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Fri, 10 Jan 2014 | By kaitlynhennessy | Views [418]
Well, it’s our last full day in Cuenca and our last class period of the trip. I only have one week left in Ecuador! When signing up for this trip at the last minute in October, I would have never guessed that my experience would have been quite ... Read more >
Tags: last day, normal, real, soy
Fri, 10 Jan 2014 | By katielysehuns | Views [209]
I've been learning information about intercultural communication for two weeks now and have come to understand the Ecuadorian culture pretty well. I have experienced these things through my host family as well as trips to certain parts of Cuenca. These ... Read more >
Fri, 10 Jan 2014 | By jenny245 | Views [249]
Our last lecture was today and it was on education. We learned about the different learning styles, disparities within education, and much more. The professor discussed the teaching styles within the different learning styles and there are four steps ... Read more >
Fri, 10 Jan 2014 | By kaitlynhennessy | Views [382]
At 7:45 this morning, we loaded the bus for Cajas National Park. I heard that this trip would be exciting and “magical” but I wasn’t sure how magical it would be for me. I love hiking, but wearing rubber boots and three layers at 12,000 ... Read more >
Tags: cajas, paper tree, patient flower, secret streams, sponges
Fri, 10 Jan 2014 | By jasmint23 | Views [267]
In class we’ve been talking about identity and who we all are. The majority of the visits we do and places we go, my professor has asked us collectively, what are the identities here in this area, where can you find the different identities ... Read more >
Tags: cuencanos, identity, indigenous
Fri, 10 Jan 2014 | By emilyhanneman | Views [231]
I think today has been my overall favorite day so far. I woke up at 5:45 am went for my usual run then we left for school at 7:15 to arrive by 7:45. We were departing for El Cajas National Park. It was about thirty minutes out of the city and I wasn’... Read more >
Fri, 10 Jan 2014 | By lachowiezm | Views [330] | Comments [1]
Today in class we discussed the impact of cultural differences on education in Ecuador. I liked that through this discussion we were able to apply many of the things we saw at the CEDEI school ... Read more >
Fri, 10 Jan 2014 | By teresakast | Views [364]
I think the most odd and interesting activity we have done so far is having an indigenous person from the Andes come show us how natural medicine is done. He talked about how they don’t believe in sickness, they only believe ... Read more >
Thu, 9 Jan 2014 | By jenny245 | Views [216]
Today we had our hike to Cajas national park. Our tour guides knew many facts about the park and during our first hike they were quick to tell us about many plants and flowers that we passed by. While on the trail, we were stopped by a massive set of ... Read more >
Thu, 9 Jan 2014 | By teresakast | Views [303]
This week we have been learning about media and health within Ecuador. We took a trip to the Unsion TV Studio. It was interesting to see that the TV studios in Ecuador are similar to the United States. They were ... Read more >
Thu, 9 Jan 2014 | By emilyhanneman | Views [231]
This morning it was raining pretty hard so I unfortunately did not go running. I’ll just have to make up for it tomorrow I guess. Katie, Kelsey, and I took a cab to school this morning because we were babies about walking in the rain. We however ... Read more >
Thu, 9 Jan 2014 | By lachowiezm | Views [401]
There is no other way to describe my time at Cajas National Park other then surreal. Cajas National Park is the smallest of 10 national parks in Ecuador, but ... Read more >
Thu, 9 Jan 2014 | By emilygapinski | Views [348]
Today was my first time in a foreign hospital, and it was not what I expected at all. The hospital we visited was a level one hospital, which is the lowest level. This means that they don’t do any major surgery’s there. We got to see a delivery ... Read more >
Wed, 8 Jan 2014 | By kaitlynhennessy | Views [409]
The last couple days have been so eventful! We learned how to cook a traditional Ecuadorian meal, visited a hospital, saw the CEDEI School and participated in a traditional healing. It is so interesting to compare all that we’re seeing with what ... Read more >
Tags: cooking, healing, hospital, school
Wed, 8 Jan 2014 | By katielysehuns | Views [200]
Being a Native American, I have grown up with the advantage of having health insurance that covers pretty much everything. Is healthcare a right or a privilege? This question arose in class and I was interested in what other people who may or may not ... Read more >
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