After dinner last night,
we went to a few of the pubs that we enjoyed during our 3 weeks here in Cambridge. We started reminiscing about some of the
highs and lows of our trip, but all in all, it was a very memorable trip; definitely
worth the 3 weeks even though it was a long time to be away from home. Some of the highlights include:
*Nick setting off an alarm in one of the museum
displays yesterday before we left Duxford for
the final
time.
*No plates during our BBQ with the students.
*Teaching the British guy David, how to say things in
the American language such as…TruDat
*No internet and spotty internet access for the
entire trip
*Troy opening up the helicopter in the museum that he
used to fly when he was in the Army,
much to the
dismay of the AAM sponsers!
*The long lines to get into Victoria Park to watch
the opening ceremonies of the Olympics.
*Despite being in the home country of the Olympics,
we watched very few events on TV.
*Our experience in the hostel in London…what happens
in the hostel stays in the hostel!
*So many more memorable experiences…if you want to
know what they are, go back and read
the blog!
This morning, we awoke
and had our final debrief of the summer residency program. The main objectives were to discuss the pros
and cons of the pilot program, offer suggestions for the program in the future,
and devise our continuing projects for the upcoming year. We are going to do a variety of video
projects, polls, weekly/monthly questions for the students to respond to and
also create. The best way that I thought
about going about to complete this would be to create a 7th Grade
after school History club. I figure that
I can have the club meet twice a month, and have a maximum of 30 students
partake in this experience. The biggest
thing we want to accomplish is to have the students from both sides of the pond
communicate with each other through history and develop projects/videos that we
the teachers can share with our colleagues.
Tonight is our final gathering
for the closing of the summer residency program @6:30pm. We will have dinner, share many more stories,
gather contact information, and then depart for home tomorrow. I am one of three people who will be
departing with the early crew @5:30am. I’ve
truly enjoyed this cultural experience, I meet and befriended people who I’ve
formed a great working relationship with and hope to continue for some time,
and saw tons of exciting sites. But it
is time to come home and get back to reality…the next time that you hear from
me I will be back in the good old U.S.A.
I hope that everyone enjoyed following my adventures for the past 3
weeks…it has been awesome!
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