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Finding The World Within You – A Digital Story
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“These histories gave me a whole new perspective about Argentina and I realized that I could actually feel that part of me is with this country.” Shunichi finds a way to connect with Argentina through his nationality. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fb6ycLGYO24?feature=oembed Shunichi M. | Soka University of America | IFSA Argentine Universities Program in Buenos Aires, Argentina
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The Day I Died: A Journey Back to Reality
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I rolled out of bed with my eyes glued shut, creeped lazily down the stairs, and poured myself a cup of coffee. After stuffing a heaping bowl of Rice Krispies down my throat, I climbed into the basement, and went back to paradise. In the cozy basement of my home, I raced around a crowded and…
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Feelin’ the Aussie Love
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Night is always my reflection and thinking time. And as I sit at Darling Harbor surrounded by my IFSA crew and beautiful scenery I think back on the month that flew by. And though this is unfair to say to my home, I have fallen madly in love with this country. Or at least Sydney.…
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Immigrant Abroad: A Chinese-American in London
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Did you know that by 2055, the largest immigrant group in the United States will be from Asia and the Middle East, and will comprise of about 15% of the US population (Source)? My own family immigrated to Atlanta, Georgia from China when I was just five years old. Growing up, I transitioned between various…
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The Long-Term Benefits of Studying Abroad
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It doesn’t take a brain surgeon or a rocket scientist to figure out the short-term benefits of studying abroad. You get to spend a semester traveling the globe, eating exotic food, meeting interesting people, and immersing yourself in a different culture. You’ll have enough stories to last you all year, enough pictures to cover every…
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The Stories Not Told By Social Media – A Digital Story
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“Showing my friends and family thousands of pictures of South America may have made my study abroad seem like an extended vacation, but of course it wasn’t. The so-called “lows” were the times I grew the most, the non-glamorous but very formative times.” https://www.youtube.com/embed/_IsvNOUfN18?feature=oembed Alexandra G. | Tufts University | IFSA Argentine Universities Program in…
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An Address tae Haggis, Toasties, and Biscuits
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Robert Burns Day Time: Sunday, January 25th, 2015; Robert Burns Day; My first Sunday in Saint Andrews. Place: The flat of a member of the Christian Union (CU) I did not know. Reason: I had been invited by a group of students at a pub who I had known for thirty minutes. Experience: Without realizing…
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An Open Letter to Myself Before Study Abroad
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You are so different now than you were before, my friend. You were so young, so naïve. You’d been brought up hearing about the bad things in the world and of course you knew that they weren’t just stories… But you’d never witnessed first-hand a significant lack of education. You will learn that there is…
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Two Guys, Two Months, and a Minivan
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Kilian and I were very lucky. We met on my first day at the University of Otago in Dunedin, NZ while we were both waiting in line to change our courses for the coming semester. A few weeks in to our friendship, Kilian and I decided we needed to be mobile because we were both going…
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Hip Hip Hurrah! How Ireland Taught Me How To Be Silly
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It was the end of our first Netball match. We were panting and tired, trying to catch our breath and smelling foul. We stumbled over to benches, grinning in spite of our fatigue. All our practice and training over the last few weeks had paid off: we had played hard on the court and won…