Hello fellow bloggers,
First of all, I'm Julianna. Let me tell you a
little about myself! I'm a sophomore at the University of Akron and I'm
majoring in History with a minor in Spanish and American Sign Language. I
absolutely love learning and I have a passion for everything European! Oh and
I'm obsessed with film AND music!
One of my great loves is traveling and this
semester I'm making one of the best life choices! I'm studying and working in
London this spring. This blog will document my thoughts, feelings, hopes,
and all my wonderful experiences while I'm living in England.
I started my section on thoughts, feelings, and my
expectations of England a few days ago. Here it is!
Sunday December 30, 2012
Pre-Departure Thoughts
Six days until I leave for a journey of a lifetime! I am very excited to
immerse myself into English culture and learn all I can about English history
and traditions. I am a huge lover of history, language, and culture so this
experience is going to be “perfect” for me! But I would be lying to say that my
excitement masks all the nervousness that I am feeling right now. Despite all
of these feelings, I am most excited about learning. About everything!
Right now, I have mixed feelings about leaving my family, university, state,
and country for one that I know little about. But as nervous as I am
about everything being different I am so thrilled to learn about these
differences. While nerves overwhelm me at times I have to remind myself that
once I get there I am going to love it so much. It is dealing with the nerves
and sudden bouts of extreme nausea that I need to learn to control, but I have
been told that these feelings are completely normal.
While in England I have many goals that I would like to fulfill academically,
socially, and personally. Academically, I want to push myself as much as I can
to learn and take advantage of the extraordinary professors that have been put
at my disposal. I am also eager to start my internship and learn all that
I can from those that I get to work with. I am so lucky that I get to work so
closely with the curator at St. George's Pathology Museum. It is going to be an
awesome experience! Socially, I am looking forward to making a lot of new
friends. It is my goal to push myself this semester and be more
outgoing. Personally, I want to become more independent and
self-confident. These are my hopes and goals for my time in England.
Although I am familiar with some of the English
traditions and ways of life, they have been learned from other Americans, so I
am not sure how accurate they are. I am curious to learn if these things are
accurate and also how they are not. American culture is very diverse because of
our diverse population, so I am interested to see how English culture differs
from my own, but also how it differs within the various areas of England and
the United Kingdom. I imagine the English as posh, intellectual people that
strive for excellence at all times and who value their culture and history. I
imagine England being very similar to the United States, but a whole lot
better.
Although I wrote this post a few days ago, I am
feeling many of the same things that I wrote in this post. Today, I am
still extremely nervous, but super excited. I know that I can do this and it is
going to be the best time of my life! Until later, cheerio!
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