Written January 20, 2011When I first came back from Europe, I felt like I didn’t have enough time to absorb my surroundings and experiences. But after writing my stories and reviewing my thoughts and feelings I recorded while abroad, I realized that sometimes you do have to step back to appreciate a masterpiece.
Writing my stories has shown me not only all that I have been fortunate to experience abroad but I also now feel that I did it the right way and that I took full advantage of the resources offered to me.
Studying abroad and learning about global topics gave me a different view of journalism and the world at that. In America, it feels like we are focused so much on our own issues and don’t have the time or necessarily the interest to focus on other global issues, but being able to understand global issues can change opinions in national ones as I have learned
For instance, my story on France’s policy of separation of church and state. In America we feel that we have a distinct separation of the two, so people are free to practice their religion in the public eye and are not allowed to be discriminated against. However in France, it is just the opposite. Everybody is allowed to practice their religion but only in the home because to the outside world they must be French and not associated by their religion. Americans may feel that is socialist where as French feel it is equality.
On a cultural level, while in France many of us felt slightly discriminated against as Americans due to comments made from by passers. Perhaps this was due to the same French ideals that the social structure is built off of.
Writing my stories has shown me not only all that I have been fortunate to experience abroad but I also now feel that I did it the right way and that I took full advantage of the resources offered to me.
Studying abroad and learning about global topics gave me a different view of journalism and the world at that. In America, it feels like we are focused so much on our own issues and don’t have the time or necessarily the interest to focus on other global issues, but being able to understand global issues can change opinions in national ones as I have learned
For instance, my story on France’s policy of separation of church and state. In America we feel that we have a distinct separation of the two, so people are free to practice their religion in the public eye and are not allowed to be discriminated against. However in France, it is just the opposite. Everybody is allowed to practice their religion but only in the home because to the outside world they must be French and not associated by their religion. Americans may feel that is socialist where as French feel it is equality.
On a cultural level, while in France many of us felt slightly discriminated against as Americans due to comments made from by passers. Perhaps this was due to the same French ideals that the social structure is built off of.
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