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Why A University Trip Is More Than A School Tour For Adults

<p>There is still a place for tours and excursions when in college&period; You may have dim memories of school excursions remembering the blisters&comma; the blocked noses&comma; the tired eyes and the unfamiliar environments&period; To your mind may flash images of trudging down long museum halls and listening to the dusty silence&period; Perhaps you will groan and protest that you have moved past <span class&equals;"GINGER&lowbar;SOFATWARE&lowbar;correct">organised<&sol;span> fun&period; You have matured&comma; moved on&comma; and grown up beyond the days you were led by a teacher and told when you should be enjoying yourself&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5473" alt&equals;"Why A University Trip Is More Than A School Tour For Adults" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;medusamagazine&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;07&sol;esn&lowbar;trip&lowbar;to&lowbar;preikestolen&lowbar;large&period;jpg" width&equals;"516" height&equals;"306" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But before you do cringe at the thought of more excursions&comma; remember&comma; the <span class&equals;"GINGER&lowbar;SOFATWARE&lowbar;correct">tours<&sol;span> have matured with you&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>No more Limited Access<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>A university trip&comma; since it demands greater <span class&equals;"GINGER&lowbar;SOFATWARE&lowbar;correct">rigour<&sol;span> of the mind&comma; allows you to have better access&period; This access brings with it privileges and more opportunity to learn&period; While school tours can be rather cursory &&num;8211&semi; a quick peek at a farm&comma; a routine browse through a gallery &&num;8211&semi; you will see more in college&period; For example&comma; you will not only visit a famous theatre or <span class&equals;"GINGER&lowbar;SOFATWARE&lowbar;correct">music hall but<&sol;span> will also have the chance to sit at the feet of experienced practitioners of their art and observe <span class&equals;"GINGER&lowbar;SOFATWARE&lowbar;correct">performances<&sol;span> of professionals&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>No more Superficial Information<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>For better or for worse&comma; the purpose behind these tertiary tours <span class&equals;"GINGER&lowbar;SOFATWARE&lowbar;correct">is firmly tied<&sol;span> to the curriculum&comma; and&comma; more often than not&comma; to the assessment at the end of the course&period;  Hence a university trip gives students a more nuanced and fuller take on a subject&period; You often must complete a project and learn just as much as you do in lectures&period; You are not simply taken by the hand and shown historic sights&comma; old paintings or famous scenery with an expectation that the experience itself and a cursory recognition of its significance will be enough&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>No more Controlled Decisions<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>With more responsibility comes greater freedom&period; This is no less the case when on a university trip&comma; since you are now considered an adult&comma; so there is more responsibility on your own shoulders&period; The concomitant freedom is to be <span class&equals;"GINGER&lowbar;SOFATWARE&lowbar;correct">relished<&sol;span> yet balanced with the greater sense of obligation to fulfilling the requirements of this excursion and consequently your course&period; While on a school tour&comma; where safety is of utmost concern&comma; you will not be given have the chance to wander the streets of Washington&comma; or Toronto&comma; or Bruge&comma; unsupervised&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>No more Generic Objectives<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>College classes are purposeful&comma; and excursions likewise&period; When on a university trip&comma; you will not have the school yard feeling of wondering why on earth your teacher conjured up this particular excursion when the whole wide world was seemingly open and available&period; In college&comma; you will visit the Louvre as an art student or travel to a Swiss medical museum as a biochemistry student or explore the limestone layers on the Spanish coast as a budding geologist only because there is specific academic information or skills to be gleaned from it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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