Semester at
Sea Fall
2006 Voyage 
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By Rip Ritchie
I am Rip Ritchie.
I was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia on September 24, 1984 at around lunchtime. I was a cesarean delivery.
I was raised in the suburbs, so even though I went to public schools, I got one of the best educations in the state. I got a little of the city and the country, which I think is important.
I decided to go to college at the College of Charleston, in South Carolina. I didn’t want to go to the North, and my mother couldn’t bear to see me go as far as the West, so it was really one of my only choices.
I went there for Marine Biology but immediately changed to Political Science. Two completely different ways of thinking, and the latter suited me more appropriately.
I have taken courses in Anthropology, Psychology, Religious Studies and Political Science primarily. I have known that I wanted to go on the Semester at Sea program since at least High School and it festered throughout college. I enrolled fall semester of my senior year and it turns out it was the most appropriate time in my mental and educational development.
Because of these travels, around the world, I have gained a new and broader perspective on the beautiful and varying activities that people pursue around the globe. It has been glorious.