Study Abroad Cancelled - now what?

tsbna44
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 16:12:41 +0000

Just an update on my daughter:

She’s finally off to Asia.

She’s on solo travel (scares me) to Tapei - got in 3A my time - there til Monday. I already got the, dad the night market is gross and no one speaks English. I’m like great - use your Chinese and she says they don’t speak Mandarin - but I’m sure she’ll grow some during these next few days.

As I told her - this is your major and this is study abroad - so learn and explore.

Hopefully she gets through the solo part OK - I worry about sex trafficking, etc. and she says there’s an Australian girl she’s networked with and they might meet up - and they’ve facetimed b4 - don’t worry. I worry. Maybe this girl is a ruse. I read too much scary stuff.

On Monday, she flies to Japan - for some more travel. There she will meet up with a girl she doesn’t know - but who is in the study abroad program she’s attending. I forget how long she’ll be there - maybe 5 days or a week. I know she’s going to the Disney Sea resort. Anyway, she’s been texting with this girl a while.

Finally, she flies to Korea where she’ll be for four weeks until she comes home August 8th.

This is the “study abroad” part. She is on the U of Nebraska program at Hankook University - apparently a school where students from all over the world study. She’ll have two classes - one from Hankook and one taught by U of Nebraska.

Took two years and a lot of research to find a program that wasn’t cancelling - but I’m glad she’s off and running and hoping it’s a great experience.

Thanks for everyone’s thoughts as we developed a plan to meet the abroad requirement.