Getting back into the swing of things this week was
different after the long excursion! I was happy to go back to my internship. I
was able to go to Gugulethu earlier this week and visit a couple organizations.
I love learning about why certain places are established and how they got to
where they are now. Every time I go into the community I learn more and
more!
My internship as a whole is so wonderful- everybody
in the office is so sweet and they've been nothing but awesome. I hope that one
day I get to come back to Cape Town with my family and show them around/ show
them the organization that I spent time with!
As for this weekend, it's been very relaxing. I feel
like lately all of us students on this trip have been engaging in really good
conversations. I also am comforted by the fact that we are all in this journey
together, and that we can see something that might be racist or sexist and we
can bring it up to talk about it. It's definitely going to be different at home
because of society in general. I acknowledged racism and sexism before this
trip, but now it's just more relevant and I can apply it to situations/
understand where people are coming from. At home, I don't see segregation as
much as I do here. That's something that will stick with me.
Every day I realize that I need to continue to take
in all of Cape Town before I leave. I am definitely getting anxious to go home
(in a good way), but I am not trying to rush it.
Overall this weekend has been wonderful and I'm
excited to spend the next two weeks with my internship/ doing a couple
adventurous things for the last time.
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