culture shock

Culture shock has a honeymoon phase at its beginning. Shannon Irby, a former Military B.R.A.T. and current postgraduate student living in Ireland, was reminded of this while scrolling through Instagram one day.

Good and bad about having a job in a different country.

Finding a new life in a new place can be difficult, rewarding and can bring lots of learning with it. Whether looking for adventures or looking for a better life, people move across the world all the time, sometimes to […]

Do you remember the first time you walked into your high school cafeteria and had to decide where to sit? Few moments are more infamous for inducing teenage social anxiety.  For newly arrived French-Vietnamese student Julien Pham, this moment was […]

(This is the second part in a three-part series. Read the first entry here.) The biggest culture shock At 21 years old, Jay Sidan has traveled to 10 countries and counting. Born in Long Island, N.Y., U.S.A., he spent a […]

With fall in full swing and adjusting back to life after studying abroad, I have been doing a lot of reflecting. Growing up in a small suburb in Denver, Colo., U.S.A., I experience every season, every year. I consider myself […]

This must be some form of culture shock. For the 3rd time that day, this thought crossed my mind as I checked the day’s forecast. And as expected, it was well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. A temperature like this would […]

To-Do List: Acquire the ability to sleep anywhere (use fellow passengers as reference) Arrive safely in Spain Somehow, despite my skepticism, both came true. I could almost hear my own surprise as I called my family. Yes, I’m safe. I […]