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Feedback From Program Participants "I had an amazing time and learned so much in these last three months. Lectures and field studies are intellectually stimulating. A once in a lifetime experience." "I am very impressed with GED and the overall smoothness of the program. I really liked how we got to see many different parts of Australia and the depth of exploration it enabled us to achieve. The best part about the trip was that each portion of the semester kept getting better and better as well as more and more interesting. The variety of travel was so amazing and the experiences complimented each other perfectly." "I feel I got a great overview of Australia, got a good taste of many aspects of what it is to be Australian. Best experience of my life. I saw so much, saw so many viewpoints and ways of living and learned so much." "I can't say enough good things about the Aboriginal field camp. It was an amazing experience and one that I think we all felt lucky to have a part in. It is one thing to learn about Aboriginal culture in the classroom but quite another to get to experience it. I felt privileged to be shown the sites we were and hear the stories behind them from an Aboriginal perspective. It put a whole new light on European/mainstream culture and how the emphasis of life should not necessarily be on material things. I think that by the end of the camp everyone had a new-found respect for nature and was able to take that away with them." "I learned an amazing amount on this program and had fun the whole way through." "Definitely the most worthwhile part of this trip was the field time - the National Parks [in Australia] are amazing and diverse and I'm glad I got to see so many of them." "I expected to see a lot of Australia and I did! Also, I was glad that the course material matched the field studies we were doing. It was fantastic to go all over Australia and learn about many things endemic to Australia." "I would recommend this program to my friends, because it is an experience like no other. We are visitors in another country, but we are not tourists. You see more than on a vacation and learn more than in an ordinary classroom." "I was amazed at how well and smoothly the program ran. I'm impressed at the logistics of so many people being handled so well. No complaints here! Thank you!" "The combination of field studies, lectures and excursions has given me a comprehensive understanding of Australian ecology." |
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