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Students Learn in the Real Wide World

How come high school kids have all the fun--and why didn't this stuff exist back when we were still in school? We're talking about National Geographic's Student Expeditions, which send American teenagers from the ninth to twelfth grades out into the wild for three weeks at a time.

Of course, the hope is that they'll learn something, but it sounds more like a wild vacation to us.

Student expeditions head all over the place--the Galapagos Islands, China, Mali or our personal favorite, Iceland. And although the kids have to turn in a few assignments at the end and do 10 to 20 hours of community service along the way, we're still jealous as hell. Sure beats math tests and history quizzes back in the classroom.

Related Stories:
· Student Expeditions [Official Site]
· More Fun Than Lifeguarding [Intelligent Travel]
· Learning Holidays coverage [Jaunted]

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