tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30793575155011390472011-04-21T17:00:05.897-04:00Capturing the service learning experience...Ruihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02266690589163437861noreply@blogger.comBlogger131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079357515501139047.post-15298767632821737242008-07-22T12:53:00.007-04:002008-12-11T18:51:51.199-05:00

Here's the long awaited article on Grocery Gap Project, which will be published in The Link, a Cheraw newspaper. It is like a follow up to my previous Grocery Gap post. Thank you to everyone in CCCC for this great summer experience! Enjoy the article!Breaking the Cycle of Poverty By Rui Jiang “Well, you know what I see around here? People on food stamps buy the most expensive products,” a grocery

Ruihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02266690589163437861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079357515501139047.post-25496073659253588892008-06-22T15:15:00.004-04:002008-08-06T13:50:38.440-04:00

[For all visitors who are visiting my blog for the first time, you should read my first blog, which was in May, to understand the purpose of my blog. Enjoy your visit here!]As you can see from my previous blog, which shows the actual evaluations from the kids at my science camp, I enjoyed my time with these awesome, smart and energetic middle schoolers. I can’t believe that I had felt

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I thought that nothing could better describe my experience with the science camp than the evaluations that the kids gave on the very last day. Here's are most of the evaluations. They are the exact evaluations, and I only corrected some of the spelling to make it easier to read.Evaluation for Science Camp: Write one thing that you liked about the camp, one thing that you didn’t like, and one

Ruihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02266690589163437861noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079357515501139047.post-79155329394894630442008-06-16T23:11:00.006-04:002008-12-11T18:51:52.524-05:00

Wow, I am amazed at the imagination of kids. Today was the first day of science camp, and I am tired, but extremely glad. After all of the planning, it finally goes into action, and I can’t believe how well the kids enjoyed the activity. The idea came to me when I saw that the science teacher had lots and lots of salt, oil, vinegar, and baking soda. Hum, I wonder what kind of experiment I can

Ruihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02266690589163437861noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079357515501139047.post-13801507159427799392008-06-15T00:07:00.002-04:002008-06-20T23:54:28.593-04:00

When Abbey first mentioned the science camp, I was excited. I have always wanted to attend something like this as a kid. When I was in eighth grade, I went to a camp for geometry and a camp for meteorology in Oklahoma, and I knew that I was meant for this type of camp. Now that I get to set up a science, I included every experiment that I wish I did as a kid. For the first day, I will ask the

Ruihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02266690589163437861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079357515501139047.post-20387723458293771272008-06-09T22:41:00.001-04:002008-12-11T18:51:52.658-05:00

What could a better way to spend a Saturday than to exercise, help a good cause, and enjoy a free massage and food? After my CCCC meeting on Friday, (which went very well, and I got to make a report too), my scholarship group went up to Winston-Salem to spend the night before the Big Event. Josh Sommer, one of our famous BNs, greeted us as we received our packets for the 5K run. Abbey has been

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Well, I didn’t mean that kind of an affair. What I meant was a tea party, sort-of-English-style. The idea came to Abbey and me on our first day in Cheraw. Abbey’s beautiful sister, Lauren had her wedding the weekend before we started our internships in Cheraw. She had boxes of fabulous green tea left over from her wedding. The tealeaves were placed in a delicate pyramid with a wired leaf on the

Ruihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02266690589163437861noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079357515501139047.post-24937878785680951682008-06-04T22:59:00.002-04:002008-07-09T17:41:16.963-04:00

My internship has definitely picked up pace since two weeks ago. My official supervisor, Ms. Mitchell, has finally come back from being with her mother. She is a super energetic lady who is enthusiastic about everything she does. While talking to her about my projects, she just thought up several more projects that I could work on. I definitely do not have the problem of having nothing to do. One

Ruihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02266690589163437861noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079357515501139047.post-81808583841557489832008-05-28T23:28:00.000-04:002008-06-01T15:39:03.405-04:00

How many years has it been that I have been inside a Middle School?Well, I knew the reason why I got up at 7:30am after Memorial Day and begged my roommate to get up that early to drive me over to work. One of my co-workers, Leslie was going to “graduate” about 40 six-graders from the All Star Program, an alcohol, drug prevention program. She was so excited about this program that I could just

Ruihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02266690589163437861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079357515501139047.post-61564777353057511992008-05-28T23:27:00.000-04:002008-06-01T15:35:30.342-04:00

Abbey, also known as Abinator, likes to take walks. One glorious afternoon, we made our way down to the riverside park to enjoy the last rays of sunshine before the night took over. We didn’t know exactly where the park was, but the unknown is always more fun.The first thing we came upon was a small piece of green area, enclosed in green metal fences. To me, it seemed like it was trying very hard

Ruihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02266690589163437861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079357515501139047.post-42230170031441001002008-05-20T23:08:00.000-04:002008-05-26T19:43:59.283-04:00

Yesterday was the first day, but I was too tired at night to write anything. The office is located in the department of social services in Chesterfield. The working space is very small, and there were 5 of us total in 3 small rooms. Ms. Mitchell was out of the town for the next two weeks, so she left Melinda, Lesley, Megan and Beth to help me get started. The first task I had was to create

Ruihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02266690589163437861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079357515501139047.post-31241843731812899002008-05-20T23:05:00.000-04:002008-05-22T22:17:16.587-04:00

Summer is a time to try out new things, and that is why I am not taking another class in organic chemistry or catching up on physics at Duke. But as I learned from my grandpa and mother, who taught me to make schedules, goals and outlines since the time I began school, I ought to write down all of my goals. I heard from an episode of Oprah (not that she is the ultimate source, BUT) that goals and

Ruihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02266690589163437861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079357515501139047.post-68219134381874966932008-05-17T23:59:00.000-04:002008-05-18T01:18:47.432-04:00

Introduction and Description of My Summer InternshipIf you had asked me a year ago if I would be setting up a blog, I would have given you a blank look. However, this year, I have been inspired by the AMAZING blogs set up by my predecessors in the Benjamin Duke Scholarship group. The goal of this blog is to help me write my reflections on my first internship, first time living completely away

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