During my time in Greece, I felt more attached to and connected with my studies and major. As an archaeology and anthropology major, I get to learn about all of these really interesting events, beliefs, and cultures and I have enjoyed all this but something about getting to be in a place that has such…
Author: CAHUGHES
Cultural Confrontation – College Year Athens
I have experienced a few instances of cultural confrontation during my time in Athens Greece so far. One of the things that sticks out the most to me is that there is a large staring culture here, it is not considered rude or weird to stare at strangers or friends when they are walking down…
CYA predeparture (post 1)
One aspect of American culture that I am interested in seeing play out abroad is our rigid individualism. While it is easy to create or find a community to join in the United States there is still a belief that everything is done for the greater good of the individual even if it is to…