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Blog 2: Taking the concepts of self and other, think about your community and consider who belongs and who is an outsider
Growing up on a small rural island in Washington, I have grown up and become familiar with the idea of outsiders both as a plurality and on the individual level. What my community deems as others and how this affects my perceptions of who are others and how that affects social and practical effects of…
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Blog 1: Reflect on the differences between where you grew up or where you live now and where your exchange partners live
Having lived in the United States most of my life the change from my home town of Friday Harbor WA to Carlisle PA, wasn’t much of a shock culturally. Small cultural differences where easy to incorporate into my new life, such as carrying an umbrella when it rains and adapting to the seemingly less friendly…