{"id":3149,"date":"2015-08-25T14:55:04","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T20:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/panam.whensparksfly.org\/?p=3149"},"modified":"2015-08-25T15:01:16","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T21:01:16","slug":"worldschooling-is-not-just-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panam.whensparksfly.org\/?p=3149","title":{"rendered":"Worldschooling is not just for kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is talk in some travel circles about “worldschooling” or learning from the world around you.<\/p>\n

These lessons often involve so much more than learning a foreign language, about the intricacies of a foreign culture or how to use a foreign currency correctly. We often like to pass on helpful tips to others so they too can benefit from what we have learned. <\/p>\n

Thus here is one example of how worldschooling is not just for kids:
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\nHow to buy chili powder in the U.S.<\/u><\/p>\n

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  1. Go to the grocery store<\/li>\n
  2. Find spice aisle<\/li>\n
  3. Locate bottles of chili powder<\/li>\n
  4. Choose one to put in your basket<\/li>\n
  5. Go to the checkout line to pay for it<\/li>\n
  6. Go home<\/li>\n
  7. Start cooking<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \nHow to buy chili powder in Brazil<\/u><\/p>\n

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    1. Go to the grocery store<\/li>\n
    2. Find spice aisle<\/li>\n
    3. Search for bottles of chili powder <\/li>\n
    4. Realize that you don’t know how to translate “chili powder” into Portuguese<\/li>\n
    5. Grab smart phone (hopefully you already have a SIM card and data plan for Brazil)<\/li>\n
    6. Use an app to translate it<\/li>\n
    7. Realize that the app doesn’t really translate the words correctly<\/li>\n
    8. Look again at the shelves<\/li>\n
    9. Realize that the store probably doesn’t carry chili powder anyway (since it’s a special blend and not part of the local culture)<\/li>\n
    10. Debate whether to cook something different that doesn’t require it<\/li>\n
    11. Decide to use smart phone to see if there is an easy substitute for chili powder <\/li>\n
    12. Find a simple recipe on the Internet for chili powder that uses 5 easily obtainable ingredients (paprika, cayenne pepper, oregano, cumin and garlic powder)<\/li>\n
    13. Use translation app to find the Portuguese word for each of these spices<\/li>\n
    14. Search the shelves for each of the spices<\/li>\n
    15. Locate all the spices except for garlic powder<\/li>\n
    16. Find garlic flakes instead of garlic powder<\/li>\n
    17. Put each of these spices in your basket<\/li>\n
    18. Go to the register to pay for them<\/li>\n
    19. Go home (in our case, back to our AirBnb rental apartment)<\/li>\n
    20. Get a bowl and a spoon out<\/li>\n
    21. Measure out all the ingredients<\/li>\n
    22. Use a mortar and pestle to grind up the garlic flakes into powder<\/li>\n
    23. Mix all the ingredients<\/li>\n
    24. Pour into your empty chili powder bottle (whose factory label helpfully lists “spices” and “salt” as the ingredients)<\/li>\n
    25. Decide to mix up enough batches of the chili powder recipe to fill the bottle (so as not to waste ingredients and to have more chili powder for next time)<\/li>\n
    26. Clean up your mess<\/li>\n
    27. Start cooking!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      \nGuess how I spent my afternoon? ????<\/p>\n

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