School ahoy
Imagine sailing to over twenty different ports around the world while you are studying subjects you love! Impossible? Well, that is exactly what the students in Class Afloat do.
A Class Afloat is a Canadian school on a tall ship. The ship is sixty-four metres long and nine metres wide and it can take up to sixty students. The classrooms are well-equipped and comfortable and there’s even a library! It isn’t necessary to know anything about sailing - students can learn on the ship.
B Not all the students are Canadian - there’s usually a mix of nationalities. This year, there are also students from Mexico, the USA, Germany and Turkey. There’s a mix of ages too. There are secondary school students - usually they are sixteen to eighteen years old - the first year university students and students who are doing a gap year programme.
C The teachers design special study programmes for each student. Because the school is a ship, you can do some exciting courses - for example, Marine Biology (studying the animals and plants in the sea) and History or Geography courses about the places you visit. Students also learn all about sailing! All the classes are in English, so you must have a good level of English.
D Students don’t just study. They must also clean, cook and sail the ship. In their free time, students can rest, read or watch a film. In the evenings, they relax with friends, have club meeting and sometimes they have a karaoke night.
E Every sixteen to twenty days, the ship stops in a port for three to six days. In port, there’s lots to do - home stays, camping trips, museum tours, cultural events, hiking, etc. Parents can meet up with the students in one port every term.
F Students also participate in two volunteer programmes in Senegal and Dominican Republic. They help local families in different ways, for example, with basic health matters or starting a business. Students learn how, with just a little money and time, they can make changes that improve other people’s lives.
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How many studets are there?
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Do students take part in any volunteering programmess?
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1 the courses
2 the students
3 the school on the ship
4 activities on the boat
5 volunteer projects
6 activities in the ports students visit
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Perhaps this is a very interesting journey. But what exactly are these students learning? And I would still like to have good knowledge of sailing in such a situation because situations can be different, and you can’t rely on others 100%. I would just be scared. I’m also curious if they have internet because, to be honest, sometimes I want to turn to professional writing services like https://essays.edubirdie.com/pay-for-essay when I’m too lazy to come up with something or I want to take a break. I don’t know how this can be implemented on a ship in the middle of the open sea. Maybe they have satellite internet?
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