
By Campbell Over the past few months, I have been working full-time and living in Wrightsville Beach, NC. Before this year, I had never held a full-time job or even a job for more than 10 hours a week. During...
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November 22, 2022
By: Camey VanSant
By Maya One of my hardest transitions was getting used to office life in a foreign country. As part of my program, I had to find an internship to work at while in Tel Aviv. After researching a few different...
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