Author: cshoemaker@rollins.edu

So, I’m finally back in America. Actually, I have been back for a few weeks now and am back at Rollins for intersession. Fittingly enough, I am taking a course on culture shock in literature and film. It is really funny comparing my own experiences to some of those in what I have been reading/watching…

  We all gotta learn it at some point. I’ve never been tested more than on my time abroad. The only thing keeping me sane these last couple of weeks — which have been exceptionally trying — is philosophy. I’ve been going hard on thinkers like Schopenhauer and Kierkegaard in class, but I’ve found time…

It’s been about a month since I began my study abroad experience and it has been one heck of a ride. I am so lucky that I have been able to embark on this journey with two of my closest friends, of whom I feel closer to than ever. They have really made my experience…

I’m a junior majoring in Screenwriting and I am about to go abroad for the first time in my life. The farthest I’ve been outside of my own country is Canada and that was when I was four years old, so I really don’t know what to expect. I have been doing my best to…