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- Type: Article
- Author: Mikee Mutuc
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
Two months of study abroad down, two to go. Today marks the first full day of stillness in my routine. It's a sharp contrast with the binge of activities that have dictated the last two weeks; from exploring different parts of Scotland every day, to...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Kelli Kennedy
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
. . .and packed whatever I damn well pleased. Packing for your trip abroad is gruesome. Whether you’re heading to French wine country, packing your backpack for the Alaskan wilderness, or deciding which swimsuit you should throw in your weekend bag for...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Tina Chow
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Three things you'll gain from venturing out on your own. To travel solo is to make your own decisions without accommodating or compromising to anyone else's preference or schedule. To travel solo is to be free of the influence of others, to be nobody...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Mikee Mutuc
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
Three easy ways to break the ice when you're studying abroad. During my last few days in Toronto, one of my biggest fears was that I would have difficulty making friends abroad. “I’ve opened myself up to others before and no one’s appreciated the...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Mikee Mutuc
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
Mikee prepares for her semester abroad, but fear keeps getting in the way. I laid out my UK visa on the table for a friend of mine to see. Only then did it occur to me that I had seven days left before a four-month semester in Scotland. Time is moving...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Kelli Kennedy
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
An unlikely tool for researching your new city. Let’s take a second here to regroup. I already feel the squints of confusion, mild eye rolls and genuine concern for my wellbeing through the screen. Yes, you read the title correctly. Tinder—the app of...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Kelli Kennedy
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
Kelli finds her perfect graduate program abroad—but not without opposition. Choosing a graduate program is hard enough. The internal questions of, “Do I need to go straight into a PhD program? Do I want an established, ridged program, or one that I can...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Maggie Kirkpatrick
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
An open letter to all the volunteers abroad. Why are you here? I ask you this question not in a sarcastic or rhetorical way, but literally. In a way that I hope encourages you to think about the answer. What is the reason you want to volunteer?...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Izabela Wlodarczyk
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
Dealing with the heartbreak of living abroad. Get ready for your heart to break and mend, over and over again, as you work or journey abroad. Of course, our hearts break whether we stay in our home country or not, but when we move abroad it becomes...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Ahnika White
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
Coming to grips with what it means to be a postgraduate student overseas. We’ve all seen the social media posts from those we know studying abroad. Instagram pictures telling the stories of relaxing weekends spent sipping Spanish wine in Madrid,...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Jennalyn Christopherson
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
How I prepared to move to Thailand. Moving to Thailand wasn’t a quick process. Months were needed to prepare myself for this immense change—financially, mentally and emotionally. When I applied to teach in Thailand, I was just beginning my last...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Kaelyn Lynch
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
In rural Burma, traditional agriculture practices have maintained the forest for decades, but can they endure in the face of modernization? “Can you see the difference?” asks Mu Ohn, jolting the motorbike to a stop in the middle of the dirt path. I...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Kelly Iverson
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
The messy part of teaching abroad that no one wants you to know about. I have never quit a job in the entirety of my 23 years of life. If a job was tough, I stuck it out. If a job was draining, I slept less and drank more coffee. There were always...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Kelly Iverson
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
The hardest part of travel is saying goodbye. I feel as though the impermanence of living abroad and feeling so very alone go hand-in-hand. I travelled some of Laos and met people I could dance shamelessly with, share my most intimate secrets with and...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Tina Chow
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
What defines a "good" teacher? My biggest concern coming to Korea was becoming a good teacher. The term varies—but for me, I strive to be a teacher that my student looks up to; someone who is approachable, positive, confident, patient and...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Ingle International - Sponsor Content
- Category: Why we travel
Three intrepid travellers share their best tips for losing the jitters and seizing the opportunities. Making lifetime friends by studying abroad Stephanie Hiltz, Account Manager at Ingle International had wanderlust from the start. Her inspiration to...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Izabela Wlodarczyk
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
What's the true cost of "adaptability"? In the field of international development, we are often told that we need to flexible. Everyone needs to be flexible—employees, volunteers, and organizational partners. We write the word on our resumes, on our...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Carley Clement
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Experiencing firsthand the diehard, next-level soccer mania in Latin America. Riot police were the real stars of the first soccer game I attended in Ecuador, as they were called in to escort the players and the referees off the field, and put out two...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Jennalyn Christopherson
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Five marketable skills that you'll develop as an EFL teacher. Most EFL teachers don’t want to pursue teaching when we get back to our home country. Teaching English abroad can feel like a wasted few months, resumé-wise. I’ve heard rumours that it's...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Victoria Adamo
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Making the return home easier. "Travel does not exist without home. . .if we never return to the place we started, we would just be wandering, lost. Home is a reflecting surface. A place to measure our growth and enrich us after being infused with the...
