I applied and got accepted into a study abroad program through my university. If I will be going to China and attending Sichuan University for 2 quarters, Fall 2009 and Winter 2010. Well, my parents, or my mom, is completely against me going, but she says that if that is something that I really want, then she is not stopping me, but she said that for her to be happy and say "Yes, you can go," she said that that would not happen. She truly cannot understand why I want to go and can only come up with reasons that I do not want to hear (and I honestly think that most of them are ridiculous reasons, which I am not going to share). I understand that she is very worried about me, but I really wish that she would support me in doing something that I really want to do. Do not get me wrong. I love my mom more than life itself. She always supports and understand me, but this one time, she just cannot. I am a "daddy's girl", so my dad just told me to make sure that my credits will transfer and that everything is safe, then I can go, but I am not sure if he is just saying that because he does not want to say "no" to me? Anyways, most of my siblings think that I should not go either because it will be very hard, which is true because attending a university in the states and knowing English will, education is still very hard, imagine attending a university in another country and being taught by a Chinese professor who may not know English too well? I am not sure. At the same time, all of my cousins and friends say that I should take advantage of this chance while I am still young and still is a student.
Would you go if you were me? The only thing that I am really worried about is my financial situation. Even though I will get some help from financial aid and from my parents, it will still not be enough, so, I will be spending pretty much my whole savings on this study abroad. At the same time, this is something that I have always dreamed of doing, studying abroad in China and doing research among the Miao people. So I guess I just want to take some thoughts from "strangers" since I have discussed this with my family and friends.
1) Would you go if you were me?
2) Would you go even if you had to take out some loans and spend all of your savings (with the fact that this is something that you have truly always wanted to do, even though you can use your savings on something else like buying a car)?
Ahh... just please give me all of your thoughts on this! I would appreciate it so much! Thank you!
Would you go if you were me? The only thing that I am really worried about is my financial situation. Even though I will get some help from financial aid and from my parents, it will still not be enough, so, I will be spending pretty much my whole savings on this study abroad. At the same time, this is something that I have always dreamed of doing, studying abroad in China and doing research among the Miao people. So I guess I just want to take some thoughts from "strangers" since I have discussed this with my family and friends.
1) Would you go if you were me?
2) Would you go even if you had to take out some loans and spend all of your savings (with the fact that this is something that you have truly always wanted to do, even though you can use your savings on something else like buying a car)?
Ahh... just please give me all of your thoughts on this! I would appreciate it so much! Thank you!