Great tips for students abroad. Having fun is great; but don’t forget your basic rules of behavior!
It seems counter-intuitive, but the art of being a good traveler is disappearing nearly as fast as globalization increases. Having extensively traveled abroad in recent years, I can safely say that I no long wonder why tourists often rank amongst the most disliked people in the world. But it isn’t just the tourists; it’s the students, the businessmen, the soldiers, and the politicians. There is something about going abroad that causes many people to leave behind all the manners and rules of civilized behavior they would normally adopt at home. And we get it, it’s nice to just abandon all your reservations and let loose once in a while. But people forget that they aren’t just representing themselves abroad; they are representing their entire nation and culture. Even if nothing they do ever comes back to their families, the locals will remember “that idiot from ***** country”. And when the…
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