Summer holidays: making the most of the big break
- 9 years ago
School’s out for summer! The words every student longs to hear as the academic year drags on. It means weeks of down-time and relaxation; long days in which to recover from the rigours of study and restore the batteries for the coming new term.
But it can be much more than that, as we find out in this edition of Learning World. Maha Barada presents stories reflecting different perspectives on how young people can fill their summer holidays in meaningful and rewarding ways.
Thailand: holidays with elephants
Every year the Elephant Nature Park in northern Thailand hosts volunteers from around the world who come to work at the refuge for elephants recovering from a working life in the tourism and logging industries. For those who take up the challenge it’s a rich and enlightening experience, even though it means shovelling elephant dung while many other students are partying elsewhere in a country better known among young adults as tourist destination. In this report we meet some o
But it can be much more than that, as we find out in this edition of Learning World. Maha Barada presents stories reflecting different perspectives on how young people can fill their summer holidays in meaningful and rewarding ways.
Thailand: holidays with elephants
Every year the Elephant Nature Park in northern Thailand hosts volunteers from around the world who come to work at the refuge for elephants recovering from a working life in the tourism and logging industries. For those who take up the challenge it’s a rich and enlightening experience, even though it means shovelling elephant dung while many other students are partying elsewhere in a country better known among young adults as tourist destination. In this report we meet some o