Study Abroad Essay

From the time that I established my goal to attend college, I had always planned and hoped that my education would take me places far, far away from where I began. Throughout my life I learned that education, in fact, is my outlet to discovering the world around me and appreciating the differences between cultures. It’s fair to say that my interest in studying abroad came from my life filled with going to different towns and cities in California during school fieldtrips. I was excited for every fieldtrip because I was given the opportunity to meet and mingle with students that read different books, had different teachers, and had different beliefs. Even today, any interactions with new people interest me. One interesting factor about studying abroad is that I do not know exactly how this experience will turnout, but I am excited, eager, and definitely willing to go. God’s world is beautifully made, and I would love to witness another part of it during my studies.
Studying abroad will definitely edify me academically because I would have to adapt to and learn how to negotiate within a different culture. In my studies of Management, I learned that the ideal manager or management team scans the whole environment so that production properly serves the surrounding community. By studying abroad, I would be like a fish that was raised in a fish-tank adventuring out into the deep blue sea. If I am granted the chance to study abroad, I will also have the opportunity to explore the city and observe the cultures of the local workplaces. I will be able to observe how the employees interact with one another and with customers, exercising my Human Resources capabilities while purchasing a nice article of clothing or perhaps some tea. I am particularly eager to learn about the types of incentive programs that are in place in some of the organizations there, because minimum wage is higher in England than it is in the U.S. While abroad I plan to enroll in business management and human resources courses. Learning management concepts abroad means that I will be able to talk with my new professor about which management ideas or methods he or she favors in the workplace. Here at Manhattanville I appreciate the fact that my management professors all have original ideas that work for their environment, because from them I learn a variety of ways to manage, control, lead, and report. Learning a multitude of managing methods will make me more creative and confident when managing employees.
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