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>>Multidimensional,
>> artistic,
>> uniquely mine,
>> insightful,
>> eye-opening,
>> broadening,
>> indescribable, let’s leave with at that, indescribable.
>> If I had to sum up my study abroad experience in one word I would say, transformational.
>> Transformational.
>> That’s it.
>> The most important skills, I would say professional skills and life skills that I gained from studying abroad
>> would be: problem solving,
>> confidence,
>> language skills,
>> having your perspectives broadened,
>> being culturally sensitive,
>> adaptability.
>> There’s a lot that can come from these experiences but I think the most transferable is
>> communication in general.
>> Even within your own culture just the ability to read social cues and to understand-kind of- have the emotional intelligence to understand
what other people are thinking and expecting.
>> And understanding that everything has a backstory.
>> It makes it a lot easier to work on a team.
>> And study abroad is the methodology by which you take something out of a book and
you actually live it.
>> Hi my name is Andrea,
>> my name is Kyle,
>> my name is Vanessa,
>> my name is James King,
>> I am Mignonne Fowlis,
>> my name is Schuyler,
>> my name is Brenton Harper,
>> and I am,
>> generation study abroad.
>> I’m generation study abroad.
>> Generation study abroad.
And I am, generation study abroad.
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