Let play time begin! We are finished with the academic portion of our trip (with the exception of one last school visit on Monday) and have safely arrived in Queenstown. Here's what I did on the way into town.



Although I spent a few minutes shaking my head and saying "I can't do this," once I jumped it was so calm and smooth I couldn't believe I had been nervous in the first place. Now I'm ready for the next scary thing. If you are interested in the physics of bungee jumping check this out.

For our last day in Christchurch we visited two schools. The first school, Discovery One, is a primary/middle school that operates on the principle that "children's passions should guide education." Basically, kids work on what they are interested in learning about and teachers help to guide them in that process. The principal was very charismatic and I could almost catch the vision (as well as see a number of Uni students succeeding there) but for the most part kids were running around, playing Yu-Gi-Oh, and not learning much. I sat with a five year old at tea time who let of the longest, loudest, juiciest fart I've heard in a long time. She looked up at me with a smile and said, "that was me." She then proceeded to point out all the boys in the room who are in love with her and want to kiss her. They must have been impressed with her farting.