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| Summer 1999 |
| "I spent two weeks in London as a pre-view to my study abroad trip in Northern England. That two weeks represented the very first time I had ever been without any sort of support system. I went where I wanted and when I wanted; I had no parents or house mates caring or worrying about me. Even more significant than the independence was the experience. It was my first time in a big city, and I was confronted with poverty, a new reality to me. Meeting, eating, and talking with many homeless people, I became disenchanted with this world. We live insulated lives and do not worry about starving or freezing. That attitude is not legitimate to me any more. I changed majors as a result of my experience in London. Homelessness and poverty piss me off, and I am not comfortable with my old career goals (cognitive psychology, a career in academia). I want to go to law school, want to advocate for the homeless, want to start a day care program for homeless children, and want that program to take advantage of innovative education systems like the Acorn School in CA... Study abroad, both formally and informally, changed my life." |
| Robin Revette |
| Summer 1999 |
| Archaeology program in North Yorkshire, England |
