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Final Reflection - Morgann

I have dreamed about going to London for so long. I have listened to my family members talk about what their life was like when they lived there. Mainly they talked about walking everywhere, patting down dresses for bombs, dreary weather, smoking, pubs, and being near other relatives. However, I never got to know what the city was actually like. I was shocked by how everything was so close together and how efficient the public transportation system was. When I got home I probably talked about the tube for a solid 30 minutes. I never really mastered the tube map but I did enjoy trying to learn it. Using the public transport was great because it allowed us to see the everyday commute. In the afternoons all the busses and tubes get very stuffed with people, imagine a sardine can, but double the amount of sardines in the can. We also walked a tone, members with fitbits told use that we often walked six to seven miles on average. I have never felt healthier than during the trip due to more
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Final Reflection - Connor

Well, I’m back. Back in Houston, back to the old grind of completing school assignments and balancing extracurriculars. Viewing London as a whole, there were numerous things that I loved, but, in honesty, also numerous things that could have gone better, in my eyes. These things that could’ve gone better may sound nit picky, especially as someone who has already been to the city before, but I think they are valid; this was some of the most fun that I’ve ever had in my life, but nothing’s perfect, even if it is as close to perfect as I’ve ever felt, as this certainly was. Entering a foreign country certainly isn’t easy, and I respect and admire all of the planning and preparation that went into this trip, considering that it’s better than anything I could have done, most likely. Additionally, I absolutely love the packed days of learning that made it so satisfying to return back to the apartments and soak up the day. Places I would have liked to go include the British Museum, with its
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Final Reflection - Arwa

The opportunity of traveling to London along with my classmates and teachers for 10 days was a greatly significant experience for me. Even through such a short time, it helped me widen my knowledge of the city, and develop my identity and independence as an individual. Through our journey throughout London, I grew to understand the deeper meaning and connection throughout all of the landmarks, buildings, etc. that we visited every single day until we left. One of the most important parts and benefits of this trip was education, and the knowledge gained, but what I think was also equally as important was that spending 10 days consecutively with the same exact people, helped getting you closer to some of your classmates that you might've never even talked to before at school, but by going on this trip you were able to talk to them and find out things about them that you never even knew before, and you were able to get this type of chance by going on this trip. For these reasons, th
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Final Reflection - George

London Final Reflection I remember when this trip was announced, everyone wanted to be a part of it. I was surprised to discover I was one of the twelve people selected to go to London. The many following meeting and planning only furthered my excitement and anticipation. I couldn’t actually comprehend that I was going on an international school trip to London , one of the biggest, most diverse, and history rich cities in the world. Even now, sitting in my room on the day before we go back home, I still can’t fully comprehend the fact that I am currently here. The first 34 hours of this trip were absolutely mind-numbing, but not in the bad way. Stepping out onto the streets of London after an eight hour flight was honestly probably too much for my brain to process. The long string of events after landing each contributed to an aspect of this trip that I would eventually find to be running motifs: housekeeping & maintenance, group travel & transportation, and exploring
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Awake in a Dream - Cassandra

Cassandra Wilson March 31, 2019 London A-Term Reflection Awake in a Dream As I am writing this, I can not believe that I am already back. What happened to time? Why did  everything race by so quickly? Was this all just another one of those nostalgic dreams, and have I just woken to another day in Houston? No. This was not a dream. This was real. This actually happened. I was there with my school, alongside my friends. We worked so hard for this reality, a reality we achieved. Yes, we were in London! I am thankful for every single moment of it. It has been four years since I lived there and things have changed. I remember four years ago I was running down the staircase of ICS, too happy to slow down and appreciate anything, and too happy to say goodbye. I was happy because it was the last day of school, we were out for the summer of 2015. This meant that my family and I were going back to Houston. As I bursted out those doors, I was unaware that I would not be returning that fall
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Thought and Reflection – Andrew

Throughout this course, I found a common underlying characteristic of having to visualize and comprehend the gravity, importance and value of each site. Throughout this journey I was able to have these important aspects told and sometimes acted out, but within myself I found it still difficult to fully grasp and appreciate that almost two thousand years ago, the roman empire constructed that lighthouse I was standing in. This amazement and awe remained as I saw more and more places. While I saw the significance of the buildings or the figures that inhabited them such as Hampton Court Palace and King Henry VIII, it is still seemingly unbelievable that this man, who transformed the religious order in the country and the nation’s military strength, walked the same pathway and the same halls that I walked through. The constant presence of grand significance kept being outdone and became a normal experience to visualize the extraordinary people and events that occured in these places. The Q
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Final Reflection - Sierra

Having the opportunity to travel to London with the Post Oak School is one that I will never forget. Not only did learn a lot, but this trip has also changed the way I view history and traveling to a different city. This was also my first experience spending this much time in a completely different country with other people my age and my teachers. So, in addition to learning about landmarks and history in London, I learned social skills, responsibility, and the art of living with other people in a small space. I feel as though I have grown a lot from when the trip first started to now when it has ended. I now feel more confident in myself to be independent and I know I can take on responsibilities, this is all a result of the independence that was fostered in this trip and the responsibilities each one of us had to make this trip go smoothly. Before this trip became reality, there was a lot of work to be done, most of it done by Callista, Cassandra, and Morgann. They all did a great jo
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