I asked my friends who had lived in the U.S. and another country for at least 3 months each to talk about their experience. I asked them to write about what they liked about each country, what they didn’t like, and what they wanted their friends in each country to know about their home.
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Vietnam by Chi Nguyen
This week’s guest author: Chi Nguyen I wish I could just sing a song, or dance, or do anything else to express what I wanted to say about Vietnam, just because writing is always my last ...
New Zealand by Pauline Durfee
This week’s guest author: Pauline Durfee My name is Pauline Durfee (nee Dil), also known as Kyle’s mum, or mom. I was born and raised in New Zealand and came to the states in 1983 ...
New Zealand by Chandler Brown
This week’s guest author: Chandler Brown My name is Chandler Brown. I grew up in Houston, TX. I lived in New Zealand from July 2009 to July 2011. I love the people and country. It ...
South Africa by Casey Mangan
This week’s guest author: Casey Mangan South Africa In the Northern fall of 2012 (spring in the Southern Hemisphere) I spent the semester studying abroad in South Africa through Azusa Pacific University’s South African Semester program. ...
Mexico by Diva Garcia
This week’s guest author: Diva Garcia ¡Viva México! At the beginning of this “International Clarity Experiment” Sear Rodriguez explained wonderfully about all the myths and stereotypes other countries have of México, so he did an ...
Guatemala by Marianna Rodriguez
This week’s guest author: Mariana Rodriguez Let me introduce you to The Beautiful Land of Eternal Spring (Guatemala(Guatemala) Guatemala, is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific ...
Colombia by Jonathon Rickords
This week’s guest author: Jonathon Rickords Colombia What do you think of when you hear “Colombia”? That’s the country in South America, spelled with an “o”. Most people think almost immediately of drugs. Does anything ...
Peru by Hannah (and Diego) Cabrera
This week’s guest author: Hannah (and Diego) Cabrera I will go ahead and admit right now that before college, I probably could not have pointed Peru out on a map. I knew a little bit ...
Mexico by Sear Rodriguez
This week’s guest writer: Sear Rodriguez (Gringo) Rodriguez, where are you from? (Me) I’m from Mexico (Gringo) Nice, I’ve been in Mexico (Me) Really, where exactly? (Gringo) By the Dominican Republic area. True story. Alright ...
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