The prompt: Colleges and universities should require their students to spend at least one semester studying in a foreign country.
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For the past two decades, colleges and universities around the globe have been introducing courses that include studying at an overseas institution for a part of their total duration. In order to make such student exchange programs possible, colleges and universities are enthusiastically partnering with various institutions that offer similar courses. The prompt suggests that such programs should be required to be taken up by all students. Although I mostly agree with the assertion for two reasons, I do concede that undertaking a semester in a foreign land might prove to be a challenging task for some students.
Spending a semester in a foreign university would require a student to be among people belonging to a different culture and/or religion. Since the industrial revolution and the introduction of convenient means of transportation, countries are becoming more and more globalized. Each and every major city in the world, like New York, London and Toronto, is highly cosmopolitan and welcomes people from all around the world. In such a society, peace and harmony is ensured when everyone is tolerant and secular. Studying and spending time with such people certainly makes a student more aware and accepting of people following another ideology.
When a student travels to a foreign university for studies, he interacts with a lot of new people, which enhances his social as well as communication skills. The student is forced to move out of his comfort zone, since he does not have any friends over there, unlike his home university. This direct interaction with students of another nation also provides a point of view and a second perspective on various issues and topics, and clears a lot of misconceptions and myths that young people might have in their minds about other countries. Today’s students are the leaders of tomorrow and a connect between them would be instrumental in maintaining world peace in the future.
Every country has a unique lifestyle and the citizens of different nations follow different norms and conventions. The food consumed in each part of the world, for example, varies significantly, and it might be difficult for a student to adapt to a new diet. The climatic conditions are another such example, and a student from a hot country like Australia could have a hard time adjusting to the snow in Canada. However, such experiences prepare a person to overcome the trivial obstacles in life and focus on the bigger picture. Moreover, living in a different climate and on a new diet might even lead to an increased immunity among the students.
Summarizing the reasons stated above, a student who spends at least one semester abroad would develop effective social skills and would return with an increased level of understanding of other cultures and religions. In the process, several myths about other nations are busted and a connect between the students would also lead to reduced clashes between countries in the future. Although students might face difficulties adjusting to a new diet or climate for a while, the benefits certainly outweigh the drawbacks.
