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-: The ACE program provides one-time funding
for Duke and Stanford student athletes to participate
in immersive, international service experiences.
This past summer, we've had students in Vietnam,
in China, and South Africa, and in India
serving for three weeks.
And they've been coaching and working with students
across all four programs.
In addition, they've also had the chance
to engage in teaching,
and working in social entrepreneurship,
environmental conservation, and health outreach.
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-: Good job.
-: Okay, let's see.
Let's go to you.
-: Athletes at Stanford don't really get much time
to go study abroad or do programs like this.
So, having a three-week program over the summer was perfect,
and gave me the opportunity to experience
a whole new culture that is so vibrant
and something I wouldn't normally get to experience.
-: Pretty much every day,
we've been traveling to Vidya School in Gurgaon
where we instruct the kids,
whether it's from grades six to eleven in English.
And then we also take them outside for sports activities
such as volleyball, soccer, cricket,
just jump rope, stuff like that.
-: Oh, get it!
-: Come on, get it!
-: Oh!
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-: So, what we do every day or the night before
is we prepare lessons for the kids,
and so far every lesson has been different.
What is great is that after each class,
we discuss with each other what worked and what didn't.
Patrick: Yeah.
Meagan: And with the other teachers
so we can modify our plans.
-: It's much more difficult
than you think it is as a teacher.
You'd think that you'd go in there
and that you just say things and all the students get it,
but there's a way you have to engage the students.
I think understanding that now,
I will be able to be more engaged in classrooms.
And I think as an athlete
it's helped me become a better leader.
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-: Fantastic job done by them on the sports,
as well as the English part.
As the kids are coming from the underprivileged families.
So, the best job is done by them
help in spoken English,
because their background is not like that.
They can learn from their home.
So, we have given them a platform
so that they can learn with the help of speaking.
So, spoken part has improved a lot.
-: We've also just learned a lot about the culture of India
and how, even though things may seem a little chaotic,
it all works out.
-: Yeah. -: Yeah.
-: Certainly.
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-: We were able to have a teacher instruct us
in Indian classical dance, which was really interesting
because I think a lot of us were unaware
that the dances they do are
not only for performing,
but also they tell stories.
Like a lot of the cultural learning that we have been doing
has exposed us to the traditions that are in this country,
and how meaningful they are to the people here.
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-: And one, two, three, four, five, six.
Two, three, it.
(students laughing)
One, two, three four.
-: The ACE program has been so much fun.
These past two weeks I've done so many new things
and seen so many new things,
experienced life as I've never have known it before.
-: The biggest thing for me is appreciating
the amount of patience that teachers have to have,
because as a student myself,
I think oftentimes I did not pay enough attention
as I should have.
And after two weeks, I can say that it's incredible
that teachers don't lose their patience all the time.
-: This program has exceeded my expectations
like drastically.
I have met people who I think are gonna be
my friends for life.
Woman: The end.
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-: Through ACE, our student athletes this summer,
whether they were serving in Vietnam,
or China, or India, or South Africa,
have seen really the power of sports,
and how that can bridge across language gaps
to really build meaningful relationships,
And I think that's something
that a lot of our students have taken away.
-: I didn't know half the people on this trip from Duke,
and then I didn't know the people
even from Stanford super well.
And now spending three weeks with these people?
I mean, it's gonna be weird.
We went from spending every waking minute with each other
and actually loving our time together,
and then all of a sudden we have to go home,
and go back to our lives, which is gonna be kinda weird.
-: Little bit.
-: Yeah. -: Oh, I hope so.
-: We are gonna, yeah.
We're still squad.
-: Still squad forever.
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-: Pick it up!
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-: Out.
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Woman: Oh no.
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