Sunday, September 28, 2014

To study abroad or to not study abroad...That is the Question

These couple of weeks I've seen posters around the school saying "Take an opportunity during your high school career to study abroad," and I've been seriously considering this issue until this day... Should I or should I not study abroad? If I did decide to study abroad which country would do me best? Spain? China? England?  What are the benefits and what culture would satisfy me the best?

SPAIN. I've been wanting to go to Spain for the past 2 and a half years just because I've been in Spanish since freshman year and I've been doing great in the course and I thought to my self that it would be a great opportunity to explore the world out there and learn what life skills and Spanish Spain could teach me...but then again I'm feeling nauseous because there's this other mindset where "What if I have brain farts and can't remember how to speak conversational Spanish?" So this has been a REAL STRUGGLE.



CHINA. I'm Chinese, but I don't speak Chinese at home. I took AP Chinese last year and I did superbly well on the exam..but then again why would I want to travel to the motherland and spend a whole semester or two conversing in my native tongue? It would be super easy to live there but I'm looking for more of a challenge and China doesn't seem to be offering enough of a challenge at this point.












ENGLAND. First of all English is my second language and I guess I can say the if I went to England there really wouldn't be a point in going because they also speak English. But one point of me wants to go there just because they do speak English so I can easily talk with them and also experience a new culture and I think it would be cool to come back with a British accent!


AHH all the choices are great! But in the mean time I can't decide at this point in time so I will ponder and eat my pretzel sticks until I can find a solution to this dilemma! But if I do decide to study abroad I would travel to all three places and stay there for a month in the summer just to experience the new culture and architecture and just sightseeing for fun! :)

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