Issue #7 ESP special

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3 Crater Highlands ESP4 Photography ESP

6 UAACP

8 Usambara Mountain Bikes

9 Kite Boarding

9 ESP Poll

10 IB Zanzibar

12 Grade 8 ESP

Editor(s) have their say:'m sure you've had your ESP buzz wearing off as work takes over this Marc

But here's the Image coming at you with a small dose of ESP to keep you goifor the three short weeks until a blissful April break (hopefully) devoid of woThe Extended Studies Program (of course we studied, you argue) was fulladventure, new experiences, and most definitely, fun. While not everyone camback with no injuries (Mountain Biking is tough business!), I'm hoping we call agree it was definitely a trip that helped you learn more than you forgoterms of work! There were trips all around Tanzania, and as we came bahese experiences will have made us more mature, a week older, hopefully wis

or perhaps simply a little more sunburnt!

-Jhanvi and Dis

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Photography ESP

The trip to Mikumi was filledwith catching up on lost sleep!After 6-7 hours, we arrived atVuma Hills (our hotel) andmmediately went on our first

game drive. We saw stripeyzebras, exotic birds, gracefulmpalas, huge elephant,

elegant giraffe and even got aight of the hungry hippos athe hippo pool! Later that

evening a delicious dinner wasprepared for us and the nightended with an interesting talk

f rom Ms. P i l la r aboutphotography.The next morning, us aspiringphotographers got off to anearly start as we hit the safari

cars at 7am. That morning wewere fortunate enough to havethe lions pose as our models!We then headed to Udzungwawhich was another long drive.Upon arriving at Udzungwa,we ate lunch before headingout to the local rubber factory.There we learnt how the sap

from trees turns into rubbequite interesting actually!Before dinner we had anotpresentation from Ms.Piwhich included some ba

tips and techniques for takphotos.We had a hike planned for next day but, before that, had the luxury of seeingb u n ch o f r ed co lobmonkeys hanging aroundsome trees. We hiked to top of the Sanjay Water

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which took most of the

corching hot morning but thencredible view over the fieldsof Udzungwa and freezingcold waterfall were well wortht! Lunch was served next tohe waterfall and after we

were lucky enough to receiveime from a local NGO to ask

questions. We returned back

to Hondo Hondo ( our

campsite/ hotelIn Udzungwa) and ended thelast night of out ESP withNgoma dancing by local menand some IST students even

joined in to show off theirdance skills!The next morning we headedback to Dar and arrived at

around 5. The last day of

ESP, Friday, we were in sch

by 8 to put together our phs tor i e s and c rea te products . The produranged from calendars,postcards to mobiles. OESP was incredibly fun the atmosphere was extremr e l a x e d , g i v i n g u s opportunity to focus

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UAACPThe trip to the UnitedA f r i c a n A l l i a n c eC o m m u n i t y C e n t r e(UAACC) in Arusha wasthe most invigorating andworthwhile ESP I havebeen on since joining IST.

The spirit of activismwithin us was illustratedthrough a mural that waspainted on one of the wallsin the centre, while thosewho are less visually artisticfocussed their efforts on theproduction of two original

songs - both centereda rou n d eq u a l i t y a n dchange. We did just abouteverything from rocking outwith Mama C (CharlotteO'Neal) to meeting PeteO'Neal and learning about

his experiences as part ofthe Black Panther party.For sure it wasn't a trip forthe fainthearted - notbecause we swam withsharks or jumped off cliffedges - but because it forcedus to confront actual

problems within society arealize how we may contr ibut ing to thoproblems so we can begincreate solutions and makchange for the betterdefinitely recommend

ESP to everyone.-Wendy Chikowero

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Usambara bikingA small group of students had beennticipating there ESP for weeks. After

multiple essays, reports, projects and, for therade ten students, the dreaded Personalroject, the anticipated Monday had finallyome. The thought of flying through the

Usamabara mountains, hearing nothing buthe sounds of bike spokes and the wind

whooshing through your ears was soatisfying that you could almost taste it onour tongue.ome would say that the bus ride there was

he best part but I would have to disagree.The best part of the trip would have to benjoying an amazing swim in the waterfalln the last day of the trip. The feeling of therisp, freezing cold spring water tricklingown our aching bodies after the 2 days of

ntense mountain biking made all the painnd sweat worth it -Asli Shebe 10

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KiteboardingThere are quite a few ESPs to choose from when the time comes to doo. You could go take pictures of animals, climb mountains, walk all

day to nowhere in particular or even spend a week in Zanzibar, learn

how to kite-board or scuba dive. After all, taming the wind and the seawhilst making a bunch of memories doesnt just sound pretty cool its! This is the ESP for the adrenalin junkie. Sure you get burnt to arazzle, and swallow some sea water, but the rush you get from flying

over the sea cannot be compared to anything else, be it surfing,kateboarding or snowboarding. Nothing comes close! So in a few

months time, when youre debating amongst yourselves about ESP topick, dont think. Just put kite boarding down as your first choice,and pray youre lucky enough to get in.

- William Scheepers 9B

POLL: if you were going to do redo ESPwould you go on the same one?

said:

Everytime.

said: um... said: NO

WAY , JOSE

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IB ZanzibarUp until IB, hearing the w

ESP sounded like fairies sprinklgold dust into our ears. In Ihowever, the word ESP is

claws scratching dowchalkboard. Why? Well, proba

because our ESP consistedactual WOR

Not that we didnt have fumean, yes, our trip was focu

mostly on the scientific experimeand data collection of

something students who study or more of the five sciences offe

at IST (Chemistry, Physics, DBiology and ESS). We also wor

in groups of about eight towhere our individual skills

knowledge were combinepresent a scientific interpretation

life is a beacAnd while its true that we spend a lot of time counvarious insects and plant

calculating the wave energy of tides in Jambiani, some o

actually made science fun. found out the number of calorie

a medium-sized coconut and bshelters on the beach, weav

leaves as makeshift roof, build

bricks out of seaweed and edistilling water in case we thirsty! You know all t

important science stuff. But it our last ESP of high school, so

made it memorable and cahome tired and sunburnt

definitely content in the knowlethat our last ESP did not suc

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