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Should Students Be Encouraged To Study Abroad Essay

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Education is one of the most vital elements for every society and its people. For someone to improve themselves and become the person they want to be, a proper education is an important step. Everyone needs to have education and this education should be taken by the interest and tendency but the student 's environment or the education system in his/her country may not be sufficient enough. In these cases, the students would most probably like to have different opportunities and a better system for themselves in other countries. And since this is a tough call, students should be encouraged to study abroad so that they can learn different languages, gain a better knowledge about new cultures and get new job opportunities.

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Living in a different country for a while will bring some cultural changes to these students. These cultural changes will give the students a new worldview. Other than the new school environment or new learning technics, students will also be challenged to experience a completely different tradition or a custom. Such as holidays like Halloween in American culture, Dia De Muertos in Spanish culture; A holiday to honour dead loved ones. Or Hogmanay(Last day of the year) in Scottish culture; A holiday when everyone dances in their homes and sing the Auld Lang Syne song. With observing these, students will gain the knowledge of what these people value or what are their superstitions. Traditions such as sitting still for some time on a sofa before taking a trip in Russian families to avoid bad luck. Taking the shoes off before entering a house in Japan as for them their house is like a temple to protect and keep clean, may give the students that knowledge. If the students while studying abroad can participate in these holidays and practise the traditions of the cultures they will understand, emphasise and value other people 's ways of

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