Semester At Sea runs a great program for students to become extended family members of faculty, staff, and lifelong learners. Margie and I signed up, and we now have four daughters! We had a nice dinner at a reserved table in the larger dining hall last night. We’ll probably continue to dine together every few weeks, celebrate birthdays, that sort of thing. Nice for us is that the students self-select to be in the program, so it’s not like they’re being stuck with a family they don’t want. At least that is what I’m telling myself!
Yesterday was the first Global Studies exam. I thought I’d have a quiet morning in the library but the students were disappointingly quick! We lost another hour this morning, which means we are now 5 hours ahead of the East Coast, somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic; and we will lose several more before docking in Cape Town. We’re all dragging today but tomorrow is a No Class Day because it is Neptune Day! I will have a report on that, and maybe photos, in a few days.
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Posted by Melinda Baumann 
