Rachel Gasperson “The Traveling Teacher” Global Awareness Rachel Gasperson “The Traveling Teacher” St. Augustine once said: “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”

WHY TRAVEL? “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness” - Mark Twain

Traveling is stimulating and Promotes cultural knowledge

Field Trips Are Educational

Traveling and learning about other cultures teaches brotherhood

Pros and Cons of traveling with students and adults Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends - Maya Angelou

How Do I Get Started And Who Can I Trust? Too Expensive Too Dangerous Not Enough Time

Retirement Travel Free Travel!! Why wait? Funding

Some Helpful Travel Websites I could give you five pages of travel agencies that offer travel opportunities; however, you can travel the Internet for any kind of travel you wish to do: group travel, single travel, couple’s travel, student travel, etc. The agencies are there. Embrace every opportunity. I wholeheartedly urge people to travel while THEY CAN. DO NOT PUT IT OFF too long, you might not be able to travel by then. I will travel around the world. AM I AFRAID…NO WAY!!! TOO EXPENSIVE—I PLANNED FOR IT. TOO DANGEROUS— NEVER! Danger is around every corner and I am not going to look for it.