Prague or Cape Town?

eastcoascrazy
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:50:15 +0000

Ask yourself what you want to get out of this study abroad opportunity.

Are you using this as an opportunity to travel or as an opportunity to learn about a place that is very different from what you know from living in a fully developed Western country?

In Prague you will have the opportunity to travel throughout Europe as a tourist, but what you will experience ( in terms of sanitation, povery, basic welfare of citizens) is similar to what you see in the United States.

In South Africa you will see well developed areas with Western standards, but also extreme poverty of a kind we don’t see here.

As an international relations major, which experience would bring you a wider knowledge of the world outside the U.S?

(One son just left Prague, and one son spent a minimester in South Africa last year. Both fantastic experiences, but one was much more of a game changing life experience.)