We are not learning for school but for life.

Don´t worry, this post is not about how to be a great student. Nor about recommendations for the beginning of the holidays. Nor about my – traumatising – youth.

No, it is a blog about a project, where students not only learn “for life” but “through life”. Through the life on the road.


Screenshot of the website http://www.reachtheworld.org/ - each kid gets in touch with someone from abroad.

In the US-project ”Reach The World”, travelers are made into teachers, who talk about their experiences in the big wide world in the classrooms. That´s not a new project, but one, which has been connecting students with travelers for about 14 years. 

More: http://www.littlemissitchyfeet.com/reach-the-world-classroom-world/

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Tags: US, alternative, education, school, travel, volunteer

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