What Do Students Say?

Peter Atlanta, GA, Age 13

I had an offer to go on a Global Explorers Journey from my dean during my 7th grade year at my school. He was putting together a trip for 7th graders over the summer with global explorers. I rushed home to tell my parents and begged to go. They thought it was pretty cool so I came back to school the next week and signed up.

What I loved about my Global Explorers experience was getting to know the people I went with. I already went to school with them but I didn’t really know them. The travel time and group building activities before the trip were fun too. These students are some of my best friends now.

I really enjoyed being thrown into a new culture and really learning about it and living it not just reading about it. I really learned how lucky I am. I always used to complain because I didn’t have this new game system or some mp3 player. But I don’t anymore because I learned that people have it way harder than me. My trip to the arctic and talking to some of the local people really made me think about where I was going.

I would recommend a Global Explorers trip to anyone. It is sooo much fun and you learn so much. It will be a trip you’ll never forget and probably never top.