We explore our world through our five senses. Adults explore so much of our world through our sense of sight. Certainly hearing, taste, smell, and touch are important. But much of our adult world is first explored through our sense of sight, and then through our sense of hearing. I notice that cats explore something new with their noses, but humans explore something new with our eyes and ears.
Humans see with our eyes.
We still have students who will not make it to the target cultures anytime soon. We have students who sleep on mattresses on the floor, because they are having trouble with their finances. We have students who have their own businesses and a mortgage, while trying to make it through their undergraduate studies. Others are fighting in divorce court for the custody of their children, while still others are dealing with the decision of whether to go through with a pregnancy. Still others work 40 hours a week, every night until one in the morning, and come to eight o'clock classes.