Teresa Vargas is a 16 year old student at West Island College.She studies many subjects, including hsitory mathematics, and biology. Teresa is a very good student, and she has to be.Teresa 's college is fifferent from most other colleges.Her classes are on a ship that travels around the world! Class afloat is special program come from many different nations.The students must not only have good grades, but must also be good swimmers!During the year, the Concordia will sail to 22 countries, including Australia, South Africa, Indonesia, and Brazil. Last year, the countries included Thailand, Vietnam , kerea and Japan. In addition to their classes, the students must also learn to sail the ship.The purpose of Class Afloat is to help students learn about the world. For example, terresa and her classmates study about people from different cultures in their history class. Then, they can travel to that country and meet the people that they studied about in their class.Last year, for xeample, the students of class Afloat studied Vietnamese culture.Then the class sailed to Hanoi! Teresa enjoys learning on the Concordia, but it is not always easy to studu on a ship. Teresa says, In the beginning i felt seasick a lot. However, I got used to sailing after a few days and began to have more fun. In addition to schol work, the students must also help with cleaning the ship. Also, there 's not a lot of privacy. Four students sleep togerher in a small room. Teresa misses her family and friends, but fells she is really learning a great deal. I thing this is a wonderful opportunity form all around the world.It really is an exciting way to get a world class education!