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 Dis long time gyal mi neva see yuh! Welcome to all who have gone on the trip! Here are some reflections from students' journals and project papers. After having spent four weeks together, can you guess who's speaking? "A big component of my learning experience in Jamaica is the dialogues I have with the other Wellesley women on this trip. It's sad how I had to come all this way to Jamaica to have these conversations, that I don't have these conversations when I am at Wellesley."
"I thoroughly enjoyed the three black professors. I like having strong black people who look like me. I want to grow up to be just like them--smart, educated, passionate, and driven to uplift their people in various ways." "The most touching part of the trip was being able to touch Garvey's grave. He was the leader of the largest movement of people of African descent in history, and there will be none other like him. I had to hold back tears when my picture was taken in front of the statue of his head, and all I could think was 'Where is my Garvey? Where is my leader? If we only had a Garvey today.'" "Today we were able to see the University of the West Indies as a regular campus because school officially started. It was very weird to see so many students, and it was especially nice to see so many handsome black men. I see now how hard it would be to pay full attention at a co-ed school." |
     
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course information | about Jamaica | preparations for leaving | reflections | contact |
Sara Chin--schin@firstclass.wellesley.edu |