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Internships aren't just about "making coffee runs or filing paperwork"; they're about diving headfirst into real-world experiences, gaining invaluable skills, and making memories that last a lifetime 🌎✨.  Why Internships Matter
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| Before The Bridge: "I was dealing with a lot of anxiety and depression. I felt like I couldn’t make many friends." Confidence: "I feel more confident in myself in all areas. Confident when talking to people, confident in getting a job again and working." | The Aventuras: "The one that really changed my perspective on things was La Tortuga. We made homes for hatching turtles." Feedback: "At first I was a little mad at feedbacks, now I understand it was to do the things I don’t necessarily want to do in the moment but that will help me in the long run." |
Gratitude
"I want to thank my family for always being there. To the staff, I’ve never not felt welcome since arriving. Thank you to the students, you really helped form the experience here."
"This journey has helped me in a lot of aspects of my life and I’m excited to get back home to get a job and go to school."
"I want to thank my family for always being there. To the staff, I’ve never not felt welcome since arriving. Thank you to the students, you really helped form the experience here."
"This journey has helped me in a lot of aspects of my life and I’m excited to get back home to get a job and go to school."
Turning the Worldview Upside Down!
| Have you noticed how going away to a new place and meeting new people always teaches you something about yourself and where you come from? It’s hard to see ourselves and our immediate environment with clarity because we are too close to it; in fact, we are inside it. - Taking distance from your environment can be a huge gift to your awareness, discernment, and adaptability. - It gives us the chance to perceive in refreshing ways. |  |
Time and time again our graduates have highlighted two crucial ways in which coming from abroad to Costa Rica helped their personal growth:
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Check out where our quotes come from! Bridge Impact
What is The Bridge’s methodology to improve students’ skills and their ability to respond?
The Bridge gives special attention to divergent learning, without fully disregarding convergent learning. Divergent learning seeks multiple solutions to a problem, whereas in convergent learning there is only one path to one answer to a problem.
Divergent learning is suitable for our students because:
| Today’s world is globalized and rapidly changing. The right answer today might not be the right answer tomorrow, and the right answer in one context might not be the same in a different one. | Life is unpredictable. If response-ability is the goal, then relying on one or a small number of responses is risky. Learning how to generate multiple alternatives is much more adaptive. |
Generally speaking, our students have experienced frustration when trying to solve problems like “everybody else solves them”. They are bright and full of potential, but the conventional formula has not worked for them. Learning their own unique formula for problem-solving requires an environment that exposes them to different perspectives and solutions, so they can find their way to their own unique formula.
Guided Exploration of Experience Design:
The brain learns through experience and practice. The more our senses and bodies are engaged in the experience, the more likely we are to learn. This means that while talking or watching videos can be a good way to learn, there is no better way than by taking action.
With the backdrop of an accepting culture and a highly enriching environment, our students are guided through a process we call Supportive Immersion.
With the backdrop of an accepting culture and a highly enriching environment, our students are guided through a process we call Supportive Immersion.
Supportive Immersion: Internships Social integration, College Classes, Community Living, Independent Living skills, Aventuras, Relationships, and more...
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