Though I am completing my first blog post during my last opportunity to do so, I believe this allows me to accurately capture my thoughts and emotions before I depart for my study abroad experience in Japan. Throughout the past few days, the realization of spending a whole semester far away from everything I have ever known…
Month: January 2019
Japan Spring 2019
My identity impacts how I see the world. I identify as a biracial liberal woman and these aspects of myself definitely change the way I look at the world. I see racism and colorism, I fight for equal rights for all sexualities and I understand the discrimination women face. I also see the amazing in…
Pre-Departure Blog to Japan
In my lifetime, I have traveled to many places such as London, Singapore, New Zealand, and Cambodia. This is actually my second time to go to Japan. The first time I went there with my parents was when I was in elementary school, so I don’t have a lot of memory about the trip in my…
Final Post
After what seems to have been around the world in 180 days, I feel even more certain that identity has strong influence on our experience of the world. I do also believe that people who have different identities experience the world in a different manner. The world that surrounded me for the last four months…
Final Post
After a semester abroad, it’s a weird feeling being back home. For much of five months, I developed a routine and got accustomed to my surrounding. Now that I am back at Rollins, I no longer take a 15 minute walk to the best breakfast restaurant, which is run by women, in Ifrane. My favorite…
A Little Jamaican Girl with Big Dreams
Currently, I’m sitting at my gate at JFK airport, emotionally, physically, and mentally exhausted. Excited? Most definitely. Scared? Heck yeah. Not to sound pessimistic, but I cannot help myself from thinking that I was crazy to embark on such a journey thousands of miles away from my home. In my eyes, I’m just a 20-year-old…
Final Post
After studying abroad, I still believe, as I did before, that identity will influence the way you see the world. I think that I even might believe even more than I did before that it influences your perception and the way you embrace another culture. There were many kids in my program that would always…
Return Post
As I arrive back in the United States there is definitely a lot of things I need to readjust too, however I’m glad I can see my friends and family. Overall, my experience in Argentina and traveling around the lower countries of South America was amazing and something I wish I could do all over…