Layla

Hey...has anyone ever done this?

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TimmyJames1976

nope, but i wish i did. i have a few friends i went to school with that did and absolutly loved it.

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ScarlotteDorian

i've always wanted to do that too, but never thought it was possible unless you pay an arm and a leg to do it.

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LostFarmboy

what is a semester at sea?? Sounds interesting.

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simply_angelic

I don't know if you've ever seen the show "Breaker High" but it basically chronicles the gist of it......if you haven't it's pretty much a semester (of school) where you're taught all your regular classes (of course they usually only have a selected nu,mber that you can pick from for the participants) while traveling around to various places at sea.

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Layla

their website is here

It is pretty expensive, so I doubt I'll be going. It seems like it would be a good time though.... according to some people it is just a floating drunk fest, but hopefully some people go to actually experience the different places and not just get drunk.

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LostFarmboy

I've never heard of anything like that, it sounds like it would be bloody excellent!!! How much does one of these things cost though, sounds mighty expensive. I reckon if u have the opportunity, then do it for sure.

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LostFarmboy

$15000 for 100 days...hmmm. Well, i'm taking $12000 AUD for 127 days, which is $9204 USD, but i wont be earning a degree while i'm gone. What would u be spending at home that you wouldn't be spending money on while u were on the boat - rent, bills, food, clothes, uni fees, etc. These are all things that you wouldn't have to worry about while you were at sea, so maybe the price isn't so bad.

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kingcrazylegs

That is something I'd love to do one of these days...too bad I'm alergic to fish

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Layla

Yeah, I suppose I'd be spending that much money paying for tuition at my university here anyways, that's enough justification for me!
My only worry is i've heard it is just a "floating booze fest" (to quote my dad. granted, he IS my dad.) I don't want to be with a bunch of kids who just are in it to party on a boat, I actually want to experience the different places and remember them! I'm not saying I don't mind a few beers...but I'm a little worried.

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bluepea

I really looked into this for awhile. Yeah, it's kind of pricey, but I pay that much for a year and don't get to travel, don't get lodging or get food. They have a message board somewhere for the people doing it and the people who did it. I think it's yahoo or something. Sounds like soooo much fun and you get to do so much. I read that you should bring extra $$ for land excursions and such. Yeah, I just couldn't afford it. So, now I'm doing this (backpacking) this summer instead.

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TheJake

check out NOLS They have some awesome semester trips where you can get up to 17 credit hours and learn a hella of a lot more than that company

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LostFarmboy

That's the spirit. You'll have a blast!!

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Layla

jakethepunk...

I'm looking at that website...oh man. that's EXACTLY what I want to do- forget semester at sea. Have you done it before?? okay I'm all excited now.

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TheJake

i was enrolled in the semester in baja last fall but I went to brasil instead. I have a lot of friends that have done either a month or semester with NOLS and all of them are involved with or teaching Enviromental Education now. One is going to the instructor course soon I think too.

I am saving up to enroll in the WEMT course before my next trip. It's a month long EMT class with the bonus Wilderness cert. Very important for a career working in the bush. Well that and I would like to have it anyway.

I was all juiced up about the baja semester. It would have been the best thing I had ever done and probably would have been but Brasil was awesome and I will do a NOLS course sometime in the near future!

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Layla

So do you need a lot of experience? I have been camping a few times but I'm no expert...and do you need to be going into a career that involves environmental teaching? I have no idea what I'm majoring in yet...but do you think I could still go on it if i'm not? and is it very hard to get into? k sorry for all the questions! thanks for the awesome suggestion!

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