Are You Socially and Psychologically Ready for Abroad Studies?
It is more than true that numbers of students carries a dream of earning degree in abroad and it is very fair as well. We, people are always ravenous about opportunities and platform to move ahead which is very understanding and fair. Peoples carry hopes and desperations of getting up from their flattered zone and go for something new and prospering to settle down themselves and this is the one of the major reason that people leave for foreign countries in different visa categories like Working Visa, Student Visa, Spouse Visa, Electronic Diversity Visa, and so on.
It takes lots of phenomena, documentations and citations to go abroad to study. But, trust me it is the easiest part of your foreign dream. Processing and visa grant procedure is very simple and minor, what you call complexness arrives after you got visa and jump off from airplane on your destiny land. Finding yourself in complete atmosphere and it will be the first step of your independent life. Life and culture in western countries are entirely different from eastern countries and you must be ready for cultural as well as systematical shock. Abroad study is not just getting approval and running to airport with baggage and travel documents. First, you need to be ready for it. You need to be ready in all aspects physical, psychological and social aspects. You cannot even imagine the life that you are going to have there and the problems that you have to tackle and the problems may rose because of things like
- Difference in education system
Education system of countries like USA, Australia and UK is completely different than the education system of eastern countries. They are mainly focused on practical and experimental learning but here we memorize theories and formulae to write in exams. Courses are divided into hours and week but in the mean time our educational trend comprises six compulsory academic learning days in a week. This is the first shock that you are going to get if you are not aware about it before.
- Cultural Differences
Culture are sets of values, traditional norms and practices that people follows to make their livings and Cultural differences means the varying set of practices and lifestyles. The second obstacle waiting for you will be cultural differences. You might need to digest food that you have never tasted or loved, you might need to interact and participate with people who opposed your norms and beliefs, you need to encounter with varying climates and society, etc and trust me these are just some examples whereas the real scenario will be more horrifying if you are not ready for this which might push you to feel lost and outsider because of your unmatched culture and lifestyles.
- Adaptation and Social things
One of the major things that you need to be capable before going abroad is to really know how to live and manage your life independently. The things you need to keep in your mind is that you are not going to fly there with your parents and housemaids who will do things for you, you have to manage your life and stuffs solely and independently. If not then you will get razed by managing livelihood and paying bills. You have to manage your bills from miscellaneous to utilities by yourself and should be alert that you do not hurt and offended anyone in any forms because western people are offended even if you stare at them and their property. It was just a example, you will witness more once you got there.
- Homesickness and losing balance of life.
It is literal that everyone misses their love oned and the desperation grows more and more extreme with increasing distances. Home sickness is most common and reasonable problem that you might face when you are in abroad but you need to muster a heart full of courage to make yourself ready for this. Losing balances means going out of track to be victimized because of sharp and hefty schedule, everyone will probably lose their balance in life if they are exposed to tremendously bigger and greater world than they have ever seen but it can be pulled back if you find motive. So, it is your duty to follow possible precautions or either get ready to fight with it.