Intensive Learning @ MFS
The World At Your Fingertips
Day Three Today, one of the coldest days of the week, we did various activities that seem to take the bitter edge from the chilled temperature. To begin the day, we watched a documentary about a football team in Memphis, Tennessee. It connected nicely with our multicultural discussions from Friday. Our focus today was...
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Today was a blast. On our way to the Great Wall, we went to a noodle shop for lunch. The owner of the restaurant welcomed us and told us we would be learning how to cut and roll noodles. She also was very complimentary of our language skills. There was a competition to see...
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Day Four The Foxes played a solid game against no. 1 ranked Desert Vista of Phoenix today. The Foxes lost against a very strong side, but played quite well in the desert heat and extreme conditions. Following the game, the team dined at In and Out Burger in Chandler, AZ. The boys finished the...
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Today, the focus was on preparing for our adventures to Ocean City that awaits us tomorrow. We began with a slideshow, and after that started construction of our sculptures we will install on the beach. Some people built sculptures and some people built tools with which to create sand drawings. After that, we headed...
Continue readingWe had an early start this morning. We had to be out of the hotel by 5:00 am (1 am at home!) to catch our 7:30 train to Paris! The train was about 2 hours long and 30 of those minutes we were under water crossing the channel. The train reached 186 kph! Once...
Continue readingDay Two We began the day with a riveting talk about the African-American history of Philly thanks to our entertaining tour guide Ernest. He talked about how African-American women and children were significant to the history of Philadelphia, how Quakers came about, and how Pennsylvania came about. He talked about William Penn, and his...
Continue readingDay Two Hey guys! Today we made quilts! Everyone improved their skills and can finish quilting more quickly. We were grouped in pairs of two to help each other out. All of us were focused and careful. During lunch, we went uptown and ate at Passarello’s. We then went to Starbuck’s afterwards. All of...
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