Summary Of The Study Abroad Fair

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In the Study Abroad Fair on November 16, 2015, I found three specific programs to be the most interesting. The first one was the Peace Corps. I have heard so much about it from friends and advertisements on television. Tackling all the problems of the world in one organization seems impossible, but they manage to do it. The name brand made me feel disconnect from the possible experience. I found the other two more interesting: Environmental Field Studies Aboard and Semester at Sea.
The Environmental Field Studies Aboard through the school of field studies seems as if it we fun experience where I can help a specific problem in the world. The globalization and tourism culture has caused developing nations to conform to harming of nature. Relating

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