Story Location: Chile
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Understanding the Culture of Protesting In Chile
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Overview: Protesting in Chile In my first few weeks of classes, one of the universities in Santiago went on “toma,” meaning that students had taken over the school and barricaded the doors, so classes were canceled. The next week, another university went on “paro,” meaning that the faculty and students went on strike. This, I…
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Learning to Appreciate Nature in Chile as a City Girl
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Chile’s Beauty Right outside my apartment window sits Cerro Santa Lucía, a beautiful European-style urban park in the heart of Santiago. If I walk anywhere in the city, I am bound to pass a park, whether it be Chile’s largest urban park (and the third-largest in the world) – Parque Metropolitano – or the picturesque picnic spot and…
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Reflecting on the Chilean Coup D’etat: A Gender Perspective
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History The date September 11th resonates in American hearts, but it resonates in Chilean hearts too. On September 11th, 1973––following an extended period of unrest and political tension––Augusto Pinochet seized power; showering La Moneda Palace, and the democratic government inside it, with bombs and bullets. In 1970 Salvador Allende received 36.6% of the Chilean vote,…
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Home Base: Host Families in Santiago
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The emotions that accompany the idea of living with a family that’s not your own during your time abroad fall in the gray area between exhilarating and absolutely terrifying. You’ll find yourself experiencing the whole spectrum of these emotions; both before your time abroad and during it. But students in Santiago have navigated this challenge,…
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How to Reset While Abroad
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As I passed the two-month marker of my semester abroad, I entered a rut: one that can only be described as complacency. I had become complacent with a schedule that did not leave me excited to leave my bed. I went to classes and paid very minimal attention, if any. I just went through the…
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The Chile Experience: Real vs. Tourist
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In the days leading up to my flight to Chile, I was full of nerves. Nerves were pulling me in to every which direction, to the point where I just didn’t know how to feel. This uncertainty was keeping me up at night scrolling through the web just trying to find something, that would tell…
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How My Experiences with Chilean Culture Changed Me
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Unpacking My Amazing Experience I’ve thought and reflected on my time studying abroad since returning from Valparaiso, Chile My experience was nothing but learning, experiencing, and understanding — IFSA provided me with so many opportunities to grow as an individual and also with the local community, which is something that I will carry with me for…
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Discovering My Sexual Identity Abroad
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First Impressions When I first met the people in my study abroad program I was excited to get to know them since we all came from different schools, states, and backgrounds. I was on the Valparaíso, Chile program where I attended Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. As I became closer to a smaller group of…
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Debunking the Myth: Go Abroad as an ROTC Cadet
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It can be daunting to spend an entire semester away from campus, especially as an Army ROTC cadet. We are expected to balance our normal academic curriculum with military science classes, weekend field trainings, and physical fitness all on top of a solid GPA, so it’s no surprise that some cadets shy away from Study…
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How I Learned to Speak Chilean
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What is the official language in Chile? Many sources would say Spanish, but that’s not entirely true.At least, the Spanish I learned in Chile was not the Spanish I was taught in the six years leading up to my trip. As I prepared for my study abroad experience, I knew that I still had room…
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