Yesterday I outlined what I found to be the most jarring differences between studying at college in the USA and the U.K, using The University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire and The … Continue reading Dropping Classes & Playing Hookey: My Semester as an Exchange Student
Since I started this memoir series way back in June, I’ve only really covered the social aspects of my student exchange. Today I’d like to discuss the academic differences between studying … Continue reading Studying in the USA vs Studying in the UK Episode 3: Classes
Today’s post is all about Roommates. This is one of the biggest and most important differences in collegiate life between the USA and the U.K. In the USA you are … Continue reading Studying in the USA vs Studying in the UK Episode 2: Roommates
I’ve written several posts in this series on my arrival to the American campus scene, how I made friends, and how I began to assimilate to the American way of … Continue reading Studying in the USA vs Studying in the UK Episode 1: Drinking
As I mentioned in the previous episode, my Americanization was by no means a smooth transition. There were several character flaws I had to unlearn in order to stay above … Continue reading Lessons in Being American Part 3
In my last episode in this series I talked about the subtleties of American culture and how my personality began the process of assimilation. It was by no means a smooth … Continue reading Lessons in Being American Part 2
In my Making Friends in the USA post, I wrote about my state of mind when approaching social situations on campus. I was haunted by some bad experiences in the UK. … Continue reading Lessons in Being American Part 1
I learned years later that during my first week of college in the USA, Akbar had Skyped Aaron- who was still at his family home in Green Bay- the opposite … Continue reading Making Friends in the USA Part 3
You may remember from my first post in this series that in American colleges, the dorms are monitored by R.A’s. I decided to give my R.A the pseudonym Akbar, because … Continue reading Making Friends in the USA Part 2
With this post I would like to continue my account of my student exchange to the University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire in the USA. In the inaugural episode of this … Continue reading Making Friends in the USA Part 1
One thing I wish I had done during my student exchange 5 years ago is maintain a blog, or at least a journal of some kind. I guess I was … Continue reading My First Week of College in the USA
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