Class Year
2014
Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
5-20-2013
Department 1
Center for Public Service
Abstract
I’ve been gallivanting around this beautiful planet posing as a study abroad student taking classes and writing papers for the past academic year, one semester in England and one in Argentina (where I still am) and, just like all the brochures, promotions, and panels of study abroad survivors say, it has been absolutely chock-full of amazing experiences, people, places, foods—I think “transformative” is the proper term.
But transformative can mean many things. It doesn’t just mean that you “find yourself” or “change your life”—it means you see the less glamorous stuff about yourself, too. [excerpt]
Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Bucolo, Kathryn E., "What the Unglamorous Side of Study Abroad Taught Me" (2013). SURGE. 127.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/surge/127
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