So ever since early September (2008), I have been doing paperwork, gettting shots, doing paperwork, renewing my passport, getting letters of recommendation, doing paperwork, being interviewed, doing paperwork, trying to get a hold of my adviser, doing paperwork and finding out there is still more to do after I had been told I was done....oh, and more paperwork!
Well, at this point it's been going on for 11 weeks and still nothing. Though rather than being annoyed I've just decided to deal with it. I really am lucky to be able to do something like this and patience in the least I can give in return...
I have been accepted as a Global Leadership Scholar. I would just like to say "Thank you so much!" I am very honored to have been awarded this scholarship; it makes me even more excited to go (and I thought that wasn't possible!)
Well, one of the requirements for the scholarship is that I keep a blog, so viola, here it is! I'm also supposed to say a little about myself and why I chose to do an exchange, what I expect to learn from it blah blah blah etc etc... So here I go...
My interest in cultures started when I was a freshman in french 1. Before too long, though I didn't know much french, I fell in love with the language and I knew it wouldn't just a passing fancy, but rather a lifelong affair. Each new thing I learned just made me yearn for more. And it didn't stop with french, I soon became interested in several different cultures. How could I have gone so long without opening my eyes to the rest of the world? How could I be so blind?
Soon, I became completely enamoured with Europe. I had never been there. I didn't care. I just knew. When I first went to Italy with my family a few summers back, it completely exceeded my expectations. From that point on I became obsessed with traveling and hungry for adventure.
I loved the feeling of being submersed into another culture and learned so much from it. Which brings me to why I am doing an exchange. What would it be like to live in another culture? Not only would I learn so much from it, but I would also be able to represent my country and hopefully better its reputation. But truly, I don't really know what it will be like.
That's why I'm doing it.
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