Intensive Learning @ MFS
The World At Your Fingertips
Construction continued on the solar box ovens. Once they were complete, we learned about Arduino microprocessors. We are using the Arduinos to make a thermocouple circuit so we know the temperature inside our ovens. After a lot of difficulty trying to connect the Arduinos to a Windows computer, a Mac, and a Chromebook, the...
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Monday was a day of examinations. We practiced with the case of the People v. Max Paulson, a simple car versus bike incident. With limited information, the defense and prosecution put together strong cases. The prosecution was successful, but Paulson received only a fine for the incident. With appetites whetted, both teams began constructing...
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After a breakfast filled with new fruits and foods we embarked on a two-hour bus ride to Kajllarakay, a remote village at 12,000 feet, eager to immerse ourselves in its culture. We learned Quichua words and felt ready to communicate with the locals in their language. Upon arrival, we were warmly welcomed with a...
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Sunday, March 24, 2024By Emmie and Morgan 你好! (Hello!) Today we will be overviewing our first full day in Beijing! Today is the third official day of our trip overall. This morning we had an early start with our alarms set at 6 a.m. in our hotel rooms, but we were all soon relieved...
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Sunday, March 24, 2024By Sophia & Haila Fjord Cruise This morning we had an early start with our morning meeting at 9:10. We went through our COLD Opening — “Celebrations/Callouts, Obstacles, Looking forward, and Daily query. This opening helps the group bond, recognize each others kindness, and support one another in a foreign country....
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Today we woke up and started our day off by having breakfast at 7:30. For breakfast we had a buffet that had an assortment of great pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage, and yogurt. At 8:30 we left the hotel and headed out to our first destination of the day: zip lining. It was an hour...
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Today we started by working the breakfast shift in Cafe Clayton at Give Kids the World. We have this shift everyday, so it went pretty smoothly since we knew what to expect. We then went to Disney Springs for lunch and shopping after volunteering. After a few hours of walking, we went back to...
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Welcome to the third day of the Dominican Republic IL. We started the day off with our daily Spanishlesson with our tour guide Brayan. We learned words for items we planned to use in our service project. After breakfast we headed over to the local environmental institute for the project. Our service project consisted...
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Saturday, March 23, 2024 On our first full day in Tromsø, we woke up and all had our breakfast by 9 a.m. There was a wide variety of choices to eat, from mini pain au chocolat to smoked salmon. We then had a morning meeting that started with a brief moment of silence. Mr....
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Friday, March 22, 2024 After our long layover, we finally got on our last flight, landing in Tromsø. We were able to quickly get off the plane to retrieve our bags, then hopped on a short bus ride to our hotel. Everyone was extremely jet-lagged, so we all went to our rooms and crashed....
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We started the day by waking up in Calca, a small town in Southern Peru in the region of Cusco at 9,600 feet above sea level. We ate a breakfast of Peruvian avocado, eggs, local cheese and bread (pan huaro), and fresh orange juice. At 8:30 a.m. we met our bus at the town...
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Day two of the China trip consisted of a visit to the National Palace Museum in Taiwan and a four-hour flight to Beijing. We started off the day at 6:30 a.m. with a breakfast buffet at the hotel, which included many foods like mantou (steamed bread), toast with different spreads, and traditional soft rice...
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The wonders of Paris all in one glorious day! We started off at the Père Lachaise, the famous cemetery that holds the final resting places of Jim Morrison, Edith Piaf, and Chopin. We then quickly had lunch in park not too far from the cemetery. After a couple of metro trips throughout the city...
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Today, we started the morning at last night’s hotel, Hodelpa Centro Plaza in Santiago. After a nice buffet breakfast, we all met our tour leader, Brayan, in the hotel conference room for a quick Spanish lesson. We learned a few words to assist us in our work at el Instituto Ambiental, including árbol (tree),...
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After a good night’s sleep we woke and ate a buffet breakfast of eggs, fruit, bread, meat, and cheese. Then we packed all our bags and got ready to get on the bus to take us to the airport. The flight from Lima to Cusco was about 1-2 hours and was calm. We landed...
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