Below is an excerpt from Tosh Patterson, author of the KDSL July/August 2009 Newsletter Education Around the World Newsletter. From August-December 2008 Tosh participated in the Semester at Sea Program.
Now, in hindsight, I can be in awe of the experience. For 108 days a community of people floated on the Atlantic, Indian, & Pacific Oceans AND felt soil in eleven countries. I had the privilege to witness humility in India, reconciliation in South Africa, forgiveness in Cambodia & Vietnam, and kindness in Japan. And like a flying fish that jumps out of the ocean, glides across the top, then dives back into the ocean…I lived outside of my comfort zone (out of water), even when I really did not want to do so.
The complete reflective piece will be out in the next KDSL newsletter.
