Because the center is primarily a resource, it doesn't track students' destinations. But its reference library in 94 Blegen Hall suggests the destinations are far and wide. The experience was physically and emotionally demanding. Her day began at 6 a.m. with breakfast and a five-mile walk into town. After a shuttle ride across the city, Fox resumed on foot toward the school, still miles away.
Nothing can be better for learning than the real world.
We are out of the classroom and getting an awesome experience. Fox recalls a funeral for an AIDS victim. And she remembers the woman with the baby. The students knew the child was going to die soon, Fox said, but they did not know what to tell the mother. Before flying home, Fox spent several days in Mombasa, a coastal resort town.