Month 1
I am an Englishman that has never lived in England on a pernament basis (and no, birth to age 6 doesn’t count for much). Age 6 to now I have lived in the USA in New Jersey and Idaho. Now I am 20 and a 3rd year student at Idaho State University. I’m going to spend the next 5 months in England studing English and History at Plymouth University. My Dad went here when he was my age and now I am trying it out for myself. I’ll make one post a week from now on, where Ill let you know all about my excursions without all of the boring stuff included.
These last 4 months have been my preparation time for going abroad. For an entire month (overlydramatic voice) I wanted to go to Umea University in Sweden to watch the northern lights, then I decided I wanted to go to England (of course I stuck with that one)- to reconnect with a heritage that has been lost to me. I decided I wanted to visit castles, pubs, family, and see the history that I have been deprived of during my time in America. Seriously, it’s way cooler to study the reign of King Henry VIII- he did chop of 2 of his wife’s heads, than Columbus sailing the ocean blue in 1492.
But more of that later. I chose to do this trip on a whim. I always wants to do this from my first year of high school. Then one day my Dad told me I was running out of time, so I went down to the international office and told Omar (international student coordinator) what I wanted and he made it happen. I learnt that when I went abroad I would not be able to study psychology- but I thought that would be ok because the experience would pay of in the long run. Only time will tell. A couple months of planning and paperwork later, I am sitting in Gilwell Hall right next to Plymouth University writing this post- it’s surreal. I am 1 month into my stay so I have lots I could talk about but I’ll save that for my next post. Check back in a couple days and I’ll be sure to have something new up. Ok, well until then, have a great day folks.
But more of that later. I chose to do this trip on a whim. I always wants to do this from my first year of high school. Then one day my Dad told me I was running out of time, so I went down to the international office and told Omar (international student coordinator) what I wanted and he made it happen. I learnt that when I went abroad I would not be able to study psychology- but I thought that would be ok because the experience would pay of in the long run. Only time will tell. A couple months of planning and paperwork later, I am sitting in Gilwell Hall right next to Plymouth University writing this post- it’s surreal. I am 1 month into my stay so I have lots I could talk about but I’ll save that for my next post. Check back in a couple days and I’ll be sure to have something new up. Ok, well until then, have a great day folks.
Daniel
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