So, just some background information for those of you who don't know or are not aware of what is going on regarding this blog. At my high school, the Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning, each high schooler is given the opportunity to study whatever they want for an extended amount of time off. Yes, I mean whatever, given that it's school appropriate. So each student then goes off and learns to their heart's desire on the subject that they've always wanted to study. We then go through a lot of preparation in getting ready to go off and learn, such as drafted proposals stating what you want to do, and things of that nature. We also are required to present what we have learned on our time away from the classroom at what we at RMSEL like to call a showcase night where we present certain aspects of the experience that we've had doing whatever. One of the things that each student is asked to prepare by his or her teacher is a final product that you are assessed on for a "grade".

So, long story short. I have decided that I am going to make a journey back home to India in March of 2013 before I graduate. I am studying certain aspects on adoption and will hopefully be working in an orphanage in India, to incorporate the experience of what I may have experienced before I came to the USA. And it most definitely will be a pilgrimage! I will be going with my father, and a close family friend of mine, Anna who is actually from the same orphanage as me, and her father and hopefully her younger sister too.

"We will both need to bring 5,000 boxes of Kleenex!" said Anna in a talk about the upcoming trip.
I think she's right.