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- Type: Article
- Author: Robert Eckhart
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Why I don't believe in country counting. People ask me all the time: "How many countries have you been to?" The truth is, I don’t know—and I don’t plan to figure it out. I guess I could, easily enough, but why? What would that number really tell me? Or...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Alisha Jayne
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
As an English teacher abroad, you're there to teach—but you're also there to learn. When I decided to volunteer abroad, English is always what I wanted to do—but I learned more than I ever expected. Part 1: Costa Rica I’m standing in front of a crowd...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Max Olson
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
Travel writing as a way to see the authentic side of misunderstood cultures. Travel writing is a unique medium in its ability to dispel preconceptions and question widely held beliefs. In the Western World, foreign cultures are viewed with an odd...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Kevin Zhang
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Before I experienced it for myself, I thought that living in the world’s largest metropolitan area would cost me. If you asked my friends who have been to Japan before, they would regale you with tales of sky-high lodging expenses, costly services and...
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Letter from the Editorhttps://www.studyandgoabroad.org/24-1/departments-1/letter-from-the-editor
- Type: Article
- Author: Jessica Lockhart
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
Verge's Contributing Editor reflects on more than a decade of travel with purpose. I was fresh off a six-week volunteer abroad project in Vanuatu, when I first met Tannis and Jeff—the founders of Verge—at a study abroad fair in 2006. It felt like...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Lynsey Clayton
- Category: Work Abroad
How I navigated the complexities of Article 15. Compared to the rest of my moves abroad, moving to Portugal was a little different. Thanks to Brexit, I was no longer an EU citizen with freedom of movement and automatic rights to reside in other EU...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Treasure Aamayah
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
After a meltdown in Paris led to a dead-end in Alsace, I turned my gaze towards the mountains. Annecy is a place that I had been dreaming of visiting for close to a decade. I still remember the first time I saw a picture of this little mountain town:...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Caroline Fleischauer
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Move over Bangkok and Chiang Mai; Isaan may be the ultimate destination for English teachers. Thailand is a popular destination for those looking to teach abroad. And why wouldn’t it be? Great weather, delicious food, lovely people—Thailand truly has...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Caroline Fleischauer
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Leaning in to my "inner performer" wasn't part of the job description. It’s Christmas. I’m standing in front of the entire school, staff and students. Alone, with a mic in my hands. I’m wearing a goofy, glittery Christmas sweater with a pug on it that...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Alisha Jayne
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
Here's how I overcame a bad case of homesickness. I've always been a bit of a home bird, who loves her home comforts and, most importantly, being near her family. So when I arrived in Costa Rica, I knew I was going to have a challenging three months...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Alisha Jayne
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
My dream was to work in Spain—but life had other plans for me. I threw the last of my clothes into my suitcase, sat on it to squeeze it shut and that was it—the start of my year abroad in Latin America volunteering as an English teacher. That wasn't...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Caroline Fleischauer
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
I'm the first foreign teacher my school has ever had in one of Thailand's most remote corners. The sky is a brilliant orange spilling out into the water, the silhouetted horizon line all that separates the sun from itself. It rained earlier, a late...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Lynsey Clayton
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Waiting for my belongings to arrive from overseas, I realized how resourceful I could be. I read somewhere once that every great adventure starts with an empty room and camping beds. They weren’t wrong. Having just landed in Portugal—cat in carrier and...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Lynsey Clayton
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
When we decided to move overseas, there was just one small obstacle: Our beloved cat, Kitty. Moving to Lisbon in Portugal wasn’t an overnight decision for myself and my husband, Martin. Having lived in many places over the years we’ve been together, we...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Kevin Zhang
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
In a quiet Tokyo neighbourhood, a convenience store became my classroom. It was my first week as a JET assistant language teacher (ALT), fresh off the plane from Vancouver. The bright store lights were a contrast to the rain outside, as I stood in line...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Kevin Zhang
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
My leap from Vancouver to Tokyo as a JET Assistant Language Teacher (ALT). Sometimes the unlikeliest decisions become the pivot point of our lives. For me, that decision was leaving the familiarity in my home city of Vancouver to embrace the...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Joanna McBride
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
The pros and cons of donating your time to a worthy cause. “As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others,” wrote American author Sam Levenson in his 1973 book, In One Era & Out the...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Irina Abraham
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
Spoiler alert: There was a big gap between the two. For those of us who dream of travel but can't afford it, volunteering is a sure path to the discovery and exploration we so long for. But before you take a plunge into the rocky waters of the Internet...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Deepayan Bhadra
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
An American expat examines how different countries value work-life balance. How much money is too much? I feel most Americans (including naturalized immigrants) have been viewing money through the wrong lens. Money is not the destination, but rather...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Treasure Aamayah
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Is it Germany? Is it France? No, it's Alsace. Two weeks after landing in Paris, I found myself fleeing the city in a first-class train seat, headed towards the Grand Est. I sat frozen in my seat as I watched the city of Paris fade into the distance,...
