Day 1
We are extremely excited and humbled to have
been chosen for this program and to represent our remarkable University (recent
alma mater for some). All our hard work this semester is comparable to tiny
sparks now. This is day one, the ignition of the flame and as each day comes,
it will burn brighter within our excited hearts. Watch for our next blog as we
unfold our day to day experiences, but for full disclosure, you might want to
grab some shades for how bright our future looks!
- Brittany Osborne
It’s
a bittersweet feeling I have, sitting in seat 25G, somewhere over the Atlantic.
So many things have happened in such a short time that I have not allowed
myself to fully process it all. So now is my chance; with nothing to do for
another four hours, I’m going to sit back and let my raw thoughts guide my
fingers. Buckle up, it’s time for this story to take flight.
Back
in January when I was chosen for the International Service Learning Program in
Croatia, my life was such a wildfire blaze with work and school that I didn’t exactly
know what I had said yes to. After four and a half months of classes, planning,
and orientations, now is the first chance I’ve allowed myself to pull the pin
on the fire extinguisher and fire away.
The
simple facts, I’m on a plane with twenty-one other University of Louisville
students and five faculty members. Flying out of Louisville the day after
graduation, our destination is the small town of Sisak, Croatia. Upon arriving,
our group, consisting of UofL Nursing, Engineering and Communication students
will be split between two local high schools. In these high schools, we will
not only be teaching the local students, but engaging in a cultural learning
atmosphere in which we will be learning tenfold. We have been diligently working this semester
to create lesson plans that will contribute to an open, fun, and engaging
learning atmosphere abroad. Each discipline has intentionally designed these lesson
plans to promote cultural development and exchange, contributing to a higher
level of global understanding.
For
some students, this program serves many a first for life experiences. We even
have students among us that have never flown on an airplane! Though only a
short 10 days, this program will be an enriching experience allowing us to become
more receptive and excited about the beautiful world around us. For those that
have never had the privilege of immersing ourselves in another country, this
trip will serve as a strike pad for future matches of curiosity in our lives.
- Brittany Osborne
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