we spent the day touring around berea, ky...it is an arts and crafts community that has a college in the middle of it...the students can attend without paying any tutition but of course have to qualifty...their income has to be in a certain range and also their grade average has to be in the top of their class a great deal for the students...there are several majors that they can take...but what is most interesting they also have to work in the crafts dept..learing woodworking-weaving-pottery-and also blacksmithing.....when they arrive for the freshmen year they are assigned a job and learn the craft...they have to pay for their room and board and that is also income based..the young lady who took us on the tour says she only has to pay 2,500 a year for her education...it is also engouraged that they travel abroad one of their semesters...there are only 1,600 students...and nice little campus and most interesting...
first we took the historical tour then the craft tour...each was free...berea seems to be a nice quiet town and has alot of history..it is just tucked away in kentucky...
moving on tomorrow and not sure where we will stop for the night...and who knows about wi-fi.....
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