It’s weird now to think about the entire past semester being done. I know that’s not eloquent or thought provoking or anything but that’s how it is. Just weird. 4 Sunday’s ago I was still in Montpellier, 3 Sunday’s ago I was in Portugal, 2 Sunday’s ago I was between London airport and Chicago airport, [...]
It’s the end of finals and I’m finishing up two papers but very soon, I’ll be finished with the academic aspect of study abroad already.
In anticipating going home, I’ve been looking back at some of the places and things I’ve seen and done, and I have to laugh a little. It all just seems crazy. [...]
Continue reading about Reasons to Study or Live Abroad for at Least a Little While
Ah. Three weeks. And then I’m reunited with the good old US of A. The end is in sight.
I don’t know if it was seeing my mom and sister again when they came to visit me during spring break or the fact that I really do not want to write 14 pages expounding on themes [...]
To start off, I have some random musings about my new perspective on learning a foreign language.
When I started the whole study abroad process, the iceberg analogy was brought up numerous times when describing transitions to understanding beyond superficial cultural differences. In the context of learning a language, I find that the iceberg analogy fits [...]
Here I am again,
I’ve put together another photographic collage of pictures I’ve taken to represent what I’ve gotten to see and do. Besides, pictures are so much better sometimes at expressing awe inspiring things. By the way, did you know that the proverb “A picture is worth a thousand words” has Confucian origins and that [...]
Continue reading about Ma Vie Française, un Montage des Photos
I can’t believe it’s been two months since I left Wisconsin for France. All other semesters have flown by but for some reason, I thought that this semester was going to feel longer. I have essentially nine weeks left, two of which are spring break, and one of which is my last week (no classes [...]
Continue reading about “Defer No Time, Delays Have Dangerous Ends.”
France will honestly never cease to amaze me. I am not exaggerating that everyday here brings something new and sometimes absurdly unbelievable. As of January 29th, there has been an organized national strike going on here and the consequences of this strike have been interesting, to say the least. That day, the 29th, was the [...]
Continue reading about Une Greve Nationale and Other Cultural Tidbits
So I have been promising some pictures and here they are finally! The links are to my facebook albums, so hopefully they should work. I have some homework to do and it’s really late here, but I will be posting soon about the national strike that’s going on here and how many of my classes [...]
A couple semesters ago in one of my French classes, we talked about globalization: how it’s viewed from the French perspective and how that perspective differs from the American point of view. I learned that for the French, there is a general belief that while there are some obvious advantages to globalization, it can also [...]
Hello everyone! I am officially a denizen of France. While there’s so much that is still surreal right now, I can’t help but be hit with very tangible cues that I really am in a foreign land, the most obvious cue being completely blanketed by French sounds (and almost zero English). I think I’m going [...]
I am leaving in just two very short days and will be starting the new year in another country! Packing and shopping for everything I need has been somewhat hectic and the ultimate procrastinator that I am, of course I have a million things left to do even still. I thought that I’d post some helpful [...]
So the fall semester is officially over and I leave for France in a week and a half and I know my departure will come sooner than I’m planning. I’m kind of avoiding packing because once I do that, then I’ll actually have to accept that I’ll be leaving my family and friends for six months and [...]
Pooja Singh
Montpellier, France
Vitals: Junior; Psychology and French double major, pre-med concentration
Goals: I hope to improve my French fluency and I’m excited to experience firsthand the monuments, cities, and food that I’ve read about since I started learning French.
Motivation: I’ve been taking French classes since elementary school but have never traveled to France, so [...]
