SIT Argentina: Regional Integration, Development, and Social Change My program’s start date was February 24th. That gave me a little over two months of down time before I had to start using my brain again. At first, I thought this was one of the best things that has ever happened in the history of world. I imagined that I would be sitting with my dog in the backyard just straight chillin’ for about two months. Of course, there would be the…
I would like to address the feedback I received from my last article. But first, I would like to apologize if what I wrote offended anyone. By all means, that was not my intention. With that said, I really hope I can better explain what I was trying to convey. To do so, I want to talk about something that is often ignored or superficially addressed: internalized prejudice/racism. While I was raised in a multiracial home, I am perceived, and…
Almost two months into my stay in Copenhagen and it feels like home. I suppose that halfway through the semester it should feel like home, but as I’ve said before, I doubted that I would ever feel comfortable so far away from what I have called home. Finding a routine took a lot of work, but it puts everything into perspective when you do normal activities, such as grocery shopping or the weekly ritual of cinnamon rolls on Wednesdays. A…
Wow, where to even begin. I’ve been in the UK for just about half of my time abroad, and things are moving at a really fast pace now. True to my nature, I got involved in A LOT of things, and some major stuff involving those things have been happening the past few weeks, so I’ll try to do a little wrap up blog montage of the past month. I’ve been able to travel a little bit with the limited…