5 Weeks, 13 Students: The Best Summer of My Life!

This picture shows all 13 students in front of the Meeting House at the Rebecca Nurse Homestead. This image is important to me because it shows me and all the friends I have made during these memorable 5 weeks. My new friends come from all across the globe, some from as far away as Andover, Massachusetts!

 

Sadness overwhelms me as I prepare to leave Andover. The five weeks have gone by all to fast, and I am worried I might never see my new friends ever again. At least I can walk away knowing that I have learned a lot. I have learned more here at Andover in only five weeks, than at my regular school which lasts for about ten months! The best part was that for once in my life, I actually loved school. It will be hard for me to leave the amazing people I have met and befriended, but I must leave Andover. Hopefully I can attend Phillips for high school.

            I have learned a lot at Summer Session.

Some of the things I have learned are:

~New Skills

• How to take Cornell Notes
• How to make good plot charts
• How to write an annotated bibliography

~New Ideas

• 20 innocent people were killed during the Salem Witch Trials
• Indian Boarding Schools were an attempt to assimilate Native Americans into white culture
• The Nacirema are a present day civilization that has been around since the late 18^th century

 

I have learned a lot this summer, and I will miss all of my friends and teachers. I know that someday I will look back upon these memories and hopefully remember everyone I met and everything I did.