How Educational Learning Is Detrimental When Traveling

Traveling abroad promotes broadening of the mind. As if Howard wasn 't already a life changing experience for Coates, he then travels France and gains a new perspective. He writes, “ And it occurred to me, listening to your mother, that France was not a thought experiment but an actual place filled with actual people whose traditions were different, whose lives really were different, whose sense of beauty was different.” (Coates 151) Coates understands that seeing the world from different perspectives humbles the mind. He no longer had to live with the stigma of being a black man in America. Traveling has provide Coates with experiences that would be unlikely if he didn’t attend Howard University.

B. Traveling allows me to see with my own eyes first hand what other                 country is like

From my travels, I also learned that there can be more than one solution to a problem. Indeed, having a variety of perspectives makes it easier to come up with approaches to different problems. My travel experience has strengthened my interpersonal skills, as well as my integrity and determination.

I have always wanted to travel during college to study, volunteer, or both, and the study abroad programs and scholarships pertaining to the Honors LLC will allow me to achieve these dreams. I believe traveling to new places is an unparalleled method of learning, as traveling exposes you to ideas, customs, and mannerisms that no textbook can ever teach. In today’s global society, being aware of other cultures is crucial from a personal, business, and societal standpoint.

As a freshman at the University of Washington, Samantha Yee is an academically focused individual. Samantha was a club rower, making her a tem player and leader. Samantha’s diverse heritage has given her an assorted upbringing resulting in an internationally acknowledged way of thinking. Samantha’s Chinese, Native American, and Caucasian descent have made her a Global Citizen. From a young age Samantha was placed in a Spanish emersion program, making her nearly bilingual. From this program, Samantha blossomed a passion for Latin culture and travel. Samantha Yee has taken several service trips to Latin America, prominently Costa Rica. Because of her experiences, she developed a philanthropic desire to reform the spatiality of Costa Rica’s poverty

Due to the division between nations in the form of borders, travel is essential, not only in the form of commerce but also through the travel and vacation of a country’s citizens. This allows for the intermingling of people and culture creating similarities between nations, which were once completely different. Mark Twain once said, “Travel is fatal to prejudice.” Though this is true to some extent, it would be more accurate to state that experience is fatal to prejudice. As said by Harper Lee in her book To Kill a Mockingbird, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…until you climb in his skin and walk around in it.” If you just travel according to a plan based on your prejudice of others keeping

Studying is important in life because it helps people to achieve their goals and make a success in their life and many people go to study to get successful life. There are students who study in their countries and they try to achieve their goals. Some students cannot get their goals in their countries and they have to stop studying because they get many problems like students cannot find their major in their countries. However, there is what called Study Abroad which is students attend in schools and universities outside their home countries. Study abroad helps a lot of students to achieve their goals and most countries have this program. Many students choose to study abroad such as students from Middle East go to study in the U.S or students from the U.S go to study in Europe. There are different many reasons that make students choose to study abroad. In this essay, there are three important reasons for studying abroad which are finding their major, seeing different cultures, and getting a good job in their feature.

My trip to Peru brought culture shock to me for the first time. I had been fine all throughout southern and central Europe, so how could South America be any different? I went to Peru with a charity group, and this wasn’t a sightseeing trip as much as a mission trip. Instead of seeing the wealthy side of the nation, where tourism is a massive boost to the economy of that location, we saw the real lives of the locals in poverty. The experiences with the locals who have nothing but their farms to live in on puts our lavish lifestyles into

Helen Keller’s words resonate deeply with my experience abroad. Do or do not, those were my options, and I chose to do as much as possible. The result becoming one of the most inspiring experiences of my life, despite my having to say my experiences were from a slightly different perspective from the norm, as this was not my first foray into European Culture. Hailing from a culturally diverse family where my mother is Dutch and father is German, I have had many unique opportunities to experience the world. Therefore, any traumatic culture shock upon my entry in Europe as well as upon re-entry in the U.S. factored very little into my study abroad experience. Nevertheless, Europe left its mark in the way that I miss certain daily occurrences that I experienced while I hold no affection towards other things that are commonplace in Europe. Furthermore, there were things that I missed from home that influenced my emotional state upon my return. Altogether, my re-entry into the U.S. has been an interesting, if not wild, experience.

Cross-Cultural Solutions (CCS) is a non-profit international volunteer organization that operates short- and long-term programs around the world. The organization provides opportunities for individuals to encounter global ideas and issues and to engage in efficient solutions through community work and cultural immersion. Throughout the month of July, I volunteered with CCS in Salvador, Brazil, a capital city rich in its history, its European roots, its African cultural influences, and its Brazilian vivacity. I lived with a host family for the month and participated in two volunteer placements: one at CAASAH, a support home for carriers of HIV/AIDS, and another at Alagados, a school support program serving the children of an impoverished neighborhood. Throughout the month, I enjoyed numerous cultural activities, including language classes, capoeira and samba lessons, and city tours and visits. Thanks to the support of the Advanced Study Grant, I was able to engage in an experience of cultural awareness and competence, while learning more about my role in our global society.

The assistance I rendered in Peru last summer strengthened my fervent desire to help those less fortunate than myself. It was here during my 17-day service trip to Lima, Peru with the Humanitarian Experience For Youth group, where I realized how blessed I have been in life. I was able to help build a medical clinic in an area that lacked treatment for families. We built the walls with bricks and cement and I learned how to install rebar. I also helped local schoolteachers, twice a week in their classrooms, with their English program. I’ve learned to be more humble and grateful due to the sweet Peruvians offering us the little food they had, to show their gratitude. It felt rewarding to accomplish so much in so little time. The work was extremely exhausting, but I would do it again without

Travelling is important as it can remove the unintended prejudice that individuals carry out rashly. Sometimes, people unconsciously treat others differently solely based on their own beliefs. Since their judgement is based only on opinion, therefore it may be inaccurate to use when addressing the persons around them. However, exploring the world may lessen your tendency to be prejudice as you will gain detailed insights to the way others think, the way others see, and the way others live. Thus, this will allow you to not make foolhardy assumptions when being in contact with a society or community as you will be more knowledgeable to understand why they are the way they are. Removing prejudice from our lifestyle is very important to us as open-thinkers as we often make many mistakes in the treatment of other human beings. Prejudice is an undesirable trait to possess because

“Educaching can allow students the opportunity to explore multiple subject areas in depth while traveling to different places within the world either physically or virtually” (Brown B., K., et al., 2015, p. 97).

It could be a little change in the personality, or it could be a big change in the life style; and even though there is a lot of different cultures all around the world and they are a little or a lot different than each other, they still could have good effects on the travelers. As it was shown in Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises and Lahiri Interpreter of Maladies, while some people are not able to appreciate the different culture and its beauty, some are able to see and learn a lot from it. And even though American culture could be really different than some other cultures, still Americans are able to learn from some virtues of other cultures. A trip no matter for how long, or to which country, could be a step to a big change in individual’s

“In 2006 to 2007, according to the data compiled by the Institute of International Education, 582,984 students from all over the world were enrolled in American colleges and universities in a wide range of fields” (Carter, Paragraph 2, 2008). The United States has the highest number of students who are coming to study abroad than any other countries. Each year, the number of international students coming to the United States to obtain degrees is increasing by thousands, and home countries of these students are primarily India, China and Korea, all located in the whole different continent. But what are the motives of students who are crossing the sea to study? Their goal of studying abroad is to experience diversity and to adapt attitudes