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#81
Open Topics / Studying Abroad
Last post by Junodog - August 29, 2009, 03:45:32 AMIt's a good learning experience, but packing is a major headache. So, uh, yeah. This thread is to discuss studying abroad and stuff. New cultures, new languages, new friends, new experiences, new educational systems, and so on.
I'll be going to the university in Tübingen, Germany for an intensive language course and the winter and summer semesters, and I plan on traveling around Europe between semesters instead of coming back to the US so I won't be back in Colorado until July. I have no idea what classes I'll have yet and I won't until the semester starts, but I was accepted into the school of history and philosophy, so I have a general idea of what I'll be studying. I plan on focusing on history, though, and not really bothering with philosophy. I get enough of a headache studying Philosophy in English, so I'm not going to even try it in a different language.
My brother lives in Munich, so I'll be seeing him as often as I can, probably every two weeks or so. And my sister and her boyfriend are going to be in Germany for a week or so when I get there so they'll help me move in as well. She's also going to be bringing some things over for me that I can't get over there.
I've taken German for two years, and I was fluent until I was about four years old and we had lived in the US for six weeks, and I lost it during those six weeks. So I'll have awkward conversations, but I'll be able to communicate.
Uh, what else do I usually end up explaining to people... Oh yeah, Tübingen is in the southwest, near Stuttgart, and I'll only be two or three hours away from my brother (by train). And I'm going as an exchange student through Montana State University. And this is my junior year. And I've been abroad a few times, but I haven't been back to Germany at all since we moved to the US. I've been to Belgium, France, the UK, South Korea, Japan, and the Dominican Republic, but not back to Germany. So I'm excited.
And I do have friends over there, but my brother's the only family I have in Germany. The rest of my family lives in France and Belgium. I plan on visiting them at some point. As well as some of the friends I've made online and known for two or three years by now.
Oh, and I'll only be about two or three hours from where I used to live in Germany, which was near Frankfurt.
All right, I think that should answer most questions that come up when I say I'm going abroad. So now it's discussion time. What are your experiences with studying abroad, or even just going abroad?
I'll be going to the university in Tübingen, Germany for an intensive language course and the winter and summer semesters, and I plan on traveling around Europe between semesters instead of coming back to the US so I won't be back in Colorado until July. I have no idea what classes I'll have yet and I won't until the semester starts, but I was accepted into the school of history and philosophy, so I have a general idea of what I'll be studying. I plan on focusing on history, though, and not really bothering with philosophy. I get enough of a headache studying Philosophy in English, so I'm not going to even try it in a different language.
My brother lives in Munich, so I'll be seeing him as often as I can, probably every two weeks or so. And my sister and her boyfriend are going to be in Germany for a week or so when I get there so they'll help me move in as well. She's also going to be bringing some things over for me that I can't get over there.
I've taken German for two years, and I was fluent until I was about four years old and we had lived in the US for six weeks, and I lost it during those six weeks. So I'll have awkward conversations, but I'll be able to communicate.
Uh, what else do I usually end up explaining to people... Oh yeah, Tübingen is in the southwest, near Stuttgart, and I'll only be two or three hours away from my brother (by train). And I'm going as an exchange student through Montana State University. And this is my junior year. And I've been abroad a few times, but I haven't been back to Germany at all since we moved to the US. I've been to Belgium, France, the UK, South Korea, Japan, and the Dominican Republic, but not back to Germany. So I'm excited.
And I do have friends over there, but my brother's the only family I have in Germany. The rest of my family lives in France and Belgium. I plan on visiting them at some point. As well as some of the friends I've made online and known for two or three years by now.
Oh, and I'll only be about two or three hours from where I used to live in Germany, which was near Frankfurt.
All right, I think that should answer most questions that come up when I say I'm going abroad. So now it's discussion time. What are your experiences with studying abroad, or even just going abroad?
#82
Open Topics / Re: Choking on food
Last post by Junodog - August 20, 2009, 05:47:11 AMNope. It's been annoying every time I eat and forget to keep food away from the sides of my mouth, which ends in me resisting the urge to scream obscenities because of the pain, but other than that, I'm not too bothered by it all. Especially since I can feel the front of my mouth again.
#83
Open Topics / Re: Choking on food
Last post by Citi - August 20, 2009, 04:57:50 AMGetting your wisdom teeth out isn't as bad as everyone makes it sound.
#84
Open Topics / Re: Choking on food
Last post by Junodog - August 18, 2009, 07:50:01 PMWell, if I'm lucky I won't be choking on anything for a while. I got my wisdom teeth out today and I can't eat solid foods for a few days.
#85
Open Topics / Re: Choking on food
Last post by Citi - August 12, 2009, 06:07:35 PMQuote from: Rob on August 11, 2009, 02:58:55 PM
Nor should you young lady. I am a dirty old man with a dirty old mind and I never should have brought it up.
I blame CITI and his undue influence on me. :P
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#86
Open Topics / Re: Choking on food
Last post by Junodog - August 12, 2009, 01:20:10 AMWait, I have a dirty mind... not a dirty old mind but still...
I blame the media.
I blame the media.
#87
The Web / Re: Deviant Art
Last post by Junodog - August 11, 2009, 04:27:10 PMThanks. I love doing perspective work for some reason, even though it tends to be a pain in the ass when even a ruler doesn't completely solve the problem of me not being able to draw straight lines...
I just fell a little more in love with deviantart today, considering the ad they happened to have when I was editing my profile was for the Grameen Foundation. Not that deviantart is directly responsible for said ad, but it was still cool to see it on there instead of something like "NARUTO BOOKS BUY THEM NOW LOLZ"
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I just fell a little more in love with deviantart today, considering the ad they happened to have when I was editing my profile was for the Grameen Foundation. Not that deviantart is directly responsible for said ad, but it was still cool to see it on there instead of something like "NARUTO BOOKS BUY THEM NOW LOLZ"
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#88
Open Topics / Re: Choking on food
Last post by Rob - August 11, 2009, 02:58:55 PMNor should you young lady. I am a dirty old man with a dirty old mind and I never should have brought it up.
I blame CITI and his undue influence on me. :P
I blame CITI and his undue influence on me. :P
#89
Open Topics / Re: Choking on food
Last post by Junodog - August 10, 2009, 09:37:37 PMI don't get it.
#90
Open Topics / Re: Choking on food
Last post by Citi - August 09, 2009, 04:59:23 PMQuote from: RomanArrow on August 09, 2009, 01:39:23 PM
See, and here I was trying my hardest to word that in a way that wouldn't result in jokes. Thanks a lot.
You should be used to it by now.