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This morning was really rough for me. It pushed my level of comfort. The first thing that really bothered me it was pouring rain and we were outside walking in it at 6:30 am. Second thing we had to take public transportation and we had no idea where to go to catch the bus. Third thing our group was split up into two groups because the bus was so small. On the bus I was talking to two students who were on their way to college. One of the kids was from finland. They kept asking us about the smell of Rotorua and what we thought about it.The plan for the morning was to go hiking in the red wood forest. The forest would of been much more gorgeous if I actually was able to enjoy it. I was not able to look around because I was so focused on slipping and falling in the mud. The forest was literally like a mud pool. After that we sat on a bus for a long time to go to Auckland, New Zealand. Once their we brought our bags to the hotel and began driving to the school called Rangitoto. When we first arrived they wern't ready for us so we hung out in the library with a couple of the students, after that we went into this big room and we had one of our students Steven give a welcoming speech to the kids. Then they had their students perform a dance known as the haka. The haka is a dance from the ancestors of the maori people, it is performed before any major event and its suppose to intimidate the opponent. After that we sang the national anthem for them.. It was god AWFUL. None of us were prepared for that and we all suck at singing, it was so embarrassing. Then we ate dinner. The students grilled out for us and brought in salads and pastas. It was very delicious. I ate a lamb burger while I was there too. The students of Rangitoto were thrilled to meet all of us, and show us around their school. The main thing that was different is they walk to their classes outside. It's just like college. They tried our candy and really enjoyed it. Im really glad I had the opportunity to go to a different school out of the country to see what it was like.
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This morning was really rough for me. It pushed my level of comfort. The first thing that really bothered me it was pouring rain and we were outside walking in it at 6:30 am. Second thing we had to take public transportation and we had no idea where to go to catch the bus. Third thing our group was split up into two groups because the bus was so small. On the bus I was talking to two students who were on their way to college. One of the kids was from finland. They kept asking us about the smell of Rotorua and what we thought about it.The plan for the morning was to go hiking in the red wood forest. The forest would of been much more gorgeous if I actually was able to enjoy it. I was not able to look around because I was so focused on slipping and falling in the mud. The forest was literally like a mud pool. After that we sat on a bus for a long time to go to Auckland, New Zealand. Once their we brought our bags to the hotel and began driving to the school called Rangitoto. When we first arrived they wern't ready for us so we hung out in the library with a couple of the students, after that we went into this big room and we had one of our students Steven give a welcoming speech to the kids. Then they had their students perform a dance known as the haka. The haka is a dance from the ancestors of the maori people, it is performed before any major event and its suppose to intimidate the opponent. After that we sang the national anthem for them.. It was god AWFUL. None of us were prepared for that and we all suck at singing, it was so embarrassing. Then we ate dinner. The students grilled out for us and brought in salads and pastas. It was very delicious. I ate a lamb burger while I was there too. The students of Rangitoto were thrilled to meet all of us, and show us around their school. The main thing that was different is they walk to their classes outside. It's just like college. They tried our candy and really enjoyed it. Im really glad I had the opportunity to go to a different school out of the country to see what it was like.
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