Always Look up: A Farewell to Northern Ireland

As my two weeks in Northern Ireland come to a close,I have a chance to reflect on one of the first things our instructor told us: Always look up.  At the time, she was talking about the intricate architecture of Northern Ireland that you can only experience if you look above your eye level, but…

The Right of Way

Before you go on a trip abroad everyone always tells you that you are going to see things that are different from your home country, that you might get homesick, and that you are going to face culture shock. As part of an assignment for my program I made 20 observations about things that are…

Exploring Interdisciplinary and a Welcome to Northern Ireland 

At 3:30 am Pacific Standard time, when I left for the airport, I really started to come to terms with the fact that I had two weeks to soak up everything that Northern Ireland could offer me on the interdisciplinary workings of working with children with disabilities. And by 4:00 am, I was on the…