“Dartmouth was the first time …” I used this statement a lot in my first year. Dartmouth was the first time I shared my pronouns, simply because my language, Karakalpak, had one pronoun for she, he ...

2."America is full of people in a hurry to get to places they don't really want to go. It's very, very odd." —Jerry_Westerby_78 "Everyone here in the States is rushed for everything. No one has ...

It can come as a surprise to learn that returning home after a stint of living abroad, might not be as easy as you think. ‘Reverse culture shock’ is the term given to the challenging period ...

For many Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), the decision to return home after years abroad brings mixed emotions. While the thought of reuniting with family is comforting, the reality of adapting back to ...

Living abroad can change a person in many ways. They will likely be more familiar with the culture they’ve assimilated into, maybe even be a fluent speaker of the language that was once foreign to ...

We all remember the feeling of freedom we experienced when we left our parents' house. It is a feeling of joy mixed with fear ...

One possible definition among many is that culture is the set of basic life assumptions shared by a group of people. Some cultural differences are easily observed, such as what people eat, how they ...

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