Word: fops
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...myself was skeptical of the idea. People who talked about Service Learning seemed to love to use the world "reflection." Students would have a chance to reflect on their work and how it related to the issues studied in class. It sounded rather touchyfeely, perhaps more appropriate for FOP trips or roommate procrastochats. But, since many other colleges have put these methods into practice, the PBHA Board attempted to obtain some ideas and suggestions from them...
Everything seemed to turn into immediate nostalgia as we began our Harvard years with the First-Year Outdoor Program (FOP). In fact, the whole journey to Cambridge seemed like excellent material for the next Alex Keshishian film. Picture the opening scene: a horde of FOP leaders charging Sever Quad and performing a rain dance which, unfortunately for all who are involved, is all too successful...
...Harvard, each FOPer was individually deloused and all his or her worldly possessions were put into storage. The most important of these items was jeans. Thus we were garbed in long underwear, wool pants and the item most indispensable for all crunchy people: the fleece pullover.) Over dessert some FOP members pondered whether it might be better to be locked in the store's marine-themed "vault" for a week than go on the nature outing originally planned...
...break, our FOP leader though it a good idea to initiate his group to both the elitism and cynicism at and about Harvard. He taught us this little cheer, which is to be spoken in a deliberately slow and pronounced British accent...
...nights proved just as interesting. In the log cabin shelters our group encountered Pan Pipe and Gourmet John and Wandering Jew II, thru-hikers trekking the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine. These were the more pleasant evenings. On one occasion, our FOP group had the less pleasant experience of sleeping under a plastic tarp set up on a steep hillside so that all eleven group members were hugging each other. Group bonding at its best...