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Being An Exchange Student Essay

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As an exchange student, this opportunity will be importance to me in many ways, first of all, I will gain the better education skill. To illustrate, as a student, I need to seek the new vision of education and explore differences of the world that lead to have a better education skill which is a good base for future education and employment. Since, going to study abroad, I will obtain the different style of studying and point of view, so when I have to analyze something, I will not be biased and I will see through every side. Moreover, exploring the new world, I will see the things that are not be taught in the university. And that will help me to be more confident to think outside the box because I have already learned them outside. Furthermore, it will help me to develop my soft skill. During being an exchange student, I have to live in different place and environment which I have never experienced, thus I may face many unexpected situations that may difficult to handle with. However, I must push myself out from comfort zone then those will lead me to be more patient and more mature. Also, I will obtain value-adding a shaving good understanding. Due to the fact that I will …show more content…

As I know that AUN-ACTS is cooperative program of ASEAN universities to exchange their students with countries in ASEAN, this is a good chance for me both to exchange my culture with other cultures and to have good understanding towards different culture. Hence, in the future, I may have a chance to do business with people from ASEAN, it will not have conflict between us because I will understand them as the differences of other cultures from being an exchange student in AUN-ACTS. In addition, AUN-ACTS is a good program which fully supports the students to have a chance to see the world wider, and also provides the good opportunity for students to learn aboard and bring the knowledge back to improve their

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