Education plays a significant role for many students, that it determines their lives and future careers. The statistics prove that the number of international students studying overseas is remarkably escalating every year, in pursuit of exceptional education. As one of international students who came to the United States for higher education, a new environment, new friends, and the school thrilled me. I have always pictured myself spending leisure time reading a book under a humongous tree and hanging out with friends around the campus area. However, I was busy adapting myself to the new circumstance and my wishes were broken apart as I faced numerous difficulties as an international student: language barrier, cultural differences, and unfamiliar education system.
First, English was the most crucial impediment that I had to get over. Due my deficiency in English, I could hardly ever engage in …show more content…
I was extremely surprised when I found out that female and male students live in the same building and on the same floor. Particularly, the RA and the other two students living in front of my room were all male students. An old Confucianistic proverb in Korea states that a boy and a girl must not sit together when they reach the age of seven. I had hard time understanding the situation mainly because this old saying was completely embedded in my mind. What greatly impressed me was that people accept the differences between one another and even respect the individual characteristics. Unfortunately, people in Korea mostly care about how others would judge them with clothing, careers, and even academic cliques. Jumping on the bandwagon, people aimlessly follow the person before them just because everyone else does it. However, the country where I came to live seemed very individualistic, that no one ever makes a joke about my hairstyle, clothes, or inclinations. I eventually found freedom from any attention of
First, English was the most crucial impediment that I had to get over. Due my deficiency in English, I could hardly ever engage in …show more content…
I was extremely surprised when I found out that female and male students live in the same building and on the same floor. Particularly, the RA and the other two students living in front of my room were all male students. An old Confucianistic proverb in Korea states that a boy and a girl must not sit together when they reach the age of seven. I had hard time understanding the situation mainly because this old saying was completely embedded in my mind. What greatly impressed me was that people accept the differences between one another and even respect the individual characteristics. Unfortunately, people in Korea mostly care about how others would judge them with clothing, careers, and even academic cliques. Jumping on the bandwagon, people aimlessly follow the person before them just because everyone else does it. However, the country where I came to live seemed very individualistic, that no one ever makes a joke about my hairstyle, clothes, or inclinations. I eventually found freedom from any attention of