South Africa

Laura Walters, Summer Abroad South Africa Alum. "In elementary school, teachers are involved in every aspect of a student’s learning. They teach all the subjects — reading, writing, mathematics, science, history, art, etc. — while maintaining control over a class of approximately 30 children. Middle school finds the teachers slightly less involved. They still have to control a class of 30 preteens, but..."

Laura Walters, Alumni, UC Davis Summer Abroad South Africa. Apartheid. "It means “separation.” South Africa struggled with it for forty-six years. Even though its reign has technically ended, pieces of the pain it caused still exist. Yet despite their long era of “separation,” South Africa was nothing but welcoming when a group of 13 foreign students who knew very little about..."