The reasons of students homesickness who study abroad Living and studying abroad is an exciting and enriching opportunity. Studying abroad comes with a wide range of emotions such as happiness, sadness, excitement and homesickness. Homesickness is a serious problem for international students. It might not be serious or they may not notice, but it is normal to be homesick. Homesickness is the strong wish to be at home – to be surrounded by familiar things. Typical symptoms of homesickness can be sadness, crying, and lack of appetite or a general feeling of weariness. The reason of it is simply the lost familiarity . Going to another country, especially for a study exchange, holds a lot of new challenges: languages difficulties, …show more content…
When most international students come abroad, there are no families and no friends. They are alone, so international students have to do everything by themselves. Also, sometimes it is difficult to contact with families and friends because of the time difference. At first, international students feel very alone. For that reason, they will try to make friends abroad. Some people can make friends easily, but some people cannot, because all people have different personalities. Accordingly, sometimes people do not match other people. If international students cannot make friends easily, or if they have some problems about relationships with friends, they cannot feel comfortable. Then international students may cry or want to go back their country. These are sympathy of homesickness. Thus, international students can become homesick as soon as they live …show more content…
This one should be easy. Don’t spend hours sitting in front of your laptop looking at Facebook photos of your friends and your family. Staying in contact with them is one thing. Constantly wishing you were back with them is another.
Discover your new home town! Beforehand you can buy a travel guidebook about the town and region where you have your study exchange. Make a plan which museums, places and sights you wish to visit and make sure that you have a little highlight every day. Your study experience abroad is your chance to discover truly another culture and other people. And don’t forget your camera to show all your impressions to your family back home!
Look for students’ organisations at your host university! They organize a lot of welcome events, cultural activities and parties for guest students. This way you get in touch with open-minded national students and have a great possibility to make friends from all over the world.
Allow your parents to send you a parcel! After the first weeks and having mastered all the start-up difficulties it is a very comforting feeling to get something from “home” like you favourite chocolate or a newspaper. Ask your parents to prepare such a little nice present for you and send it to you after a couple of
Furthermore, in an article made by Unigo, a online student college database that acquires more than 1.6 million student members, titled, “There's no place like home: in-state vs out-of-state colleges,” it is emphasized that, “Unfortunately, living at home (or close by) can also make it easier for you stay within your comfort zone, limiting your opportunities to meet new people and try new things” (Williams par. 3). In-state colleges
For the first year, I stayed in contact with my friends through Facebook and we would meet up once in awhile for playdates and birthday parties, but it would not last. Eventually, after a couple of years, I became more and more engulfed in my new circle of friends in public school. As a result, I grew more distant with my old Schechter friends and would only see them a handful of times a year. Fast forward seven years later, I’m a senior in high school and I’m at the point where I see them close to
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The only place that I have ever resided in was Miami, Florida so moving meant that I had to go to new schools and meet make new friends. Surprisingly, I made friends with people within the first two weeks and they are still my close friends going on three years. Despite having made friends, there was always a void in my heart. At school, I would sit in class wishing that my father was still alive or that I was still living in Miami.
It was so hard moving because I felt like I was leaving all of my friends behind. Maybe my old friends have moved on
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This created a great rift between me and the people that had been my friends. I began trying to hang out with friends but found they were always busy while I was home reading, waiting for an adventure. I had managed to keep a few of my friends and these people are still my friends today, but first I had to deal with being solitary for a while. After I accepted the way school, and friends were going to go I only faced one obstacle. Almost my entire life changed after my move, I had a new routine, some new friends, and a new way I had to learn.
I have never lived away from home before attending college, so at times I feel homesick for the luxuries my family home provided me with. For example, I greatly miss my cats, my sister, having a private kitchen and bathroom, access to a car, and our spacious backyard. I often cannot wait to go home as I know all these things await me. I even frequently complain about missing these aspects of my life. For the millions of people displaced across the globe the feelings I have are massively multiplied as they are not just away from their home for a few months, but instead forced to abandon their homes forever.
Moving to a new country can be difficult sometimes. Leaving all my relatives and friends back home was the saddest thing for me. My mother told me that we were moving to a new country. At first, I thought my mother was joking about it. but little did I know that she was telling the truth.
Bumping into people while looking down and asking multiple people for direction even though I was shy. Giving five minutes after each class to get to the other, walking into a classroom on my first day people staring and observing. Moving to a different town is not about the new house, it is about adapting to a new environment. Moving away from family and friends can be a tough thing to do. I had to adjust to leaving my friends and family that I loved and seen almost every day.
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