Reflection On Study Abroad

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A Reflection on IDS 180-01 and How it Has Impacted Me I took IDS 180-01 because I’ve always known that I want to study abroad. I want to because of all the opportunities it offers. Studying abroad would be my first chance to explore the world on my own. It would also provide me with numerous opportunities to learn in and out of the classroom. Studying abroad is the best of both worlds. I get to further my education and make progress to become the physician I wish to be, while living in a totally new and exciting environment. Getting to learn and adapt to a new culture presents its own challenges like culture shock, but in the end, I think that it’s an important process that everyone should go through. I believe that studying abroad would also …show more content…

I hope that studying abroad in Norway will teach me a lot of things and make me a better, more intelligent person. Being away from home for so long in an exotic and foreign place will hopefully make me more confident in the end. I will have to be responsible for myself if I get sick or lost and will have to guide myself through new situations without someone I know that would make it easier. I hope that being in Norway will really make me appreciative for what I have back here in the United States, whether it be food, family, or any aspect of life. Norway will be the only way that I am going to learn to truly be independent. Here in the United States, I exhibit more independence than many people my age, but I always have someone to help me or take care of me if I mess up. In Norway it will be all up to me. It will be up to me to make friends and create new relationships to replace the ones that I had back at home. Norway will also be the only way I am ever going to be able to travel alone. I would never be allowed to go across the globe by myself if it wasn’t for an academic purpose. Introduction to Study Abroad taught me so much more than what I thought it would. This course opened up my mind to new ideas and helped me understand the world better than I had before. I learned everything from how to budget my trip to understanding how stereotypes work and how they can be hurtful. In IDS180-01, I learned things that I will keep with me while I am abroad and even after I return from my

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