The Pros and Cons of Staying Alone

The psychosocial crisis during early adulthood is intimacy vs. isolation. Intimacy is defined as the ability to experience an open, supportive, tender relationship with another person without fear of losing one’s own identity in the process (Newman & Newman p. 468). Intimacy shares a bond between two people displaying confidence, respectful affection and shared goals. It is two people respecting each other’s differences and spiritual beliefs. Intimacy accepts each other’s flaws and experience a love outside of family.

The purpose of my annotated bibliography illustrates to the reader the positive correlation between study abroad and developmental benefits received from such programs. It is clear from the findings of my sources that different students, teachers, and researchers have numerical and written proof on why these programs are beneficial. It is more than an academic experience because you grow spiritually and intellectually making college students global citizens. This title of a global citizen differentiates those who study abroad because they have acquired a worldly view. It is important to have these journals to stress the benefits of study abroad so hopefully more students, faculty, and schools stress and make it easier to have this unique experience.

As the UK population rapidly ages, one of the biggest challenges faced by the society is that of loneliness and social isolation consequently the issue must be addressed in the interest of the wider population and community. “Loneliness” is a subjective feeling of a loss of meaningful social relationships, while “social isolation” is an objective measurement indicating a lack of social interaction and relationships which could be caused by deterioration in health (Biordi and Nicholson 2008).

Intimacy is known to be a close familiarity or friendship, closeness also known as a private cozy atmosphere. Isolations is the process or fact of isolating or being isolated, or the complete separation from others of a person suffering from contagious or infectious disease; quarantine. When it comes to intimacy versus isolation I believe that we are humans will experience this throughout our livelihood. We as humans go through different stages and one of those stages are our interest in intimacy and then isolation follows. It has been stated that when we go through these stages of intimacy and isolation it is most likely during our early twenty’s, this is because young adults experience many different stages which faces many challenges throughout

Studding abroad it has been a dream my entire life, I consider this a very good experience and a very challenge task because since I am not in mine own country I will not have family and friends around me. And if I have decided to study in a country that does not speak mine native language the challenge is even bigger because you I have to deal not only with a new culture and new people there is a different language. I need to dedicate more time and effort than a normal student, being a student with a second language requires that we read and paraphrase what we are reading or listening. Homework becomes double the work but as long as I am aware of all the issues I may encounter I know I will be able to pull it off. I will be in a disadvantage

According to Naoise (January 2015), people who choose to live away from home decided to stay near at campus or in college residences. Somehow to be stressful but very exciting and the ambience can be satisfying. Stressful includes being strange of the environment, living with new people, and feeling alone or sad about living away from home. It was also showed that individual find it hard to study because of the things around them.

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I'm Yiwen, I really like your essay and I have the same feeling about left our family and live a life alone in a different country. Hope we can adapted the university life in ASU. And here are my personal feeling and responses.

As a University of Delaware student, I am constantly learning about myself and my subjects each and every day. As a strong believer in the power of education, I also believe that many valuable lessons derive from out of classroom experiences. This has encouraged me to apply to this study abroad program, so that I can apply these lessons to new experiences. From my experiences, I have learned a little more about myself and how to bring these skills to new experiences, which will serve as great assets as I continue my education abroad.

First of all, studying abroad is a very special experience to change our life, but it has some risks. we should motivate ourself even though we don not have enough time and money to prepare. For example, last year, I decided to study abroad because it can learn many new things as such make English conversation with native speaker and understand American culture.Also, not all of people have this opportunity in my country. However, I have been spending a lot of money and time to study since I came to in the U.S., so I always focus on studying because I do not want to waste time and money. Therefore, I have to work hard and motivate myself in many areas even though studying abroad can improve my life.

This experience allowed me to view life in a healthcare perspective in a poorer country. I was able to compare living standards of U.S. Citizens to those who live in poverty stricken areas of Brazil. I gained new strengths by adapting to an unfamiliar environment and culture differences. Studying abroad gave me the ability to learn quickly to take initiative in handling difficult situations and handle the stress of being in a new environment. I developed an open-mindedness through experience in different ways of living.

It is better to stand alone for what is right than to be part of a crowd that is wrong. In our society today teenagers are constantly faced with peer pressure. Wether out with friends or in a classroom, people constantly try to influence our decisions. Some may influence our lives for the better but some may not. An example of negative peer pressure present in todays world is teenage drinking. This example easily shows how it is better to stand alone for what one believes is right (not drinking) rather than giving in to peer pressure to fit in with the crowd. It can be hard to say no to your friends because of our natural human desire to fit in and feel included in something. When we do stand alone for what is right we show courage and independence.

Whenever a person travel from his/her home country, he/she definitely gets exposed to new experience, knowledge, and difficulties. There are many reasons why would one leave his/her home land for a period of time or even forever, such as seeking better job opportunities, having better quality of education, accompanying a close person in his/her travels, and/or encountering political persecutions in his/her country. Despite the many motives mentioned above, the majority of the people who would like to travel abroad agree on the positive consequences they will learn from their experiences abroad. Based on that claim, I have interviewed many people who have been exposed to diverse experiences in various countries at different ages. I have asked these people several questions about their travels and the experiences they have gained. Each one provided a diversity of answers and different ways of thinking about travelling in general. I have really enjoyed the interviewing process with each one of these interviewees who have seen a lot of adventures during their travels. The interview was conducted with people who have traveled to places different from their homeland so that I would be able to critique the

“Of all the fantasies that human beings entertain, the idea that we can go it alone is the most absurd and perhaps the most dangerous. We stand together or we fall apart.” - George Monbiot

Living away from your country can be a really interesting and unforgettable experience, but at the same time it has very important effects on one's life. The purpose of this essay is to discuss the three main effects that living in another country can produce in your personal life.