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Jan 18, 2012
First impressions can be powerful, but they don't necessarily tell the whole story. Just ask Peter Woo and Dan Read about their thoughts as they arrived in Mumbai and got their first glimpse of India.
Peter Woo (right) at his service learning site in rural India.
"India's a pretty overwhelming place," said Woo, a sophomore at the University of Notre Dame.
"It was complete chaos, and there were so many people and it was so loud, all the cars and everything," Carleton College senior Read added. "It takes your breath away."
For both Woo and Read, those first impressions soon were joined by many other vivid impressions – particularly the warmth of the people they met and the peacefulness of life in villages far from the urban bustle – as they embarked on the ACM India Summer Program: Service Learning & Cultural Immersion.
The two students also found that their service learning projects gave them opportunities to engage in substantive work that has influenced their academic paths since they returned to their college campuses. Read more
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