Quote from Student
When I first decided to participate in the Tall Ship Semester for Girls program I had a lot of adults asking me why I wanted to do this, and I’ll admit that I told a lot of stories about wanting to change my life and have an adventure. But now I’ll be honest and say that I didn’t care about making changes in my life or having an adventure, and I really wasn’t interested in sailing. I was interested in missing two months of regular school; I was interested in missing finals and only having two hours of class a day. And I’ll admit it: I thought it would be easy. Well not only was it not easy, but it was probably the hardest thing I’ve ever done. I went through more emotions in one day than I think I have in my entire life, and tasks that seemed near impossible to me in the beginning of the trip became second nature by the end of the trip. Rarely do I actually notice myself changing as a person, but I can honestly say that I noticed this time and I’m not shy to say that I’m very proud of myself.