On a direct flight, with no one by my side but my little brother I was leaving everything I knew behind. Excitement and terror, those are the emotions I can use to describe my move to the United States seven years ago. I grew up in Ghana a country with over 10 different ethnic groups. Two towns adjacent to each other could have different languages and completely different cultures. I grew up learning to appreciate other cultures and never really realized there was more to experience until I moved to the U.S.
Studying abroad is my way of experiencing different cultures and broadening my understanding of the world. My grandmother speaks a bit of French because majority of her family lived in a neighboring country to Ghana that spoke French, …show more content…
The coursework in the study abroad program will help me complete my minor requirements at my home university. At the end of the program I will be able to graduate with a Bachelors in Communication and Minor in French I can boast because I will have some fluency in it. Beyond my academics my experience from this program will give me a good stepping stone to achieving a career with the state department as an international relations communications specialist or as a communications liaison for the United Nations. With the coursework I will be completing I will have some knowledge of France, its history and its culture and relations to the rest of the world. The field experience to exploring and understanding the culture better will make my experience more …show more content…
Instead, I planned out the rest of my college career in terms of what courses I needed and when I needed to take them. I planned it out so I had all my university and major requirements done a semester before graduation and had the last semester to complete my minor requirements. I looked at various programs at different universities to find an affordable program and supporting research on the benefits of studying abroad so my father wouldn’t have any objections to my decision. I worked with my fear of regretting not studying abroad when I graduate and used it to find a solution.
I still see the financial reasons impacting my experience abroad because, I can only save so much money to pay all the fees and survive abroad alone for four months. Fear of something bad happening to me might keep me from properly experiencing the environment I’ll be in.
There are many things seen and unforeseen that will possibly affect my study abroad experience. At the end of the day my plan is to give it my best, learn as much as I can and enjoy doing it. I have a goal in life and as long as I keep working towards it and finding ways to overcome obstacles and challenges I’ll be
Studying abroad is my way of experiencing different cultures and broadening my understanding of the world. My grandmother speaks a bit of French because majority of her family lived in a neighboring country to Ghana that spoke French, …show more content…
The coursework in the study abroad program will help me complete my minor requirements at my home university. At the end of the program I will be able to graduate with a Bachelors in Communication and Minor in French I can boast because I will have some fluency in it. Beyond my academics my experience from this program will give me a good stepping stone to achieving a career with the state department as an international relations communications specialist or as a communications liaison for the United Nations. With the coursework I will be completing I will have some knowledge of France, its history and its culture and relations to the rest of the world. The field experience to exploring and understanding the culture better will make my experience more …show more content…
Instead, I planned out the rest of my college career in terms of what courses I needed and when I needed to take them. I planned it out so I had all my university and major requirements done a semester before graduation and had the last semester to complete my minor requirements. I looked at various programs at different universities to find an affordable program and supporting research on the benefits of studying abroad so my father wouldn’t have any objections to my decision. I worked with my fear of regretting not studying abroad when I graduate and used it to find a solution.
I still see the financial reasons impacting my experience abroad because, I can only save so much money to pay all the fees and survive abroad alone for four months. Fear of something bad happening to me might keep me from properly experiencing the environment I’ll be in.
There are many things seen and unforeseen that will possibly affect my study abroad experience. At the end of the day my plan is to give it my best, learn as much as I can and enjoy doing it. I have a goal in life and as long as I keep working towards it and finding ways to overcome obstacles and challenges I’ll be