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These boys are my reason for everything. Have a a few days off once getting back was need for myself and for them. Vacations as amazing and I will be planning more in the near future but coming home to them is amazing!
They followed me around for 4 days and barely left my side, but i wouldnt change it for the world.
Culture,
I absolutely love the Irish culture, the music, dances being in Athlone, not as much Dublin but it still felt like I was at home. It had a very homie feel to it that I couldn’t pin point where it came from but it was very much there. Feeling that way made me even more excited to learn about the masters program option there for us and I have actually already made plans with my mother that if it is something I am set on my mother will watch my dog while I am over there (unfortunately he is illegal there). Being from the east coast and that a lot of the east has Irish routes and many things are branches off from Irish culutre it wasn’t too surprising for it to feel homie but how homie it felt shocked me. I was ready to stay and not return to school. It is just one of those cultures that captures you and doesn’t let go.
I would go back to Ireland in a heartbeat. This experience has opened my eyes and my heart to many things, but also to the many things this world has to offer.
Edinburgh Castle
This trip has been eye opening that just how therapeutic traveling can be and how everyone has a story no matter where they come from. Good bad and the ugly exists all over the world and you may be miles from home but can still find home. You can be with a stranger that turns into a friendship that lasts a lifetime. This trip has helped my CYC practice because it has opened my eyes to all that is out there. The differences and similarities between country, that 1000’s of miles away but still see the same struggles and hardships that I worked with in Canada.
Edinburgh Castle <3
I was so mentally drained this day, there was just so much history to absorb. I LOVED IT
Strathclyde University, Glasgow
It was very interesting and enjoyable to participate in their research and have the discussion. Such as when we were in our groups discussion on what we see social pedagogy as. We all had different aspects that we linked to it. For myself I talked about how although our program teaches up so much information, my 2nd year practicum I had no training for. We are taught how to interact with child and youth, not those with disabilities/cognitive delays. I learnt everything I know from my placement. I mentioned the theories were still present just I had to learn on my own how to implement them. That is an incredibly learning curve that I loved having the opportunity to experience. It was also very informative with their distance masters program. It was incredibly appealing. Especially the aspect of the program they still have group discussion and if you are not able to join they are all recorded. I find that would be very informative to hear from other people's experiences from around the world and how although the terms may be different there are still similarities.
Growing up in Canada and not knowing nor having ever being exposed to war, violence, genocide, guns or a political battle like the one still going on in Belfast. It can sometimes be hard to believe the evil that people are capable of. I have a hard time wrapping my head around how people can hold so much hate in their hearts over years of feuding that they didn’t start. That people can be taught to hate others based on looks, accents, religion and the list goes on and on. This year alone has been one of panic, pain and death. Sometimes with all the new edges of the world crumbling we forget about those who are still dealing with the same struggles for the past 20+ years. While in Belfast we took the Black Cab tour. This is a tour that takes you back into the past but also to the very real present of the conflict between the protestants and Catholics. They took us into 2 communities that are very much still filled with hate and the wall
This is the peace wall where we got to leave our own personal words. This had a huge impact and an experience i will never forget!
These are pictures of the non-lethal bullets they would use, that they still broke bones etc. but were allowed to use, what the houses near the wall must look like in order to be protected from flying objects. This segregation also plays into the political aspect. Because how to you elect government officials when they are divvied by religion and their platforms are that they are this or that.
They were not soft to the touch
