By Jon Metzgar (@JonnyMet1) As my first day in India is over, I have learned and seen many things that I couldnt believe were real. The animals in the streets (including cows) are one of the things I thought was funny, but it was sad to see how poverty plagues the...
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As India Approaches By Jon Metzgar As my journey to India approaches, thoughts of excitement and fear are appearing my head. As I have never been in a developing country before, I really don’t know what to expect and I still don’t know what I … Continue reading → A...
Sharing the game everywhere we go… contribution by Neha Soneji (Contractor) Due to a national holiday, Krishna Jayanthi, we did not have a session with our students but Team Crossover did not take the day off. First, a visit to the US Consulate where we provided …...
173 Entries out of Hundreds of Millions YES (Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study) Abroad student Hannah Heyworth won a national competition in India on creative writing celebrating the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens. Her poem, attached below, is amazing....
“I Wish I Had Spent More Time Last Week Playing XBox” I wanted to share with everyone the short chapel talk I gave to my school on June 6 – the last day of exams. It was well received and so it made sense to share it with everyone in the … Continue reading → 173...
Crossover Basketball and Scholars Academy What I’m Bringing Home By Jon Metzgar (@JonnyMet1) On Day One of my journey to Chennai, I wrote about what I was leaving behind in order to come here for two weeks. Now, on my last day before the flight home to Boston, I’m...
How Brown Are You? So I have spent the last few weeks actually trying to think of how to post my feelings about a June 10 article by Sampriti Ganguli titled “Dateline India: What Shade of Brown Are You?” The reality of it is … Continue reading...
How Brown Are You? So I have spent the last few weeks actually trying to think of how to post my feelings about a June 10 article by Sampriti Ganguli titled “Dateline India: What Shade of Brown Are You?” The reality of it is … Continue reading...
How Brown Are You? So I have spent the last few weeks actually trying to think of how to post my feelings about a June 10 article by Sampriti Ganguli titled “Dateline India: What Shade of Brown Are You?” The reality of it is … Continue reading...
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← Being A Hero NP Tournament Diagraming By Crossover Basketball | Published September 13, 2011 | Full size is 100 × 149 pixels It is important to put students in the best possible position in order to allow them the opportunity to make decisions Bookmark the...
So I have been once again inspired to work towards keeping a running blog for Crossover. The problem that I most often come up with is (a) does it always have to be discussing the development of Crossover, and mentioning the words basketball and India for search...
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Crossover’s Tip-off event was awesome. Attendees included those with interests in India (Chennai), Basketball, Education, and wanting to find a way to volunteer or get involved. I want to once again thank Ajit Verghese for his unbelievably kind introduction, as well...