TheaterMania U - Oct 8, 2012: A little less than two weeks ago, I took a flight from Newark to London and started my study abroad adventure. I have the incredible opportunity to be studying at Oxford, as a member of St. Catherine's College. As I write this at my desk, I am overlooking the College quad and can see straight into the windows of the library across the walkway. It's been a crazy time, getting here and getting settled, but I'm finally ready to start hitting the books. (In fact, there is a stack sitting next to me, demanding my attention right now!)
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I wish that I could have studied abroad in undergrad. One of my apprentices from this summer is currently studying abroad and she has commented on the fact that working with audio equipment and electrical equipment with different color codes and different voltages gives you a deeper understanding of how the equipment can be troubleshot. Also working with a different group of equipment manufacturers and different suppliers made her appreciate the companies in the US that are one stop shops.
I absolutely wish I could go abroad before graduation. I also worry about all of the learning, growing, and developing I would miss out on if I was not here for a semester. Of course, I would probably learn, grow, and develop more if I went to a different country. I have reservations, though, about losing a semester at school since there are so few. I wonder if studying abroad is possible after graduation, between leaving college and working in the world. It would be something like a fifth year of schooling, just adding more to your education without losing a semester at home.
Studying abroad has always been appealing to me for many reasons. Going to another country to live for a semester would be a wonderful experience in itself. To live a different culture would open my eyes to the different ways we all live our lives. It is so interesting to me to perceive life through others eyes. That is why I think I like theater so much. To learn about my passion from an entirely different part of the world would add so much to my life. Even if I don't study abroad while attending CMU, It will remain one of my goals in the future. It does seem too difficult to leave our conservatory environment to study abroad, but a girl can dream right?
I didn't study abroad in undergrad for a lot of reasons, but I absolutely wish that I had. You learn a TON about yourself and about what other possibilities might be, and just about the world in general (yay, cliche!).
I think that being in a conservatory program makes study abroad even more important and worthwhile. Here at CMU, we get so wrapped up Purnell and work and shows and homework. A lot of that is the culture of the place, and it's also the expectation of the place.
It's important to experience other places with other expectations, since in the "real world', not every place is like the School of Drama. Not everyone will care as much, there will things you don't understand, and completely different expectations, traditions, and procedures.
I have always been interested in studying abroad but I have all of these reason (and money) for not going. The rebuttal seems to becoming from someone who has experience studying abroad and overcome those things. I also like the idea the author brought up about us being artist and how we communicate. No matter what you do in a theatre we can always improve the communication of our ideas and traveling to another place, having to communicate in another language or to another culture would seem to build a better understanding of how we communicate so we can improve or methods.
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