Where There Be Dragons: Conversations on Place & Purpose podcast

1. Daughter & Mother Perspectives on Student & Adult Dragons Programs in Nepal

2019-11-20

Where There Be Dragons: Conversations on Place & Purpose

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Seva goes to Nepal for a Dragons semester. Years later, her mother goes on a Dragons Program for adults.

In this episode we discuss:

The differences & similarities in Dragons experiences for a student & adult.
What “immersion” really involves and looks like.
The nature of time and depth of relationships built on programs.
The difference between “going on vacation” and building relationships with people who have lives and culture different from your own.
Favorite moments & mishaps.
The mirror of travel upon your culture at home.

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1. Daughter & Mother Perspectives on Student & Adult Dragons Programs in Nepal
2019-11-20
33:00
Seva goes to Nepal for a Dragons semester. Years later, her mother goes on a Dragons Program for adults. In this episode we discuss: The differences & similarities in Dragons experiences for a student & adult. What “immersion” really involves and looks like. The nature of time and depth of relationships built on programs. The difference between “going on vacation” and building relationships with people who have lives and culture different from your own. Favorite moments & mishaps. The mirror of travel upon your culture at home.

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1. Daughter & Mother Perspectives on Student & Adult Dragons Programs in Nepal

Where There Be Dragons: Conversations on Place & Purpose

Fler avsnitt från "Where There Be Dragons: Conversations on Place & Purpose"

6. PEPY - On the Hope and Struggle for Education in Cambodia with Executive Director Sarakk Rith

5. Reed Hardwood - Dragons Executive Director

4. Gaining New Perspectives from Dragons Fund Alumni

3. Rich Brown - Journalist on Migration between Guatemala and the US

2. Claire Bennett - Learning Service vs Service Learning

1. Daughter & Mother Perspectives on Student & Adult Dragons Programs in Nepal