culture shock

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  • Aaron Records
  • 24-Jan-2014
Doing My Best in Beijing

After living and studying in China for the past three months – it is going by so fast! – IRead More ⇾

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  • travisgunn
  • 13-Dec-2013
Studying Abroad: The Night Before. . . Life Goes on

Studying abroad terrifies me, perhaps even more so than it does the average person, and perhaps even more than itRead More ⇾

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  • Chinazo in South Korea
  • 06-Dec-2013
Meet Gilman Video Blogger – Chinazo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVMHY3vNmik Meet U.S. Department of State sponsored Gilman Scholarship recipient Chinazo Onwukaike. Chinazo is a current Gilman Global Experience CorrespondentRead More ⇾

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  • Gena in Barbados
  • 13-Nov-2013
Taking the Leap

It didn’t hit me until I was sitting in airport. All of a sudden I realized the magnitude of theRead More ⇾

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  • Carly Lesoski
  • 29-Oct-2013
Culture Shock and my Academic Year in Freiburg.

The last thing I ever thought I would do was pack up and move to another country for a year.Read More ⇾

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  • David in Jordan
  • 11-Oct-2013
¡Bienvenidos to Jordan!

Oh sorry, I think that came out wrong...yep, it definitely came out wrong!  Though I've been studying Arabic for twoRead More ⇾

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  • Brett in Taiwan
  • 21-Aug-2013
Home Sweet Home!

Packing was one difficult task. It never is easy, but it becomes especially hard when you have to fit yourRead More ⇾

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  • Nicole in Nepal
  • 06-Aug-2013
Culture shock absorbing, filling with energy

Today, the countdown until home is single-digit. Tomorrow, I make my way onto the ten day weather forecast; in caseRead More ⇾

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  • Sana in Trinidad & Tobago
  • 27-Jun-2013
Cross-Culture Shock: Returning to the U.S. from Trinidad & Tobago

Rewind back to January 2013. I climbed into the sweltering heat of Trinidad, yanked off my sweatshirt, and peered intoRead More ⇾

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  • Danielle in Morocco
  • 24-Jun-2013
AND LIFE GOES ON

It’s funny how the world doesn’t stop when you’re not attending to it. Coming home doesn’t mean coming back. InsteadRead More ⇾

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  • Sana in Trinidad & Tobago
  • 07-May-2013
Culture Shock in Trinidad & Tobago

Certainly, the first stage of entry into a new country (and new culture) is that of excitement. Trinidad and TobagoRead More ⇾

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  • Brett in Taiwan
  • 18-Apr-2013
So I was wrong okay? I can get homesick.

Culture shock is something I heard about all the time in the International House at my university. I saw itRead More ⇾