{"id":10150,"date":"2015-10-05T15:22:03","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T15:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/?p=10150"},"modified":"2024-01-30T10:21:41","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T15:21:41","slug":"guten-tag-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/guten-tag-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"International Student Story: Guten Tag from Germany!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fitti during the Soccer World Cup in 2014.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ever asked yourself what it would be like to live in another country? I have asked myself that question all my life. Exploring\u00a0the big world, sounded very exciting \u2013 most of all when you are from a small town with 80,000 people and not much going on – but we\u00a0do have a\u00a0castle in our city center!<\/p>\n

Anyway, after having lived in the medieval town of Celle (Cell-uh), Germany, for more than eighteen years, I decided that it was finally time to leave home and come to America. I chose the U.S. because I was always fascinated by its diversity and beautiful architecture that I have seen so many times in movies and TV shows.<\/p>\n

My first stop brought me to Chicago, Illinois, which became my new home for four years. I started my very own American Dream as an Au Pair (oh-pear) and lived with a wonderful American family. Besides taking care of their children, I was (and still am)\u00a0trying to experience every single bit of the American culture (though I’m pretty sure that one uniform culture does not exist).<\/p>\n

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The old castle in Celle, Germany.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In August 2015 I continued my American journey and\u00a0moved to my new home in the Tampa Bay area. I’m now in my third year of college and just started taking classes in the College of Education at SPC. There is no doubt that the education system is a lot different here than it is back home. For example, I was completely overwhelmed when I was given my first multiple-choice exam, as I had NO CLUE what to do with it!<\/p>\n

One of the greatest aspects of studying abroad is learning a new language and being able to speak two languages fluently. Studying away from home helped me become more mature and independent. I learned to appreciate all the things that\u00a0I took for granted \u00a0as a child and that I am\u00a0now responsible for myself. It even made me\u00a0appreciate the old, beautiful castle in my\u00a0hometown! I would choose to study abroad over and over again, but I’m also always beyond excited to see my family and friends back home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ever asked yourself what it would be like to live in another country? I have asked myself that question all my life. Exploring\u00a0the big world, sounded very exciting \u2013 most of all when you are from a small town with 80,000 people and not much going on – but we\u00a0do have a\u00a0castle in our city … Continue reading International Student Story: Guten Tag from Germany!<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":614,"featured_media":10211,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[73],"class_list":["post-10150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-students","tag-international-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/614"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10150"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10208,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10150\/revisions\/10208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}