My name is Jack Y and I am a sophomore at GCHS. All of my life I have always wanted to go to UW- Madison and I love to watch the badgers play football and basketball. I used to play baseball and tried football but that didn't really work out. Intramural basketball is where my heart is set. I have traveled to Ireland and many places around our country and enjoyed every single one of those trips.
I signed up for this trip first of all because when someone hears that they have a possibility to travel to Australia, it sounds like the coolest thing in the world. Going to Australia/New Zealand is not something that everyone does in their life time. It is a good opportunity for myself and everyone else on the trip to experience a culture that not many people hear about. I will also have the opportunity to meet many new people and also spend time with some of my close friends.
One of the main things I would like to learn from this trip is how others live half way across the world and how the Australian/NZ society differs from ours. I also want to experience what is like to be so far away from home for such a long time to prepare me for any situations later in life where I may be away from home for a long time. I want to be exposed to the type of foods they eat and basically everything that the people do in Australia/NZ that is different from what I do in my every day life.
Something that really interests me about Australia/NZ is the wildlife all around the country and different types of animals they have both on the land and in the water. One of the experiences I will have with the wildlife is going to the Great Barrier Reef which I am very excited for. Besides that, I don't have much knowledge about the two countries so I plan on going into the trip with an open mind and I will be ready to explore many new things in these countries.
The fact that we learn about these countries before we travel to it helps us have a better understanding of what we see when we are there so we are not left clueless while traveling to many different places. It is also good to learn about things such as food and maybe the way they talk so we do not have a judgemental attitude towards the people of Australia/New Zealand. It will be good to know everything about these countries because I will have a good attitude and will not be completely lost as I said earlier.
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| Kangaroo, one of the many animals I hope to see in Australia |
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| Sydney Opera House |
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ReplyDeleteNice job on your first blog... It seems that you are "thinking ahead" about the potential issues you may have. Sometimes we do judge a new place because we don't know much about the culture beforehand, but it looks like you are trying hard to prepare for it by learning things in class.
Which wildlife are you most looking forward to seeing?