Monthly Archives: July 2012
Olympic Fever in Cuba
July 31, 2012With the 2012 London Summer Olympic Games having officially launched on Friday, I couldn’t help but get caught up in the Olympic fever of watching newscasts and poring over articles celebrating triumphs and sympathizing with defeats. As a Canadian, this is easy to understand as we are still winding down from the feeling of patriotism [...]
Elephants on Parade with Edutourism
July 24, 2012From 1957 to 1989, elephants in Thailand were primarily used in the logging industry. They were domesticated and trained by local villagers to work and provide the family with an income. By the end of 1989, the logging industry had grown so rapidly that the forests had been depleted to a point where only 20 [...]
Unpaid Internships: Why Should I Bother?
July 17, 2012It is a universal truth that internships are a great stepping stone for young graduates seeking to get a foothold into the working world. Internship positions provide basic, entry level positions with plenty of supervision, a variety of tasks, and consistent training to help shape your classroom education into something useful. Internships provide work experience [...]
Everyone Needs a Vacation Now and Again
July 10, 2012Perhaps this blog topic is just a marketing scheme to get people to consider taking a trip or perhaps it is inspired by the fact that as I write this I am sitting on a dock, drink in one hand and computer on my lap, watching the sun go down while I feel more relaxed [...]
