Jenny

Hi der, my name is Jenny Fraser, I’m 22 and I live in Shetland.

I feel very lucky to be taking part in this year’s Learning School. This really is an amazing opportunity to travel the World whilst gaining valuable experience. I completed my degree in Biological Sciences at the University of Edinburgh last summer. Biology has always interested me, going back to my days as a tom-boy collecting insects and sea-life and going on ‘expeditions’! I hope to become a teacher in this subject - I’m due to start teacher training at the University of Aberdeen this September. The experience of working in the Learning School Partner schools has not put me off yet, in fact, quite the opposite! We’ve seen and done some really interesting things in the classrooms we’ve visited so far.

As well as biology, I love to travel (making this job ideal for me). I love to visit new places, see new things and meet new people along the way. I’m really enjoying staying with host families; it’s a great way to get to know people.

I also love: cooking (I will be gathering recipes as I travel around); exploring the great outdoors, particularly with my camera at hand; reading (plenty of opportunity for that during long airport waits); dancing (although I’m the opposite of good at this) and; relaxing in the sun (an extended summer is a huge highlight of this job).

So far, the trip has been great - long may this continue!