I have been back in Fairbanks for a while now and keep thinking a lot about my experience in Noorvik.
The visit was really enlightening, I had some idea of what life was like in rural Alaska before, but now I have the first hand knowledge what life is like there.
What stands out was how warm and inviting the students and staff at the Noorvik school were.
Every time we walked down the hall, or down the street kids would come up to us curious to ask us questions or show us things.
The teachers were just as graceful opening up their classrooms for us and answering all our questions even the silly ones with a smile.
Life in Noorvik was different from what it is in the "big" city of Fairbanks. The best and the worst with life in there it is a small close knit community, everybody knows one another, you can walk from one end of town to the other 20 minutes.
The size and the location is also the challenging thing. Jobs are hard to come by, supplies are expensive and unfortunately some of the students struggled with challenging family life.
But still what stands out are the warm welcomes that we got, once again thanks one and all that made us so welcome!
The visit was really enlightening, I had some idea of what life was like in rural Alaska before, but now I have the first hand knowledge what life is like there.
What stands out was how warm and inviting the students and staff at the Noorvik school were.
Every time we walked down the hall, or down the street kids would come up to us curious to ask us questions or show us things.
The teachers were just as graceful opening up their classrooms for us and answering all our questions even the silly ones with a smile.
Life in Noorvik was different from what it is in the "big" city of Fairbanks. The best and the worst with life in there it is a small close knit community, everybody knows one another, you can walk from one end of town to the other 20 minutes.
The size and the location is also the challenging thing. Jobs are hard to come by, supplies are expensive and unfortunately some of the students struggled with challenging family life.
But still what stands out are the warm welcomes that we got, once again thanks one and all that made us so welcome!
