While this was not my first study abroad trip with the college of business, and it won’t be the last, I have seen things in Argentina that I wouldn’t have seen on either of the two other trips I will have been lucky enough to have experienced. It is easy in America to forget what … Continue reading »
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Blog- 5 Study Abroad and my career 23-12-12
The funny thing is that when I interviewed for the finance and accounting job I have had since March at Texas Hydraulics in Temple, they asked me how my trip to Costa Rica with the college of business several months earlier had influenced me, and why it was worth putting on my résumé. I certainly … Continue reading »
Blog 4- Cross- Cultural Learning 14-12-12
Over the past week I definitely had to adapt to the language barrier that exists between me and nearly all of the citizens who live in Argentina. Since I do not know very much Spanish, I nearly always have to find Daniela, Dr. Boyd or Dr Reina in order to converse with people. This usually … Continue reading »
Blog 3- Comparative thinking 13-12-12
I laid in bed last night and couldn’t help but remember the parade of thousands of people marching down the street celebrating the futbol season that was for Boca. I don’t think that Boca even won anything of real meaning, but the fans still seemed to not hold back in showing their support for the … Continue reading »
Blog 2 What’s Happening? 12-12-12
Up Until today, all I had seen so far in Buenos Aires were dirty city streets, old buildings whose best days were many decades ago, and people whose standard of living was well below the poverty line. But today I think we have had our first glimpse into what life may have been like at … Continue reading »
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Let me start with this trip was one of the greatest I have ever gone on. I met many people and became close with many people. I am a people person and this trip helped me with becoming comfortable with any language and find common grounds in any situation . I enjoyed meeting people from … Continue reading »
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This experience was one of the best of my life I learned so many things.While in Argentina I communicated with several cab drivers and I thought this was very interesting. I learned several of them were huge spurs fans. One of the cabs drivers was a huge fan of George bush I thought that was … Continue reading »
